SEX, VIOLENCE, AND CONSONANCE DIFFERENTIATION - AN ANALYSIS OF LOCAL TV-NEWS VALUES

Authors
DAVIE WR LEE JS
Citation
Wr. Davie et Js. Lee, SEX, VIOLENCE, AND CONSONANCE DIFFERENTIATION - AN ANALYSIS OF LOCAL TV-NEWS VALUES, Journalism and mass communication quarterly, 72(1), 1995, pp. 128-138
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Communication
Journal title
Journalism and mass communication quarterly → ACNP
ISSN journal
10776990
Volume
72
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
128 - 138
Database
ISI
SICI code
1077-6990(1995)72:1<128:SVACD->2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
This study of duplication and differentiation in local television news indicates that local producers show a preference for sensational stor ies that feature acts of sex and violence and are easy to explain. Loc al television news shows little differentiation in topical areas of th ese stories built of concrete fact, but it tends to differentiate more in soft news topics.