NEWSPAPER REPORTING OF CRIME AND JUSTICE - ANALYSIS OF AN ASSUMED DIFFERENCE

• NCJ Number: 36721
• Journal: JOURNALISM QUARTERLY Volume: 52 Issue: 4 Dated: (WINTER 1975) Pages: 731-734
• Author(s): J C MEYER
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 4 pages
• Corporate Author: Regents of the University of Minnesota
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINT

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES CONTENT DIFFERENCES IN NEWSPAPER STORIES FOR A SAMPLE OF CRIME ACCOUNTS PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS BETWEEN AUGUST AND OCTOBER 1970.

Abstract

THIRTY-SEVEN COMPARABLE ITEMS WERE ANALYZED BY ENUMERATING EVERY DISCRETE INFORMATIONAL BIT CONTAINED IN THE ARTICLES DEALING WITH THE EVENT, THE OFFENDER, AND THE DECISIONS MADE BY AUTHORITIES IN THE CASE. AN EXAMINATION OF THE DATA REVEALS THAT THE TIMES DEVOTES GREATER VOLUME TO COVERAGE BUT FINDS NO OTHER DIFFERENCES.