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Download full textWillinsky, John – 1988
To examine the role that items on the list of "What Literate Americans Know" (developed by E. D. Hirsch, Jr.) plays in the nation's literacy, a study conducted an electronic search of "The New York Times" to establish the frequency of occurrence for a sample from the list. A random sample of 424 terms (9% of the total list) was…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Mass Media Role, Media Research, Newspapers
