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Vincent, Richard C. – Journalism Quarterly, 1980
Shows that "The New York Times" devoted a significant portion of its television-related articles to personality features from 1949 to 1977 and that only recently has this trend showed signs of changing. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Journalism, Media Research, Newspapers
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Kapoor, Suraj; Smith, Ralph – Journalism Quarterly, 1979
A survey of 132 newspaper publishers revealed that only 15 percent had a full-time ombudsman on the staff but that there appeared to have been a broadening and strengthening of ombudsmen's responsibilities between 1967 and 1977. (GT)
Descriptors: Media Research, Newspapers, Ombudsmen, Surveys
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Weber, Max – Journal of Communication, 1976
Cites the first comprehensive proposal for an institutional approach to modern media research in Germany. (MH)
Descriptors: History, Media Research, News Media, Newspapers
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Busterna, John C. – Journalism Quarterly, 1989
Explores whether different levels of a manager's ownership of a newspaper affects the manager's profit maximizing attitudes and behavior. Finds that owner-managers tend to place less emphasis on profits than non-owner-controlled newspapers, contrary to economic theory and empirical evidence from other industries. (RS)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Economic Research, Media Research, Newspapers
Hausman, John – 1983
More and more, advertising revenue, not circulation or concern for the underdog, seems to be determining the content of American newspapers. As Americans moved to the suburbs, suburban newspapers sprang up, taking readers and advertising revenue away from metropolitan dailies. "Counterattacks" by metropolitan papers such as zoned…
Descriptors: Advertising, Audiences, Demography, Economic Factors
Pasternack, Steve; Utt, Sandra H. – 1983
A study examined the graphic devices used on the front pages of 78 American newspapers with a circulation of 25,000 or more and explored editors' attitudes toward the importance of front page appearance and graphics to newspaper readers. Questionnaires were sent to the newspapers' staff members primarily responsible for front page layout and…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Graphic Arts, Layout (Publications), Media Research
Picard, Robert G. – 1987
A study analyzed circulation practices and pricing of mid-sized daily newspapers, seeking to draw together a comprehensive description of the circulation situation for those papers. Seventy-five circulation directors, randomly selected from newspapers with daily circulation between 25,000 and 100,000, completed mailed questionnaires requesting…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Mass Media, Media Research, Newspapers
Elliott, William R.; Rosenberg, William L. – 1986
A study examined the relationship between newspaper gratifications sought and media use during and after a 1985 strike by unions of two Philadelphia newspapers, and the compensatory media behaviors, if any, people adopted to make up for the loss of their daily newspaper(s). It was hypothesized that during the strike, people would read more…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Labor Problems, Media Research, Newspapers
Zhu, Jian-Hua – 1988
In an effort to help describe and explain why people do not read and subscribe to newspapers, a study built on previous research by adding two new contributions: (1) reliance on a four-wave panel data-set rather than on a one-shot survey; and (2) use of a dynamic modeling procedure rather than cross-sectional analysis. The problem with previous…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Longitudinal Studies, Media Research, Models
Brown, Karen F. – 1989
Focusing on variables controlled by the newspaper but with emphasis on basic priorities for success rather than specific changes within a department, a study examined intracity battles between newspapers in several cities. A saturation sample of 58 newspapers that competed in various cities with no joint operating agreement or joint ownership was…
Descriptors: Business, Competition, Media Research, Newspapers
Towers, Wayne M. – 1985
In direct replication of a previous study investigating newspaper readership and uses-and-gratifications statements, this study interviewed a parallel random sample from the same market as the initial study using the same questions. A telephone survey of 557 adults was conducted by trained undergraduates enrolled in an advanced research methods…
Descriptors: Adults, Media Research, Newspapers, Reading Habits
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Pulford, D. Lynn – Journalism Quarterly, 1976
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Media Research, News Reporting, Newspapers
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McCombs, Maxwell E.; Mauro, John B. – Journalism Quarterly, 1977
Analysis of the relationship of ten characteristics to item readership revealed that page number and length of story were major determinants. (KS)
Descriptors: Audiences, Content Analysis, Media Research, Newspapers
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Marshall, Hal – Journalism Quarterly, 1977
Shows that two competing daily newspapers mirror each other in the inaccuracies perceived by persons mentioned in local news stories. (KS)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Journalism, Media Research, News Reporting
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Buddenbaum, Judith M. – Journalism Quarterly, 1986
Discovers that religion stories tend to be longer, broader in scope, and more issue oriented than they once were. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Media Research, News Reporting, Newspapers
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