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Peer reviewedHaskins, Jack B. – Newspaper Research Journal, 1981
Subjective comments from veteran news reporters, media critics, and the public give the impression that bad or negative news is becoming a major problem in this country. This impression raises major questions concerning how much is really known about bad news, including whether the media present an accurate or distorted picture of reality in…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Communication Research, Mass Media Effects, Media Research
Holz, Josephine R. – 1983
A study examined the role of the mass media in the development of people's conceptions about a neo-Nazi march planned for Skokie, Illinois, in 1978. The purpose of the study was to determine whether or not and in what respects different types of people had developed common conceptions about the event and what role the mass media played in that…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attitudes, Communication Research
