Identiteit van regionale kranten
- Anita Van Hoof
Abstract
This article offers an instrument for describing identity of a newspaper and opens a discussion regarding the quality of a newspaper as a socius. Identity is articulated through uniqueness and identity. Identity is operationalised through three kinds of properties: external properties, relational properties and action properties. This yields to an instrument that has been applied to four Dutch regional newspapers. The application of an instrument that measures identity, results in a description of a newspaper as a socius. The uniqueness of each of the four newspapers is expressed in external properties, in the status being given to regional news and in differences in attention for specific information. But the identical aspects of identity exceed the uniqueness. We end this article by discussing the possibilities for regional newspapers to maintain and perform out of their own unique identity. The circumstances, in which regional newspapers have to operate, do not seem to be too promising in this respect.
How to Cite:
Van Hoof, A., (2003) “Identiteit van regionale kranten”, Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap 31(3), 205–226.
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