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News-Gathering Behaviors of Specialty Reporters: A Two-Level Comparison of Mass Media Decision-Making.
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Dunwoody, Sharon – Newspaper Research Journal, 1979
Reports on the news gathering behaviors of 24 mass media science writers. Concludes that organizational constraints were the major factors determining news selection strategies, but that individual-level variables came into play at both the information gathering and writing stages. (RL)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Competition, Cooperation
The News-Gathering Behaviors of Speciality Reporters: A Comparison of Two Levels of Analysis in Mass Media Decision-Making.
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Dunwoody, Sharon – 1979
The news gathering behaviors of 24 mass media science writers were examined at individual (occupational) and organizational levels through personal interviews, observation at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and content analysis of the stories produced. Data indicated that organizational constraints…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Competition, Cooperation