Browsing by Subject "Newspapers"

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Analyzing content deviance in American community journalism websites and social media
(2013-12) Funk, Marcus James; Sylvie, George
This dissertation explores deviance, operationalized through news factors, among American community weekly, community daily, large daily, and national daily newspaper websites and social media posts. Computerized quantitative analysis indicates that circulation size makes little to no significant difference concerning the publication of deviant news factors; smaller circulation sizes are significantly related to the publication of news concerning local communities, but not egalitarian news factors generally. Qualitative, structured interviews of community newspaper editors and publishers illustrate a different agenda - a clear focus for news on "regular people and routine events," arguably egalitarianism, over news on "unusual people or extraordinary events," arguably deviance. This indicates a need for further evaluation and development of computerized content analysis, gatekeeping theory, and the community newspaper industry. Results also suggest a need to reconsider and re-evaluate normative deviance as a concept and point to two potential theoretical developments: considering a Deviant-Egalitarian Spectrum and drastically broadening the current fringe focus of deviance research.
Ariel (Natchez, Miss. : 1825)
(Richard C. Langdon, 0000-00-00) Natchez, Miss.
The Arrow-Democrat
(O.E. Butler, 1923) Butler, O.E.
At the crossroads of crisis : newspaper journalists' struggle to redefine themselves and their work as their organization and the profession change
(2010-08) Hinsley, Amber Willard; Poindexter, Paula Maurie; Sylvie, George; Lasorsa, Dominic; Coleman, Renita; Bartel, Caroline
Newspaper journalists today find themselves at the nexus of a changing media landscape. Their professional principles and job roles are being challenged by changes in the technology they are expected to use, changes in the economic model that has supported the industry since this nation was founded, and changes in public attitudes and perceptions of newspaper journalism. This study examines these changes through the lens of social identity theory, examining how technological and economic changes have affected newspaper journalists’ perceptions about the ways in which they are able to perform their jobs and their perceptions about threats to the status of their profession, and how those beliefs affect their identification with their newspaper organizations and the profession. The primary methodological approach used was a national Web-based survey of journalists working at newspapers with circulations of more than 10,000. To supplement the survey findings, in-depth interviews were conducted with survey participants who volunteered to be interviewed. The findings included that journalists who have negative perceptions about changes in the newspaper industry will be more likely to have negative feelings about the impact of those changes on their jobs, and that journalists with negative feelings about those changes on their jobs will be more likely to have lower organizational identification. Professional identification was found to partially mediate this relationship, in large part because it has a considerable overlap with journalists’ organizational identification. This study also found that journalists who have negative perceptions about changes in the industry will be more likely to perceive the status of the profession has been threatened, and that journalists who perceive those status threats will be more likely to have lower professional identification. Additionally, journalists’ job type and the circulation size of their newspaper affected some of these relationships, such as the link between negative feelings about technological and economic changes and lower organizational identification. The implications of this study’s findings for the newspaper profession and those who study it are discussed in the last chapter.
Banner of the South
(Rev. A.J. Ryan, 1870-06-11) Augusta, Georgia
Boussole (Napoleonville, La. : 1865)
(E. Supervielle, 1866-08-04) Supervielle, E.
"Journal officiel de la paroisse Assumption"
Buried in the backyard: a study of locally generated content in small U.S. newspapers
(2010-05) Funk, Marcus James; Burd, Gene; Cash, Wanda G.
Locally generated content comprises nearly 80% of front page content for most American newspapers, with Associated Press and other wire service content comprising between 15% and 20% across various circulation categories. However, newspapers with daily circulation between 30,000 and 50,000 provide a sharp distinction – a “curve” or “groove” – publishing an average of barely 60% locally generated content on their front page, pulling nearly 40% from wire services. The anomaly declines somewhat for publications with daily circulation between 50,000 and 100,000. This statistical content analysis of 42 American newspapers of diverse circulation sizes also reveals a universal focus on domestic politics, which comprises nearly a third of all locally generated and wire content, and reveals key commonalities across circulation categories and regional boundaries.
Cherokee phoenix
(Isaac H. Harris, 1828-05-14) Harris, Isaac H.
"Printed ... for the Cherokee Nation"
Cherokee telephone
(Telephone Pub. Co., 1893-11-09) Ivey, Augustus E
City gazette and commercial daily advertiser
(Charleston, South Carolina, 0000-00-00) Thomas, E. S.
Custer County republican
(A. Bollenbach, 1905-07-27) Bollenbach, A.
Daily city item (New Orleans, La.)
(City Item Printing, 1889-08-13) City Item Printing
"Official journal of the city of New Orleans"
Ethnic newspapers and journalistic advocacy in the 21st century : a content analysis using immigration frames
(2017-05) Avila, Alexander James; Johnson, Thomas J., 1960-; Gil de Zúñiga, Homero; Coleman, Renita B; Lasorsa, Dominic L; Mallapragada, Madhavi
This investigation asks the basic question of whether Spanish-language newspapers in the U.S. practice advocacy journalism in a 21st century environment where the traditional differences in media ownership have all but been erased. Because ownership of Spanish-language media has fundamentally changed over the past two decades for large, daily publications, this investigation also investigated differences in news frames by language, by ownership and by geographic location. This study focuses on differences in specific, generic, and linguistic framing elements associated with comparing English-language and Spanish-language newspapers. Immigration was chosen as the issue serving as the lens through which this investigation could be undertaken and framing was deemed the proper theoretical framework for a content analysis of daily newspapers in different languages. In total eight newspapers were studied in four U.S. cities – New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Miami – each home to at least one English- and one Spanish-language daily newspaper. They also happened to be the country’s four largest urban areas, according to the U.S. Census. This investigation reveals that some generalizations – Spanish-language media frames immigration stories from the perspective of immigrants – are generally true. The data found support for the idea that Spanish-language newspapers use more positive/pro-immigrant frames. Hypothesis testing showed activist framing elements could still be found throughout Spanish-language media. And immigration as a significant news issue in general is discussed more prominently in Spanish-language newspapers compared to English-language publications. But such generalizations are not true in all locations. One of the most significant findings is the fact that the Miami market operates in vastly different ways compared to the three others where Spanish-language news dailies operate. In Miami, the same media company owns both the local English-language and Spanish-language daily. In many ways, these dailies are likened to sister-publications sharing major resources and even having the same writers contribute to both publications. Consequently, many of the same frames are found in both publications. This may be due to the fact that Miami is the only Latino-majority city (67 percent) in this investigation, although Los Angeles was nearing majority status (48 percent in 2010 up from 40 percent in 2000) according to the U.S. Census. This ownership dynamic is contrasted with Chicago, where, like Miami, the same media company owns both English and Spanish daily newspapers. But the bulk of the Chicago resources were focused on the mainstream or English-language daily Chicago Tribune, a major U.S. publication. It’s Spanish-language equivalent was much smaller and did not have any original immigration news articles in the dataset of this investigation as its entire sample, easily the smallest of the eight publications studied, was comprised of less than a dozen newswire copy articles. The most competitive region for Spanish- and English-language newspapers was Los Angeles, where vastly different owners operate the local daily newspapers but similar types of coverage appear in both publications. This unique competition dynamic between English and Spanish uses Grimm & Andsager’s (2011) geo-ethnic context to explain similarities in framing. Geo-ethnic context, as applied in this investigation, refers to the sensitivity of newspaper coverage to the presence of a large ethic community. This sensitivity is used to explain framing effects on issues like immigration. To better understand the dynamic in the Los Angeles region, one-on-one interviews were conducted with editors from both daily newspapers. The most important conclusion from this qualitative segment was a significant difference in editorial focus. While the English-language Los Angeles Times sees immigration as a major issue, it is but part of a larger focus on politics and civic engagement pursued by its editors. For the much smaller Spanish-language La Opinion, however, immigration is not so much just one of many issues as it is clearly the principal issue and is stated as such in qualitative interviews for this publication. The difference in editorial focus is stark. However, geo-ethnic context does not fully explain the differences in framing in a city like New York, which has a unique immigrant presence and history. It is believed that this historic focus on immigrant-related issues still affects some coverage of certain dailies operating in New York. But what New York and the other markets truly reveal is that generalizations about audiences, language and news coverage are not wholly reliable when categorizing Spanish-language news in the U.S. as a whole. Framing differences by language vary widely by region with specific differences routinely found throughout this investigation. In fact, a city-by-city by language approach is needed to better understand framing differences in newspaper coverage. Clearly, for example, Latino audiences in Miami are not the same as those in Los Angeles or New York. Nationwide, for the most part, using all-English or all-Spanish results is an inferior method of understanding framing patterns. Local results by city and language, rather than overall results by language, are much more accurate predictors.
Evaluating the effectiveness of Facebook and Twitter as new publishing platforms for newspapers
(2010-05) Ju, Alice; Chyi, Hsiang Iris, 1971-; Sylvie, George
With the growing popularity of social network sites such as Facebook and Twitter, newspapers have started to use these sites as alternative platforms for news delivery. Analyzing the use of Facebook and Twitter by the top 74 U.S. newspapers, this study examines the effectiveness of social network sites as news platforms. The results showed that most of the major newspapers have adopted social network sites but reached a very limited number of subscribers. After controlling for print circulation, there is no significant correlation between the number of social network subscribers and the number of website visitors. Overall, the effectiveness of Facebook and Twitter as news platforms remained questionable.
Evening delta (New Orleans, La. : 1852)
(New Orleans Delta Newspaper Co., 1862-04-26) New Orleans evening delta
Evening truth souvenir
(1899) Baton Rouge, La.
Exploring the press' power in agenda-setting theory
(2007-12) Evans, Peggie Ilene; Coleman, Renita
Agenda-setting theory has well documented the news media's influence on public opinion and public life. The few key topics the press select to focus the public's attention on become the public agenda, with the press telling the public not just what to think about but how to think about those topics. Public opinion is a powerful force and provides for informal rule in a democracy. But seldom have scholars considered journalists' understanding of agenda-setting theory and if agenda-setting findings may have moral implications for the press' use of power to shape the media agenda that influences public opinion. This case study explores what journalists at one large American newspaper, the San Antonio Express-News, understand about the press' influence on public opinion. This exploratory study found that journalists believed the press significantly affects public opinion. Some journalists knew in general terms that agenda setting meant the press' influence on public opinion while others journalists did not. None of the journalists knew that research has found that the press have a measurable and sizeable impact on public opinion. Express-News journalists also believed their newspaper did a good job fulfilling press responsibility but the news media in general did not. This study suggests that journalists at one major American newspaper may have little understanding of agenda-setting theory. It also may suggest that the news media's power to shape the media agenda that influences public opinion may have moral implications for the press that perhaps should be examined.
Feliciana gazette
(Blackburn & Fishburn, 1820-12-30) Blackburn & Fishburn
Home and state
(Anti-Saloon League of Texas, 0000-00-00) Anti-Saloon League of Texas
An industry in transformation : a master's report on news media economics
(2011-05) Robertson, Benjamin Nicholas; Sylvie, George; Morrison, Mark
The focus of this report was the modern news media and how the industry has tried to adapt in a world where most news can be gathered with a few keystrokes for free. The report is segmented into four parts and investigates both how and what kind of news is consumed. The first part of the report focuses on the different types of news aggregators and how they affect the revenue of news sites. Pay-walls are also discussed, using The New York Times’ recent decision to charge for access to their web site as a starting point. Evidence shows that besides one glaring exception (The Wall Street Journal, which is examined as an aside) the attempts to charge customers for content that was once free have largely been fruitless. The second part investigates mobile-based applications (also known as “apps”) and their economic strengths and weaknesses; topics ranging from companies’ initial successes to the ease of piracy are examined. The third part examines the meteoric, although at times numerically misleading, rise of Twitter and its potential use as a news gathering and consuming source as well as its massive potential revenue streams. The fourth part examines what types of news are currently the most consumed, and dissects the profitability (and the attributes that lead to their popularity) of four genres: lifestyle, entertainment, business, and sports. The piece also looks at the potential of community-based, hyper-localized journalism, a venture that many claim profitable yet has failed to produce concrete results. Graphs are used as supplementary material for parts one and three. Taken as a whole, the report concludes that while there may be no sure-fire winner in the news media industry, the industry has finally shaken off the complacency that lead to hundreds of thousands of journalism jobs being lost and finally started to evolve.