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doi: 10.1177/073953298801000102pmid: N/A
Newsroom stress affects 90% of Ohio daily newspaper journalists, according to this study of 252 reporters and writers. Stress comes from relationships with supervisors, sources, boredom, deadlines and a desire for personal perfection. Half the respondents say stress has made them consider changing jobs or careers, but they cope through exercise, entertainment and complaining. Journalists' stress, its manifestations and coping techinques are similar to those in other occupations.
Moore, Barbara A.; Howard, Herbert H.; Johnson, George C.
doi: 10.1177/073953298801000103pmid: N/A
Viewing television news programs is frequently blamed for the decline of the afternoon newspaper. This study compared Nielsen ratings with newspaper circulation figures to determine if there is a relationship between the presence of an evening newspaper and highly rated newscasts. No relationship was found. However, some significant variations were found between market size and location, and the ratings for local and network newscasts.
McCombs, Maxwell E.; Mauro, John B.; Son, Jinok
doi: 10.1177/073953298801000104pmid: N/A
At newspaper readership has declined, especially among the young, scholars and practicing journalists have devoted increasing attention to determining what influences newspaper readership. This study duplicates 1974 research of Richmond Times-Dispatch in an effort to identify important readership variables. Results confirm editors' intuition that story location on section front pages is the most important such variable.
doi: 10.1177/073953298801000105pmid: N/A
Treatment of environmental news was examined in concert with readers' perceptions of environmental topics. A content analysis of three midwest daily newspapers indicated a majority of environmental stories examined appeared within the first four pages of the newspapers. Disposal of wastes, quality of water and hazardous substances were perceived by readers as the most important environmental topics prominently reported by the media.
doi: 10.1177/073953298801000106pmid: N/A
Past studies of newspaper accuracy have been directed at understanding the sources and nature of errors rather than providing a measurement system reliable enough for a newspaper to monitor its own performance. An independent judge can obtain acceptable levels of reliability and validity, but this procedure is relatively expensive. This study of errors in the Charlotte Observerweighed trade-offs in validity and reliability to find a workable measurement application.
Popovich, Mark; Willis, S. Curt; Blevens, Fred
doi: 10.1177/073953298801000107pmid: N/A
Newspapers may be ignoring a potentially rich employee source in newsroom hopefuls who are physically handicapped. In this pilot experiment, handicapped students performed as well as non-handicapped, nonjournalism majors, but less well than journalism majors. Commitment and language skills, not physical handicaps, are found to be a better guage of newsroom potential.
doi: 10.1177/073953298801000108pmid: N/A
What is the effect of chain ownership in a two-newspaper town? Should chains be limited because their effect on a community is detrimental in terms of performance and content? This study examines the cases of Little Rock and Detroit, where chains stepped in and, in Little Rock at least, appear to have improved competition. Findings show that chain ownership apparently do not adversely affect competition.
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