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How Radio News Uses Sources to Cover Local Government News and Factors Affecting Source Use

Published:2013-08-16 Issue:3 Volume:90 Page:457-477
ISSN:1077-6990
Container-title:Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
language:en
Short-container-title:Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

Author:

Lacy Stephen¹,Wildman Steven S.¹,Fico Frederick¹,Bergan Daniel¹,Baldwin Thomas¹,Zube Paul²

Affiliation:

1. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

2. Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI, USA

Abstract

This study of source use in news coverage of local governments by 198 radio stations indicates that radio news stories had fewer and less diverse sources than daily newspaper stories. The differences in source use between radio and weekly newspaper stories were not as great. Predictor variables related to source use indicated that local government stories from publicly supported and TV–radio cross-owned radio stations included more sources and more diverse sources than found in stories from other types of stations. Radio news competition was slightly and positively correlated with greater numbers of sources and source diversity.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Communication

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1077699013493790

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