Media Attitudes and News Preferences
An Analysis of Demographic Variables for a Sample of the Urban Poor
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18964841 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Ryan (0000-0003-4585-7174, West Virginia University), Michael G Ryan (0000-0002-2500-6738, West Virginia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 275-289 |
| Publication date | 1982-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Black Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002193478201200303 |
| OpenAlex | W1980444235 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
The urban violence which struck many American cities in the late 1960s stimulated academicians, professional journalists, politicians, and others to take a new and more concentrated look at predominantly black urban areas in an effort to determine the causes of the violence and what might be done to prevent its reoccurrence. Much of the attention was focused on the mass media and how well they communicated with the black residents of the riot-torn areas. Several lecture series, conferences, and symposia were held to discuss problems of urban communication and the relationship of those problems to urban violence. At the University of Chicago, for instance, 33 scholars, media representatives, and
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |