In this article, we describe general features of popular music coverage in elite newspapers in the United States, France, Germany, and the Netherlands from 1955 to 2005. Drawing on data from content analysis of over 4,000 newspaper articles sampled in four reference years (1955, 1975, 1995, and 2005), we document broad changes and continuities in the extent, focus, and form of popular music coverage in mainstream media outlets of each country.

doi.org/10.1080/03007761003694290, hdl.handle.net/1765/25798
ERMeCC - Erasmus Research Centre for Media, Communication and Culture
Popular Music & Society
Department of Media and Communication

Schmutz, V., van Venrooij, A., Janssen, S., & Verboord, M. (2010). Change and continuity in newspaper coverage of popular music since 1955: Evidence from the United States, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Popular Music & Society, 33(4), 501–515. doi:10.1080/03007761003694290