Circulation size, not being the New York Times, predicts news coverage differences.

Evidence

At the outset, we were interested in whether the New York Times would provide different news coverage before and after the Trump election. In a preliminary analysis we found that this variable was not significant in any of our models. Rather, circulation size, regardless of whether it was the New York Times or other papers, were more likely to be significant. Hence, we present our results with circulation size, leaving out the New York Times variable. — Emily Greene-Colozzi, Amy Adamczyk, and Senahan Kiyal Keles, Differences in Religious Framing of…, 58

Categorization

• QUESTION: Suggests media influence tracks reach rather than elite-brand prestige — worth testing against opinion-leader or agenda-setting literature.
• XREF: Connects to debates on whether the NYT’s agenda-setting power is unique or just a function of scale. — connects to: Movement impact depends on media proximity more than size or state rupture. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 267