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Autor/in | Sohn, Harold L. |
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Titel | News Diffusion in the Nixon Resignation Story: A Study of Media Use Patterns. |
Quelle | (1975), (12 Seiten)
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Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Community Surveys; Federal Government; Higher Education; Information Dissemination; Mass Media; Media Research; News Reporting; Newspapers; Periodicals; Political Issues; Radio; Television |
Abstract | Media use patterns for an anticipated event of considerable magnitude--the resignation of Richard Nixon--were hypothesized as likely to put a high contraint on interpersonal learning. Information for the study was gathered in a telephone survey of persons living in and around the southern Illinois town of DeSota (population 966). Of the 241 respondents, 235 (97.5 percent) were aware of the Nixon resignation when contacted by interviewers. Four of the six nonknowers were age 54 or older, and four had an eighth grade education or less. It was concluded that there was relatively little interpersonal learning associated with the Nixon resignation story, with the news media serving as the primary source of information. (RB) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |