Content analysis of 12 metropolitan newspapers revealed a great similarity in reporting; coverage focused on what the candidate was, rather than on what he or she said. (KS)

Survey responses from 348 commercial television stations throughout the United States revealed that the broadcasting of television editorials was common practice for 214 stations (61 percent), that local topics were preferred by those that editorialized, and that most stations included station opinion in their editorials. (GT)

Results indicated that television is perceived to be a more credible, truthful, and important news source than the newspaper. (KS)

Discusses issues relative to the 1977 court order--based on a decision of the National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting (NCCB)--that required the Federal Communications Commission to begin proceedings leading to the eventual dissolution of all newspaper/broadcast combinations in the same market. (GW)

A comparison of regional newspapers in the United States and the United Kingdom indicates that American newspapers tend to report more local and regional news, and to be more aggressive toward their governments, than do their British counterparts. (GW)

Reveals that while the accessibility to information of influential members of a community was high and generally similar for all sources, certain types of information were more accessible through some sources than were others. (FL)

Reports results of a study in which city magazines were examined in terms of their potential as alternatives to newspapers in covering and commenting on public issues, their perceived roles, and their content and perceived influence on public issues. (GT)

Analyzes the impact of the metropolitan press on knowledge in outlying communities. Suggests that the use of metro dailies helps overcome the knowledge gap between the rural populace and urban residents. (MM)

Neither of two types of television ownership--television station multiple ownership or crossownership with a local daily newspaper--was found to have an adverse effect on the quality of local television news (defined as the level of expenditures for such programing). Increased local cable television use was associated with a slight decline in news…

A content analysis of newscasts of ten Pennsylvania television stations revealed that their emphasis was on local politics, not on sensational and human interest stories. (GT)

A Dallas study showed that the claim that television news is more timely than newspaper news has only a limited validity, at least in terms of locally produced television news. (GW)

Reports on a comparison of coverage of the Democratic and Republican parties by 12 Ohio metropolitan newspapers in the 1971 Ohio municipal election campaigns. (GW)

Examines local newspaper coverage of a city legislative body to provide some systematic evidence on the source-media relationship in a nonelection agenda-setting context. (FL)

Reports on a study of the agenda-setting function of the media in a rural central Illinois city, during an off-election year. (GW)

Reports on a study in which content analysis of a community newspaper and open-ended questioning of residents were used to analyze the newspaper's influence on the local information the public has and the topics the public considers salient over time. (GW)