George A Donohue
Biographic Data
| ID | 306373 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George A Donohue |
| GIVEN NAMES | George A |
| FAMILY NAME | Donohue |
| SIGNATURE | DONOHUE G A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota System |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 458 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1960 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
A Guard Dog Perspective on the Role of Media
A guard dog perspective is offered as a way to better understand the functioning of the mass media as an important set of communication agencies in the social system. This perspective takes into account the varying role performances by mass media in reporting on major public issues. The role of mass media as an independent and powerful force in society is an enduring and controversial issue. The guard dog conception takes into account the varying…
A Guard Dog Perspective on the Role of Media
Journal Article A Guard Dog Perspective on the Role of Media Get access George A. Donohue, George A. Donohue 1George A. Donohue is a professor emeritus of Sociology, University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Phillip J. Tichenor, Phillip J. Tichenor 2Phillip J. Tichenor is a professor emeritus of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author o…
Community Structure and Editor Opinions about Planning
This research focuses on the role of editors as community news gatekeepers. It surveys more than 150 editors from Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Dakota, and Wisconsin, comparing findings for two time periods, 1965 and 1985. The 1985 period was characterized by increased planning, especially in large, complex communities. This study finds that nearly all surveyed editors, as community elites, favored community planning, but by 1985 saw this plan…
Media access and knowledge gaps
Parish Autonomy: Measuring Denominational Differences
This study examines the utility of a multidimensional scale of formal authority in assessing the relationship of denominational structure and local church activities. The scale is compared with two typologies of formal polity which are often used in studying religious organizations, and is found to have greater predictive power and more potential to discriminate between denominations than either of the typologies. The analysis includes a discussi…
The External Adaptation of Religious Organizations
In this paper, a structural model of organizational activity is developed to explain both the involvement of local churches with social issues and the formation of linkages between churches and other organizations in the community. The local church is seen as a goal directed organization, purposefully interacting with its environment, and limited in that interaction by both internal and external constraints and contingencies. Congregation size, o…
Mass Media and the Knowledge Gap: A Hypothesis Reconsidered
A principal consequence of mass media coverage about national public affairs issues, particularly from print media, appears to be an increasing "knowledge gap" between various social strata. Previous data presented by the authors were concerned with issues largely external to the local community. More recent work raises the question whether social conflict about a community issue will tend to open the gap further, or close it. Survey data from fi…
Mass Media and Information Flow: The Knowledge Gap Hypothesis Reconsidered
Journal Article Mass Media and Information Flow: The Knowledge Gap Hypothesis Reconsidered Get access G. A. Donohue, G. A. Donohue University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar P. J. Tichenor, P. J. Tichenor University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar C. N. Olien C. N. Olien University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxfo…
Mass Media Flow and Differential Growth in Knowledge
Data from four types of research—news diffusion studies, time trends, a newspaper strike, and a field experiment—are consistent with the general hypothesis that increasing the flow of news on a topic leads to greater acquisition of knowledge about that topic among the more highly educated segments of society. Whether the resulting knowledge gap closes may depend partly on whether the stimulus intensity of mass media publicity is maintained at a h…
Max Weber's Ideal Type Theory
Conceptions of Self and Others
The Mead-Cooley interactionist framework provides a basis for the study of the genesis of self-conception. In using this framework to analyze the sources of differential self-evaluation in military groups, a direct relationship was found between self-conception, the perceived generalized other, and the actual responses of others. Further, a high degree of correspondence exists between self-conception and the perceived generalized other; this was …
Mass Media Flow and Differential Growth in Knowledge
Data from four types of research—news diffusion studies, time trends, a newspaper strike, and a field experiment—are consistent with the general hypothesis that increasing the flow of news on a topic leads to greater acquisition of knowledge about that topic among the more highly educated segments of society. Whether the resulting knowledge gap closes may depend partly on whether the stimulus intensity of mass media publicity is maintained at a h…
A Guard Dog Perspective on the Role of Media
Journal Article A Guard Dog Perspective on the Role of Media Get access George A. Donohue, George A. Donohue 1George A. Donohue is a professor emeritus of Sociology, University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Phillip J. Tichenor, Phillip J. Tichenor 2Phillip J. Tichenor is a professor emeritus of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author o…
Conceptions of Self and Others
The Mead-Cooley interactionist framework provides a basis for the study of the genesis of self-conception. In using this framework to analyze the sources of differential self-evaluation in military groups, a direct relationship was found between self-conception, the perceived generalized other, and the actual responses of others. Further, a high degree of correspondence exists between self-conception and the perceived generalized other; this was …
Max Weber's Ideal Type Theory
Community Structure and Editor Opinions about Planning
This research focuses on the role of editors as community news gatekeepers. It surveys more than 150 editors from Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Dakota, and Wisconsin, comparing findings for two time periods, 1965 and 1985. The 1985 period was characterized by increased planning, especially in large, complex communities. This study finds that nearly all surveyed editors, as community elites, favored community planning, but by 1985 saw this plan…
Parish Autonomy: Measuring Denominational Differences
This study examines the utility of a multidimensional scale of formal authority in assessing the relationship of denominational structure and local church activities. The scale is compared with two typologies of formal polity which are often used in studying religious organizations, and is found to have greater predictive power and more potential to discriminate between denominations than either of the typologies. The analysis includes a discussi…
Mass Media and Information Flow: The Knowledge Gap Hypothesis Reconsidered
Journal Article Mass Media and Information Flow: The Knowledge Gap Hypothesis Reconsidered Get access G. A. Donohue, G. A. Donohue University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar P. J. Tichenor, P. J. Tichenor University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar C. N. Olien C. N. Olien University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxfo…
Conceptions of Self and Others
The Mead-Cooley interactionist framework provides a basis for the study of the genesis of self-conception. In using this framework to analyze the sources of differential self-evaluation in military groups, a direct relationship was found between self-conception, the perceived generalized other, and the actual responses of others. Further, a high degree of correspondence exists between self-conception and the perceived generalized other; this was …
Mass Media Flow and Differential Growth in Knowledge
Data from four types of research—news diffusion studies, time trends, a newspaper strike, and a field experiment—are consistent with the general hypothesis that increasing the flow of news on a topic leads to greater acquisition of knowledge about that topic among the more highly educated segments of society. Whether the resulting knowledge gap closes may depend partly on whether the stimulus intensity of mass media publicity is maintained at a h…
Max Weber's Ideal Type Theory
Mass Media and Information Flow: The Knowledge Gap Hypothesis Reconsidered
Journal Article Mass Media and Information Flow: The Knowledge Gap Hypothesis Reconsidered Get access G. A. Donohue, G. A. Donohue University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar P. J. Tichenor, P. J. Tichenor University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar C. N. Olien C. N. Olien University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxfo…
Mass Media and the Knowledge Gap: A Hypothesis Reconsidered
A principal consequence of mass media coverage about national public affairs issues, particularly from print media, appears to be an increasing "knowledge gap" between various social strata. Previous data presented by the authors were concerned with issues largely external to the local community. More recent work raises the question whether social conflict about a community issue will tend to open the gap further, or close it. Survey data from fi…
The External Adaptation of Religious Organizations
In this paper, a structural model of organizational activity is developed to explain both the involvement of local churches with social issues and the formation of linkages between churches and other organizations in the community. The local church is seen as a goal directed organization, purposefully interacting with its environment, and limited in that interaction by both internal and external constraints and contingencies. Congregation size, o…
Parish Autonomy: Measuring Denominational Differences
This study examines the utility of a multidimensional scale of formal authority in assessing the relationship of denominational structure and local church activities. The scale is compared with two typologies of formal polity which are often used in studying religious organizations, and is found to have greater predictive power and more potential to discriminate between denominations than either of the typologies. The analysis includes a discussi…
Media access and knowledge gaps
Community Structure and Editor Opinions about Planning
This research focuses on the role of editors as community news gatekeepers. It surveys more than 150 editors from Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Dakota, and Wisconsin, comparing findings for two time periods, 1965 and 1985. The 1985 period was characterized by increased planning, especially in large, complex communities. This study finds that nearly all surveyed editors, as community elites, favored community planning, but by 1985 saw this plan…
A Guard Dog Perspective on the Role of Media
Journal Article A Guard Dog Perspective on the Role of Media Get access George A. Donohue, George A. Donohue 1George A. Donohue is a professor emeritus of Sociology, University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Phillip J. Tichenor, Phillip J. Tichenor 2Phillip J. Tichenor is a professor emeritus of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author o…
A Guard Dog Perspective on the Role of Media
A guard dog perspective is offered as a way to better understand the functioning of the mass media as an important set of communication agencies in the social system. This perspective takes into account the varying role performances by mass media in reporting on major public issues. The role of mass media as an independent and powerful force in society is an enduring and controversial issue. The guard dog conception takes into account the varying…
Sociology (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Media Studies and Communication (4 works) · Social Media and Politics (4 works) · Library science (3 works) · Mass media (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Art history (2 works)