This investigation demonstrates the applicability of Stephenson's Q-Methodology, a psychological instrument, for gathering qualitative data concerning television news audiences. A questionnaire consisting of statements describing a possible news format was distributed to the viewers of three commercial television stations in Baton Rouge,…

Finds substantial agreement among major media as to the mix of various news topics but substantial disagreement as to which specific stories should be used. (FL)

Analyzes media effects during the 1972 general election campaign and concludes that agenda-setting is indirectly effected by voters prior dispositions. (MH)

Describes a survey of news sources' judgments of three television stations' accuracy in reporting. (KS)

Results indicated that television is perceived to be a more credible, truthful, and important news source than the newspaper. (KS)

Concludes that with several exceptions that there was no bias on the part of the news media in covering the 1972 election campaign. (RB)

An effort was made in this study to determine whether the absence or presence of news film in a television news segment influences a believability or preference judgment made by a respondent when comparing a television report directly with a newspaper report of the same event. One hundred eight students at Temple University viewed one of two…

Application of Shneidman categories of logical structure to network newscast coverage was shown feasible in this study of the 1972 presidential campaign. (KS)

Interviews with 1,034 respondents shortly before the 1972 presidential election, and with 701 of these respondents shortly after the election, revealed that a small proportion perceived political bias in television news, a larger proportion perceived biases in newspaper reporting, and the vast majority saw no political bias in either medium. (GT)

An analysis of the Middle East news items covered by four newspapers and one television network revealed that the coverage was concentrated mostly on Israel, Egypt, and Iran; that most items were presented in a neutral fashion; and that more items were treated positively than negatively. (GT)

A comparative analysis of AP wire report content and CBS television news coverage during the 1972 presidential campaign suggests that the structural differences in the media may be associated, at least in part, with the kind of coverage each typically provided. (GT)

A survey of 65 newspaper editors and 64 television news directors was conducted to examine policies concerning unnamed sources and unattributed information in news stories, and to measure the effects of the incident in which a "Washington Post" reporter fabricated a major story and claimed that she had granted her sources…

Discovers that the content of broadcast news in Puerto Rico is similar to that in the United States, with political and government stories commanding a relatively large amount of news time. (FL)

Concludes that government spokespersons, ranking politicians, and leaders of organized groups have better access to Canadian TV news outlets than do other people. (FL)

Concludes that the editorial presentation of a story can have significant effects on an audience's perceptions of a story's target. (FL)