Media Agendas and Human Rights: The Supreme Court Decision on Abortion.

Pollock, John Crothers; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ197758

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1978

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Media Agendas and Human Rights: The Supreme Court Decision on Abortion.

Pollock, John Crothers; And Others

Journalism Quarterly, v55 n3 p544-48,561 Fall 1978

Examines coverage of the abortion issue prior to, during, and after the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing elective abortion in daily newspapers in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C. Considers the effect on news coverage of local religious composition, income levels, race, and abortion rate. (GW)

Descriptors: Abortions, Community Characteristics, Media Research, News Reporting, Newspapers, Press Opinion, Social Problems, Supreme Court Litigation

Publication Type: Journal Articles

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Language: English

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