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Goldzwig, Steven R.; Sullivan, Patricia A. – Western Journal of Communication, 1995
Analyzes postassassination newspaper editorials eulogizing John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy. Argues that they fulfill four rhetorical functions: providing a public space for symbolic catharsis, celebrating individual virtues and mythic constructions of those virtues, attempting to reknit communal bonds, and calling…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Content Analysis, Editorials, Higher Education
Robinson, Sondra G. – 1987
Utilizing both content analysis of 139 editorials appearing in 19 United States daily newspapers and the results of a survey of 146 newspaper editors, a study asked three questions: (1) To what extent is hunger covered in the news and editorial columns of U.S. daily newspapers? (2) How is hunger defined as a problem in terms of its causes in those…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Editorials, Foreign Countries, Hunger
Pratt, Cornelius B.; McLaughlin, Gerald W. – 1989
A study examined Nigerian journalists' self-reported perceptions of editorial ethics and of the role of editorials in national development, comparing data with an earlier content analysis of the ethics of newspaper editorials. Subjects, 348 full-time, salaried Nigerian journalists on nine national newspapers in two newspaper ownership groups,…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Content Analysis, Developing Nations, Discriminant Analysis

Forman, Janis – Technical Communication Quarterly, 1998
Considers interweaving themes that characterized the construction of Euro Disney, drawing upon articles in the French press. Offers analysis of the historical context for and the implications of the park's construction, using the literature of French cultural studies and cross-cultural studies for support. Discusses possible consequences to the…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Foreign Countries
Meadows, Shirley; Karnes, Frances A. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1992
A computerized search was conducted of U.S. newspaper coverage of gifted education, and results were analyzed in terms of geographic location, major topic areas, and topic categories crossed with geographic location. The 62 articles were classified as addressing schools, enrollment/minorities, screening, funding, attitudes, curriculum content,…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1992
Section A of the Media and Law section of the proceedings contains the following nine papers: "RICO and the First Amendment: Racketeering Laws Threaten Free Expression" (Matthew D. Bunker and others); "Press Coverage of the Federal Appellate Courts: Technology and a Shared Notion of Newsworthiness" (Rebekah V. Bromley);…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Court Litigation, Federal Courts, Foreign Countries
Jensen, Dwight William – 1989
To see whether the subject matter of magazines of general circulation and the subject matter of public concern coincide, a study examined the volume of coverage of United States-Soviet relations, communism, and issues of nuclear warfare between the two nations in twentieth century popular magazines. The "Reader's Guide to Periodical…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Mass Media Effects, Mass Media Role, Media Research