Campaign Coverage by Local TV News in Columbus, Ohio, 1978–1986

Ostroff, David H.; Sandell, Karin

doi:10.1177/107769908906600115

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“…As a result, we eliminated a number of studies from review because they failed to meet one or more criteria. These included studies that covered only congressional (e.g., Wells & King, 1994;Coffey, 1975;Kelley, 1958) or gubernatorial (e.g., Ostroff & Sardell, 1989;Bishop & Brown, 1967) races; that examined structural elements of the campaign coverage without making a party-by-party breakdown (e.g., Noyes, Lichter, & Amundson, 1993;Russonello & Wolf, 1979;Patterson, 1989); or that considered only one candidate (e.g., Johnson, 1997;Merron & Gaddy, 1986). One omitted study (Just, Crigler, Alger, Cook, Kern, & West, 1996) yielded only aggregate data from February through November (creating a proincumbent skew).…”

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Media bias in presidential elections: a meta-analysis

D'Alessio

2000

Journal of Communication

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A meta-analysis considered 59 quantitative studies containing data concerned with partisan media bias in presidential election campaigns since 1948. Types of bias considered were gatekeeping bias, which is the preference for selecting stories from one party or the other; coverage bias, which considers the relative amounts of coverage each party receives; and statement bias, which focuses on the favorability of coverage toward one party or the other. On the whole, no significant biases were found for the newspaper industry. Biases in newsmagazines were virtually zero as well. However, meta-analysis of studies of television network news showed small, measurable, but probably insubstantial coverage and statement biases.

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Media bias in presidential elections: a meta-analysis

D'Alessio

2000

Journal of Communication

121

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“…Although the link between media use and political participation is well-established (e.g., Kang & Kwak, 2003;Lee, 2005;McLeod et al, 1996;Moy, McCluskey, McCoy, & Spratt, 2004;Ostroff & Sandell, 1989;Shah, Kwak, & Holbert, 2001;Teixeira, 1987), until recently, the majority of these studies have focused on news rather than entertainment. We propose that two types of entertainment programminglate-night comedy (as in The Late Show and The Tonight Show) and political satire or parody (The Daily Show and The Colbert Report)-may have unique effects on political participation.…”

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Satire, Punch Lines, and the Nightly News: Untangling Media Effects on Political Participation

Hoffman

Young

2011

Communication Research Reports

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Research often collapses programming like The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Late Show, and The Tonight Show into one category of programming. However, recent research suggests that both the content and effects of viewing these programs differ. This study separates satire or parody and traditional late-night comedy to examine effects of viewing on political participation. Results suggest that viewing satire or parody has positive and significant effects on political participation through the mediator of political efficacy, as does viewing traditional TV news. However, this relationship is not borne out for viewers of traditional late-night comedy. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.

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“…Ironically, the public's trust in local TV news may partially result from affiliates' inconsistent emphasis on politics (Adams, 1978). By generally avoiding national political stories, at least historically, local news side-stepped developing a clear political brand (aside perhaps from a fixation on sensationalized crime coverage, if defining crime as a political topic; Ostroff & Sandell, 1989). This means audience affinity for local news and its reporters may result from its non-partisan role, not because local TV found an effective way to transcend polarization (Shosteck, 1973).…”

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Government Eyewitness: Considering New Approaches to Political Coverage Through Local TV’s Greatest Strengths

Calfano

Panagopoulos

Raffa

2022

Journalism & Communication Monographs

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In this monograph, we assess audience reactions to local TV news political coverage across an array of topics and research designs. First, we trace the development in local TV news of the now universally recognized reporter-driven emphasis: the local Eyewitness News model. That format’s role in establishing reporters as local elites is our basis for comparing how audiences respond to local reporters associated with the “eyewitness” brand versus reporters from national broadcast outlets. Using a combination of survey and field experiments, we investigate how audiences respond to eyewitness reporters. First, we vary audience exposure to partisan and policy frames sourced to these reporters. Across these experiments, audiences, and especially Republicans, respond more favorably to local than to national reporters and to the use of a policy than a partisan frame. Our second set of experiments test false balance and truth-telling in local TV stories about the 2020 presidential election. Again, the local reporter bests a national counterpart in terms of audience, especially Republican, reactions. In our third set of studies, we examine different combinations of human-interest content in the traditional thematic and episodic framing approaches in TV news for their effect on audiences’ climate change attitudes. We conclude by showing how these results inform an expansion of the topics and approaches local TV news affiliates should take to offer political coverage of value.

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Campaign Coverage by Local TV News in Columbus, Ohio, 1978–1986

Cited by 9 publications

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Media bias in presidential elections: a meta-analysis

Media bias in presidential elections: a meta-analysis

Satire, Punch Lines, and the Nightly News: Untangling Media Effects on Political Participation

Government Eyewitness: Considering New Approaches to Political Coverage Through Local TV’s Greatest Strengths

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