The Nature of News in Four Dimensions.

Badii, Naiim; Ward, Walter J.

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Publication Date: 1980

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The Nature of News in Four Dimensions.

Badii, Naiim; Ward, Walter J.

Journalism Quarterly, v57 n2 p243-48 Sum 1980

Reports on a study suggesting that there is substantial predictability of news preference patterns when stories are structured along four news dimensions: significance, prominence of principals involved, normality, and reward. (GT)

Descriptors: Media Research, News Reporting, Newspapers, Predictor Variables, Reading Interests, Research Methodology, Rewards

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Language: English

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