Affiliation:
1. Department of Sociology Arizona State University
2. Department of Sociology University of California, San
Diego
Abstract
A field study of two newsrooms in the same city during 1971-1972 shows that TV news reports reflect practical and organizational constraints, not the character of the events themselves. Materials derived from participant observation, interviews, and station documents illustrate how news content is influenced by business and commercial concerns, scheduling, institutionalized news sources, and predefined angles. One implication is that the quantum leap in news messages may distort rather than clarify events, issues, and problems.
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