MEASURING THE TIE BETWEEN FUNDING AND NEWS CONTROL AT STUDENT NEWSPAPERS

Although a perception exists that student newspapers are commonly inti midated by administrators over news content, this study indicates that the actual affect is relatively small. Advertisers have had even less success. Just 4.3% of advisers nationally have complied with administ rative requests not to publish news articles, and only 12.2% believe t here is a link between administrative funding and news selection. This national survey (n=233) also indicates that advisers at two-year coll eges and private institutions are significantly more willing to comply with administrative news requests than are those at other institution s.