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Peer reviewedHarp, Dennis A.; And Others – Southwestern Mass Communication Journal, 1985
Concludes that clothing worn by anchorwomen appears to influence viewers' perceptions of the credibility and effectiveness of their newscasts. (FL)
Descriptors: Audiences, Clothing, Communication Research, Credibility
Peer reviewedTan, Alexis; And Others – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1980
Presents a study of the effectiveness and believability of male and female newscasters among children and shows that newscaster sex does not effect believability ratings. Girls, however, learned more from a male than from a female newscaster. Newscaster sex did not affect retention of the newscast by boys. (JMF)
Descriptors: Audiences, Children, Credibility, Females
Download full textAssociation for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1998
The Radio-TV section of the Proceedings contains the following 13 papers: "Computer-Assisted Reporting: A Nationwide Survey of Television Newsrooms" (Sonya Forte Duhe' and Erin Haynie); "Network Television News Coverage of the Environment and the Impact of the Electronic Newsletter 'Greenwire'" (Claudette Guzan Artwick);…
Descriptors: Broadcast Journalism, Case Studies, Content Analysis, Females
Peer reviewedFerri, Anthony J.; Keller, Jo E. – Journalism Quarterly, 1986
Concludes that some stereotypical barriers are not perceived as impediments to careers by female anchors. (FL)
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Careers, Employment Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Cooper, Anne M. – 1988
A study compared the visibility and participation of women working in United States television with that of women working in television in other countries. Video tapes of five consecutive evening news broadcasts in 1986 from the United States, Japan, Sri Lanka, Colombia, and Jamaica were analyzed for such data as the proportion of women anchors,…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Developing Nations, Employed Women, Employment Patterns
Children Now, Oakland, CA. – 1997
This conference focuses on how females are portrayed in a range of current media and whether these messages influence girls. The report is divided into three parts. Part 1, "Getting the Message," maintains that girls are aggressive consumers of the popular media and they understand the messages conveyed there. Although current media…
Descriptors: Advertising, Characterization, Conferences, Females
