Depth of Issue Coverage in Television News: Campaign ‘84
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-1989
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08838158909364073
Abstract
A study of issue coverage in the evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and PBS during the final two weeks of the 1984 Presidential campaign revealed that the four commercial networks tended to frame their issue coverage in a confrontational style, presenting the image of a conflict about the issues by the candidates. However, these stories often failed to identify the positions of the candidates or to give reasons why the candidates supported a particular position. PBS tended to frame its coverage in a confrontational format, but identified and explained candidate issue positions.
Publication Information
Rudd, Robert and Fish, Marjorie J.. (1989). "Depth of Issue Coverage in Television News: Campaign ‘84". Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 33(2), 197-202.