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Barber, John T. – 1986
Content analysis was employed in an examination of nine major metropolitan daily newspapers to determine how they portrayed both black and white members of the United States House of Representatives from l979 to l983. Specifically, the study examined the amount of coverage given to a sample of 16 black and 16 white representatives, the way…
Descriptors: Bias, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis
Lawson, Linda – 1986
H. A. Chadwick bought one-half interest in the Seattle "Argus" in 1894 and through this newspaper expressed the sentiments of the progressive movement of his time, a combination of reform-oriented and conservative forces. The newspaper was only six weeks old and deep in debt when Chadwick took over the editorial duties and he quickly…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Conservatism, Editorials, Journalism
Cherry, Dianne Lynne – 1985
Four Anglophone African newspapers were analyzed to determine whether their presentation of major foreign news was affected by the "New World Information Order" debate: the Western view that media should be free to challenge governments if necessary versus the Third World perspective that the press should be part of an integrated system…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Developing Nations, Influences
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
Shah, Hemant – 1988
Focusing on three leading Indian newspapers published in New Delhi--"The Economic Times,""The Hindustan Times," and "Nav Bharat Times," a study examined the roles that journalists working for these newspapers assume, or want to assume, and how that may be related to development news production by their newspapers. A…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Mass Media Role
Chang, Tsan-Kuo – 1983
Coverage of Ronald Reagan's China policy in three major newspapers--the "Los Angeles Times," the "New York Times," and the "Washington Post"--immediately before and after he assumed the presidency was submitted to content analysis. Results showed that the newspapers differed significantly both in their treatment of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy
Burke, Charles E. – 1983
A study examined the ideological rift reflected in two communist-oriented and one Western-oriented Nicaraguan newspapers. It was hypothesized that items in "La Prensa" would refer to the United States more favorably and more frequently than they would refer to the Soviet bloc, while items in "Barricada" and "Diario"…
Descriptors: Communism, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Starck, Kenneth; Xu, Yu – 1989
To examine Chinese journalists' opinions on a variety of global communication issues, a study interviewed 38 newspaper and broadcast journalists in Beijing, China, as well as advanced journalism students preparing for careers with "China Daily" or "Xinhua." Analysis used William Stephenson's Q-methodology, an analytic technique…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, International Communication, Media Research
Swain, Bruce M. – 1982
In the "United States v. the 'Progressive'," the United States government took a small left-wing magazine to court to prevent publication of an article on how a hydrogen bomb works. Amidst great controversy over what the article described and what data were secret and what were not, a federal judge granted an injunction against the…
Descriptors: Censorship, Court Litigation, Freedom of Speech, Journalism
Garrison, Bruce; Munoz, Julio E. – 1985
This paper is based on a review of the literature that included reports from the Inter-American Press Association's general assembly in Los Angeles in October 1984, the mid-year meeting of the Inter-American Press Association in Panama City in March 1985, and the 1983 world press freedom review of the International Press Institute. Other material…
Descriptors: Censorship, Democracy, Foreign Countries, Freedom of Speech
Watt, James H., Jr.; van den Berg, Sjef A. – 1978
A study was conducted in the Washington, D.C., area to test mass media effects in a community controversy. Five possible theories were hypothesized to explain the effects media have on a community: indirect and direct effects, null effects, agenda setting, reverse effects, and reverse agenda setting. During the 16-month test period of the British…
Descriptors: Community Problems, Mass Media, Media Research, News Media
Cuthbert, Marlene; Sparkes, Vernone – 1978
In 1976, Jamaican government officals claimed that their island had received an especially negative press in the United States during 1975 and 1976 with serious consequences for the economy and tourist trade. This accusation was not made about Canadian coverage, with one major exception, and Canadian tourism to Jamaica increased during those years…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Foreign Countries, Journalism, Media Research
Carmack, William R.; Foote, Joseph S. – 1975
The interplay that exists between the mass media and political activity provides the topic for this report of an informal dialogue between William R. Carmack, from the University of Oklahoma, and Joseph S. Foote, press secretary to Carl Albert, Speaker of the House of Representatives. The first section of the report relates Carmack's opening…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Literary), Interaction, Mass Media, News Media
Romanow, W. I.; Soderlund, W. C. – 1977
To investigate changes attendant upon the 1971 transfer of ownership of "The Windsor (Ontario) Star" from an independent owner to Southam Press Limited, owner of several Canadian newspapers, a content analysis was conducted of newspapers from the four-year period of independent ownership and the four-year period of Southam Press…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Content Analysis, Editorials, Foreign Countries
Trayes, Edward J.; Cook, Bruce L. – 1974
Photographs appearing in October 1-5, 1973, final editions of 16 major daily newspapers published in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. were analyzed for total number of pictures published, content category (breaking news, feature, or sports), placement (front page or inside), source (staff, Associated…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Higher Education, Journalism, Media Research