Compares the number of "average" citizens brought into the news in three newspapers. Finds nonelite information sources in numerical parity with elite sources in a civic-journalism newspaper, but finds the frequency and directness of their news voices largely unchanged. Finds that routine civic journalism did more to tone down elites'…

Studies quotations in newspaper coverage of Hurricane Andrew, showing that individuals who were not affiliated with government or business were quoted most often. Shows that most sources were quoted as experts, with individuals represented as suffering victims, providing the news media with human interest quotations. Notes that most sources…

Surveys editors and ad managers, finding that print media typically have an unwritten policy to label feature ads as advertisements. Tests the efficacy of such labeling, finding that feature ads borrow from the editorial credibility of a publication and that the current labeling policy does not adequately address the problem. (SR)

Contributes to scholarship on community pluralism and community newspapers. Finds that editors in more ethnically pluralistic communities are more likely to include ethnic minorities in their lists of influential persons and important news sources; and that editors who include ethnic minorities in lists of important news sources are more likely to…

Examines media coverage of a gubernatorial election, suggesting that: (1) gender may be a larger factor in selecting policy stories over "horse race" stories; (2) coverage of the horse race has greater impact on election outcome than coverage of policy issues; and (3) a woman will be more successful in an election if she presents herself…

Offers a content analysis of science and technology stories in eight major newspapers. Shows conflict and depth in stories to be significantly related to predictor-variable population rank, with depth and breadth significantly related to predictor-variable time (years); and that organizational spokespersons were used more as sources than…

Contributes to scholarship in journalism and design by examining whether readers (undergraduate freshmen) perceive the content of an article differently if it appears in a different layout. Finds that horizontal layouts related to measures of comfort and human interest, with horizontal layouts being rated more comforting, pleasant, light, and so…

Contributes to scholarship on assessing environmental policy with economic analysis, and to journalism scholarship by analyzing six large newspapers' economic coverage of motor vehicle emissions standards. Finds that all but one paper explicitly referred to cost-benefit analysis as a method to evaluate the standards, but that five papers reported…

Examines the women's pages of the "Washington Post" in the 1950s that were edited by Marie Sauer. States that the newspaper turned down Sauer's request in 1952 to change from traditional women's pages to a unisex "lifestyle" section. Analyzes how women's pages were shaped by factors such as advertising, professional values, and…

Finds that the presence of more newspapers in a county leads to closer election outcomes in races for the United States Senate and for governor, with the effect somewhat stronger in Senate races than in gubernatorial contests, and stronger still in open-seat campaigns, compared to those in which incumbents seek reelection. (SR)

Investigates whether memory for an advertisement is related to the medium in which the ad was viewed. Exposes undergraduate students to either a print newspaper front page or an online version of the same content. Finds that print subjects remembered significantly more ad material than online subjects. (RS)

Analyzes 1200 news pamphlets published in England from 1513 to 1640. Describes factors (subject matter, sales methods, and newsgathering techniques) that news pamphlets may share with modern news formats, and examines their characteristic tone. Suggests that news pamphlets may help media historians examine what is universal about the news and what…

Contributes to research on media credibility and media use by surveying politically-interested Web users online to examine whether they view Web publications as being as credible as their traditionally-delivered counterparts. Finds online media tended to be judged more credible than their traditional versions, but that both online and traditional…

Contributes to scholarship on interactivity and online journalism by performing content analysis of 44 English-language Web newspapers from 14 Asian countries, offering and testing an enlarged theoretical framework for doing so. Finds that the online newspapers provided users with a relatively complex choice of news content, but most did not rate…

Finds that tone of coverage was different for different media themes with coverage of media performance being the most negative. Notes that how the press covered the media changed as the campaign progressed; coverage became more positive after the primaries. Finds that newspapers tended to cover different media themes than the networks, and…