An analysis of the prime time television offerings of the three commercial network-affiliated television stations in Rochester, New York, revealed that nonentertainment programing was minimal (5 percent) and that entertainment shows of all types predominated during prime time. (GT)

Reports that law enforcement news coverage on television network evening news programs is a network preoccupation, that the coverage overemphasizes events in four major cities, that law enforcement agents and institutions are portrayed unfavorably, and that the coverage reflects a desire to entertain rather than a sense of social responsibility.…

Examines the integration of advertising messages within early single-sponsor television programs from the 1950s. (MM)

Develops a quantitative content analysis of local news of three network television stations in Birmingham, Alabama. Assigns relatively high scores for local news, objectivity, and production, but gives relatively low scores for ambition for all three stations. (SR)

Noting that television network coverage of hostage crises tends to emphasize the same topics while depicting them in similar ways, and that networks may be unwittingly granting legitimacy to terrorist grievances, a study investigated the nature of "NBC Nightly News" coverage of the Trans World Airline (TWA) hostage crisis. Specific…

A 1977-1978 study revealed that intimate sexual acts on commercial prime time television occurred once or more per hour but that there was a distinct downward slope in the overall rate of occurrence from 1976 to 1978. The most prevalent sexual references were to intercourse among nonmarried partners. (GT)

Presents the results of a content analysis of network evening news coverage of the TWA hijacking of June 1985. Finds that hostages and relatives are the most frequent sources in the TWA hijacking story. (RS)

Determining what aspects of television entertainment program content influence a viewer in his decision about the real/pretend nature of that content was the purpose of this study, in which interviews were conducted with children, adolescents, and adults. Interview responses were coded in categories of content cues, with the coding of content…

Concludes that the amount of foreign news presented on network newscasts has remained constant over a 10-year period. Indicates also that major domestic events lead to reduced foreign coverage by television networks. (FL)

Content analyses of the nightly news programs of the three commercial television networks for 1976 revealed (1) the generally low priority given to news about the broadcast media, (2) the variability of cross-network reporting performance, and (3) a preponderance of reports on the media's role in politics. (GT)

The three television networks, acting under severe restrictions imposed by the Iranian government, all provided comprehensive coverage of the hostage crisis. A study was conducted to examine what, if any, salient differences arose or existed in this coverage from November 5, 1979, until January 15, 1980. A research procedure combining qualitative…

The 1976-79 schedules of the three major television networks were analyzed to determine what strategies were used to organize prime time schedules and what types of programs appeared during prime time viewing periods. Five essential programing strategies were identified: fraction of selection (cost versus reward), lowest common denominator (wide…

Uses a content analysis of U. S. network television coverage of South Africa from January 1982 through May 1987 to determine the impact of varying degrees of censorship on the amount and kind of reporting from South Africa. Finds that press censorship intensified rather than reduced coverage of South Africa. (MM)

Examines how females and minorities are represented on children's Saturday morning television commercials, focusing on how often they are present, settings in which they are portrayed, and types of White-minority interactions. Finds that more women and minorities are present in advertisements than earlier studies indicated, but that White males…

Noting that little has been said about "TV Guide's" performance in telling its readers about television, a study examined how the magazine presented television during the 1970s, a critical period in the development of American television. All "TV Guide" covers from the 1970s were examined, and each cover story was categorized…