The world of U.S. network television news

Eighteen years of international and foreign news coverage

Bibliographic Data

ID9847992
AuthorsWilliam J Gonzenbach (The University of Alabama, U.S.A., corresponding author), Morgan David Arant (University of Memphis), Robert L Stevenson (0000-0002-2701-8249, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, U.S.A.)
Year1992
Volume50
Issue1
Pages53-72
Publication date1992-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGazette (Leiden Netherlands (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0016-5492 • E-ISSN: 1460-3594
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/001654929205000104
OpenAlexW1977270323
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited7

This study updates the research on international and foreign news coverage of U.S. network news with a content analysis of almost 10,000 stories from 1972 to 1989. The results suggest that network news has presented a fairly consistent picture of foreign news over time and that there is little difference between the three networks. A minor increase in on-site correspondent reports has occurred over time, and the difference between in-studio and on-site reports is stronger when time, rather than frequency of stories, is the unit of analysis. Finally, foreign coverage is geographically unbalanced and emphasizes disruption more than domestic coverage does

Advertising · Business · Content analysis · Geography · News bureau · News media · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Studio · Telecommunications · Computer Science · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics