Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ219498
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Feb
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Time to Stop Singing the "Bad News" Blues.
Hartung, Barbara W.; Stone, Gerald
Newspaper Research Journal, v1 n2 p19-26 Feb 1980
Content analyses of eight California newspapers revealed an approximate split among good, bad, and indeterminate news, with a slightly higher bad news percentage overall. No differences were found in public recall of good v bad news stories. (RL)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Journalism, Media Research, News Reporting, Newspapers, Reading Interests, Recall (Psychology)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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