Hype versus Substance in Network Television Coverage of Presidential Election Campaigns.
Content analysis of broadcast television networks' weekday nightly newscasts during the final weeks of the 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000 presidential election campaigns found an emphasis on hype rather than substantive coverage of the campaigns. Examination of audio and video messages separately showed...
| Publicado en: | Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly Vol. 82; no. 1; pp. 97 - 110 |
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Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication
Spring2005
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| Sumario: | Content analysis of broadcast television networks' weekday nightly newscasts during the final weeks of the 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000 presidential election campaigns found an emphasis on hype rather than substantive coverage of the campaigns. Examination of audio and video messages separately showed this to be true for both. Further, even when the audio was substantive, the accompanying visuals often were not. The results are discussed in terms of media reliance, journalistic responsibility, and cognitive processing of mediated messages. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. |
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