Daily Newspaper Contributions to Community Discussion.

Atwood, L. Erwin; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ197762

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1978

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Daily Newspaper Contributions to Community Discussion.

Atwood, L. Erwin; And Others

Journalism Quarterly, v55 n3 p570-76 Fall 1978

A study of 150 residents of a small southern Illinois city suggests that there are significant correlations between local daily newspaper content and what people in the community report reading and talking about, but that there are only nonsignificant partial correlations between the newspaper's and the residents' agendas about local news. (GW)

Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Information Sources, Interests, Local Issues, Media Research, News Reporting, Newspapers, Public Opinion, Reading Interests, Speech Communication

Publication Type: Journal Articles

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Language: English

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