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News Consumption and the New Electronic Media
January 1, 2006
A paper by Douglas Ahlers, spring 2005 fellow, looks at the hypothesized shift of news consumption from the traditional media to the online news media....
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Measuring Media Diversity: Problems and Prospects
January 1, 2005
A paper by Richard Schultz, spring 2005 fellow, analyzes the debate surrounding the FCC’s Diversity Index and explores the question of how to best measure...
Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Publications,
The World-Wide Conversation: Online Participatory Media and International News
January 1, 2004
A paper by Rebecca MacKinnon, spring 2004 fellow, explores how – and to what extent – the Internet and new interactive forms of online media might provide...
Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Publications,
The Form of Reports on U.S. Newspaper Internet Sites
January 1, 2002
A paper by Kevin G. Barnhurst, fall 2001 fellow, argues that U.S. newspapers that publish electronic editions on the Internet do not appear to reinvent...
Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Publications,
The Content of Reports on U.S. Newspaper Internet Sites
January 1, 2002
A paper by Kevin G. Barnhurst, fall 2001 fellow, argues that moving newspaper content onto the Internet has not, in itself, changed what journalists write....
Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Publications,
Doing Well and Doing Good: How Soft News and Critical Journalism Are Shrinking the News Audience and Weakening Democracy – and What News Outlets Can Do About It
January 1, 2000
This report by Thomas Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press at the Shorenstein Center, asks if the news media do well and also do good?...
International Affairs, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
The Decline, But Not Yet Total Fall, of Foreign News in the U.S. Media
January 1, 2000
A paper by Jonathan Randal, fall 1998 fellow, argues that the decline in international affairs news can be attributed to a combination of factors, including...
International Affairs, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
State into Public: The Failed Reform of State TV in East Central Europe
January 1, 2000
A paper by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, spring 1999 fellow, examines Eastern European state television and its difficult or sometimes failed transition from ownership...
Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, Race & Gender,
Should American Journalism Make Us Americans?
January 1, 1999
A paper by Jim Sleeper, fall 1998 fellow, asks if by offering a bilingual product, newspapers are undermining a united sense of citizenship. The Miami...
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Junk News: Can Public Broadcasters Buck the Tabloid Tendencies of Market-Driven Journalism? A Canadian Experience
January 1, 1997
A paper by William John Fox, spring 1995 fellow, argues that Canada’s public broadcasting network has declined in quality after succumbing to commercial...
Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Policy & Issues, Publications, Race & Gender,
Implementation of Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the American Press: Objectives, Obstacles, and Incentives
January 1, 1996
Racial and ethnic diversity in the American press is a long standing concern. This Shorenstein Center report concludes that while much research has been...
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The Future of Global Television News
September 1, 1994
A paper by Richard Parker, spring 1993 fellow, explores the potential opportunities and challenges for a new era of “global television.” After seeing TV...
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