newspaper
Let an agent handle newspapers by title, owner, editorial stance, archives, corrections and press regulation, supporting media literacy and neutral attribution.
Research draft, second pass
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent handle newspapers by title, owner, editorial stance, archives, corrections and press regulation, supporting media literacy and neutral attribution.
A periodical publication, printed or digital, reporting news, opinion and other content, typically daily or weekly, published by commercial, public, party or community owners; historical newspapers are key sources for research.
What it is for: News, public debate and historical record.
It can be identify a newspaper and its owner; find archives and digitised back issues; distinguish news from opinion; request corrections or complain to regulators.
Distinguishing features
Regular news publication
Editorial and opinion content
Ownership shapes stance
Archives support research
What it looks like
Printed broadsheets or tabloids, or news websites and apps.
How it is recognised
Masthead and dateline
News, opinion and advertising sections
Magazines are periodicals with different formats
Related models
is a kind of - category
is published by - owner
is regulated by - oversight
is preserved in - heritage
In practice
Families and kinds
national daily newspapers
regional and local newspapers
party and community newspapers
free and digital-only newspapers
historical and underground newspapers
Identifiers
ISSN 8 digits serial publications
Standards and regulation
Press codes of practice
Defamation and privacy law
Legal deposit law
Failure modes and hazards
Treating opinion as fact
Imitation news sites
Unattributed claims
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Identity Which paper.
Details identify.
Title
Masthead.
Title
Newspaper identity.
- Which newspaper is meant, and where is it published? provenance
- Who owns it? provenance
Stance
Editorial line.
Stance
Editorial stance.
- How do media researchers describe its editorial stance? provenance
- Is the description attributed rather than asserted? boundary
Literacy Reading critically.
Readers need tools.
Types
News versus opinion.
Types
Content types.
- Is this article news, opinion, analysis or sponsored content? boundary
- How is it labelled? provenance
Verify
Genuine site.
Verify
Verifying the source.
- Is this the genuine newspaper site or an imitation? boundary
- How can it be checked? action
Accountability Corrections.
Papers can be held to account.
Corrections
Errors.
Corrections
Corrections.
- How can a correction be requested? action
- Does the paper publish corrections? provenance
Regulator
Complaints.
Regulator
Press complaints.
- Which press regulator or council handles complaints? provenance
- What code applies? provenance
Archives Research.
Archives support research.
Back issues
Digitised archives.
Back issues
Archives.
- Where are digitised back issues available? provenance
- Is access free or via libraries? provenance
Citation
Citing.
Citation
Citation.
- How should a newspaper article be cited? action
- Which style guide applies? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each newspaper be a separate entry?
- How should archives be linked?
- How should editorial stance be described neutrally?