How Readers' Letters May Influence Editors and News Emphasis
A Content Analysis of 10 Newspapers, 1948-1978
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7500524 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Pritchard (0000-0002-1405-6852, Indiana University, corresponding author), Dan Berkowitz (University of Iowa) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 388-395 |
| Publication date | 1991-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journalism Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5533 • E-ISSN: 0022-5533 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/107769909106800309 |
| OpenAlex | W2081805009 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Several studies have documented that there is often little connection between reality and press attention—for example, a “crime wave” is as likely to reflect press attention as actual crime. Using information from a large government-gathered database, and cross-lagged partial correlations, this study finds some evidence that letters to the newspaper do influence some editors to write about certain issues and also some newspapers to emphasize particular topics in the news. This was true of six of the 10 papers for which data could be used. But there was little evidence that editorials influenced news topics, or vice versa
Advertising · Business · Content analysis · Government (linguistics · Linguistics · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · History
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2013 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |