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Community structure, the media and child molestation news stories: what happens to objectivity when it goes to trial?

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dc.contributorHorsley, J. Suzanne
dc.contributorRoberts, Chris
dc.contributor.advisorLowrey, Wilson Hugh
dc.contributor.authorHarris, Pamela Dawn
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-01T14:40:26Z
dc.date.available2017-03-01T14:40:26Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study evaluated the effects of structural pluralism on the objective reporting of newspapers when covering cases of child molestation by teachers. Eight newspapers were selected covering four different molestation cases. A content analysis was conducted to analyze the usage of frames, hard or soft news, and the objective balance of assertions. Statistical analysis showed no difference in objective sourcing between the newspapers in the low pluralistic community and the high pluralistic community. Also, the newspapers showed little difference in the use of conflict frames, consent frames and story type (hard or soft news). While the results cannot be generalized beyond the sample used, the results do suggest some ramifications for structural pluralism research in the future, and also suggest it may be important to study the ability of small newspapers to mimic larger papers in the Internet age.en_US
dc.format.extent56 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0000584
dc.identifier.otherHarris_alatus_0004M_10633
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/1089
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectJournalism
dc.titleCommunity structure, the media and child molestation news stories: what happens to objectivity when it goes to trial?en_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Journalism
etdms.degree.disciplineJournalism
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.levelmaster's
etdms.degree.nameM.A.

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