Middle East--In mass media

Model
Digital Document
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Description
Do newspapers consider their readership and its interests when choosing which news to print? The Palm Beach Post, the Austin American-Statesman and the Dayton Daily News--all owned by Cox Enterprises--serve metropolitan areas with widely varying Jewish populations. A content analysis--including story length, placement and use of graphic elements--of newspapers printed in March and July 1994 looks at whether coverage of the Middle East varies among the three newspapers.