The objective of the present study was to explore whether the concepts of immediate and delayed reward have any relevance to the content of the mewspaper. In his theory of instrumental and expressive activities, Himmelstrand suggests that instrumental activities tend to have a cumulative structure while expressive activities will have a…

Analysis indicates that the appropriate time lag between cause and effect--between presentation of a press agenda and learning of issue saliences--is from two to six months, with a four-month lag being generally acceptable for newspaper agenda-setting. A shorter lag appears more appropriate for television agenda-setting. Within the framework of…

Addressing the question of the usefulness of the concept of New Journalism, this study also seeks to define the essential characteristics of New Journalism and to determine whether, in fact, there is such a thing. The first chapter reviews the critical literature of New Journalism, sorting out some of the many uses of the term, then narrowing the…

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…

A Q-analysis of Egyptian elite groups identified three types of people: those oriented toward Egyptian media, particularly for entertainment value; those who distrust Egyptian media and prefer foreign media; and those who are essentially foreign-radio oriented but who get international information from Egyptian newspapers. (GW)

Indicates that those Venezuelans with a higher socioeconomic status (SES) are more likely to attend to the information- and entertainment-oriented content in the mass media and to identify a larger number of problem areas in their region and country. Also points out that the greater the exposure to newspaper content, the greater the nominal agenda…

Concludes that the content of Farsi-language papers reflected the changing power structure in Iran during the revolution more than did the English-language papers. (FL)

Argues that an appreciation of the religious milieu of the Zenger case can help to explain the nature of the defense, the meaning of the jury's verdict, and the ambiguous legacy of the trial for freedom of expression in the United States. (FL)

Concludes that reader enjoyment is related to both syntactic and semantic unpredictability. (FL)

Concludes that Western democracies tend to intervene in their press according to their economic philosophies rather than in terms of specific press policy. (FL)

Concludes that those who vote are more likely to use newspapers as sources of local and state political news than those who do not vote. (FL)

Examines the Hall-Mills murder case and the Browning separation--two events extensively covered by the press in the l920s--to see how they were shaped by the media into morality plays. (FL)

Found that (1) neighborhood leaders' agendas and definitions of issues compared highly with those of residents, especially the most educated residents, while (2) neighborhood papers' agendas and definitions were much less related to those of residents. (PD)

Concludes that eliteness of a nation as a news source is the most important criterion for news selection in the Canadian press. (FL)

Reports on research that investigated the magnitude of knowledge gaps under varying levels of neighborhood newspaper publicity and organized group activities in an urban neighborhood. Concludes that high levels of group activity relate to both higher knowledge levels and greater knowledge gaps. (FL)