Abstract Recent studies argue that the contemporary working class has largely disappeared from the news media. Another strand of literature demonstrates that the traditional labour beat has lost newsroom prestige due to changes in the established news media and crisis in the labour movement. Analysing how traditional working-class sectors are covered in mainstream newspapers and trade union magazines over time, we conduct a systematic, quantitative content analysis of 18 months of coverage from 1996–2017. We find a steady decline in media coverage throughout the period, indicating that the labour beat as an established specialisation is disappearing. Studying topical emphasis and source practices demonstrates marked differences between the newspapers and the trade union magazines: The mainstream newspapers are elite- and conflict-oriented (although not hostile in their coverage), while the trade union magazines largely reflect power structures and the interests of the labour movement. In the discussion, the main findings from the content analysis are explained by practitioners, to contextualise and provide insider perspectives on the findings.

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新闻盲点调查：挪威媒体中的阶级、建设者和照顾者

摘要 最近的研究认为，当代工人阶级在很大程度上已经从新闻媒体中消失了。另一条文献表明，由于老牌新闻媒体的变化和劳工运动的危机，传统的劳工节拍已经失去了新闻编辑室的声望。通过分析主流报纸和工会杂志如何随时间推移对传统工人阶级部门的报道，我们对 1996 年至 2017 年 18 个月的报道进行了系统的定量内容分析。我们发现在此期间媒体报道持续下降，这表明作为一个既定专业的劳动力节拍正在消失。研究主题重点和来源实践表明报纸和工会杂志之间存在显着差异：主流报纸以精英和冲突为导向（尽管在报道中没有敌意），而工会杂志在很大程度上反映了权力结构和劳工运动的利益。在讨论中，从业者解释了内容分析的主要发现，以对这些发现进行背景化并提供内部观点。