News time allocation in network crisis coverage
The case of TWA flight 847
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12409665 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tony Atwater (Michigan State University), Linlin Ku (Michigan State University) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 247-256 |
| Publication date | 1991-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1058-4609 • E-ISSN: 1091-7675 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10584609.1991.9962926 |
| OpenAlex | W2020517885 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
This study examines the network news coverage of the TWA hijacking of June 1985 with the objective of identifying possible network differences through a more rigorous analysis of network performance than found in earlier studies. The analysis focuses on news time allocation and network performance at several stages of the event to determine possible differences in topical emphasis. A total of 491 hostage stories broadcast on ABC, CBS, and NBC's evening news programs are content‐analyzed. The percentages of news hole time devoted to the crisis coverage are compared across networks on a day‐by‐day and on a stage‐by‐stage basis. One major finding is that the networks exhibited homogeneous news treatment in that they allocated similar percentage of news hole time to each of the five topic categories either by day or by stage. An analysis of topical emphasis suggests that the networks emphasized a domestic angle in covering an international crisis
Content analysis · Evening · Homogeneous · Operations research · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Time allocation · Computer Science · Mathematics · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Public Relations and Crisis Communication
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |