Sourcing and Reporting in News Magazine Programs: "60 Minutes" Versus "Hard Copy.".

Grabe, Maria Elizabeth; Zhou, Shuhua; Barnett, Brooke

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ERIC Number: EJ590962

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Publication Date: 1999

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Sourcing and Reporting in News Magazine Programs: "60 Minutes" Versus "Hard Copy."

Grabe, Maria Elizabeth; Zhou, Shuhua; Barnett, Brooke

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, v76 n2 p293-311 Sum 1999

Contributes scholarship on journalism, democracy, and pluralism, offering a content analysis of 291 news stories from tabloid and traditional news-magazine programs to examine their news sourcing and reporting. Finds striking differences between tabloid and traditional news-magazine sourcing patterns, and provides some support for concerns about whose voices are heard in the news. (SR)

Descriptors: Content Analysis, Cultural Pluralism, Democracy, Journalism, Media Research, News Reporting, Periodicals

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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