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Publication Date: 1995
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Sex, Violence, and Consonance/Differentiation: An Analysis of Local TV News Values.
Davie, William R.; Lee, Jung-Sook
Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, v72 n1 p128-38 Spr 1995
Studies duplication and differentiation in local television news. Finds that local producers show a preference for sensational studies that feature acts of sex and violence and are easy to explain. Shows that little differentiation in topical areas exist for these stories built of concrete fact, but that local television news tends to differentiate more in soft news topics. (SR)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Higher Education, Journalism Research, News Reporting, Sex, Television Research, Violence
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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