TY - JOUR
T1 - Old-growth forests on network news
T2 - News sources and the framing of an environmental controversy
AU - Liebler, Carol M.
AU - Bendix, Jacob
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - The old-growth forest debate involves two sides ("procut" and "prosave") presenting competing views of the issue. Television news stories may reflect one or the other of these frames through (1) choice of sources, (2) choice of visuals, and (3) reporter's summary remarks. We examined four years of coverage on ABC, CBS, and NBC, and found that while the distribution of visuals was inconclusive, source use and reporter wrapups predominantly reflected the procut frame. This may be because the procut frame emphasized an unambiguous conflict that was more amenable to brief explanations.
AB - The old-growth forest debate involves two sides ("procut" and "prosave") presenting competing views of the issue. Television news stories may reflect one or the other of these frames through (1) choice of sources, (2) choice of visuals, and (3) reporter's summary remarks. We examined four years of coverage on ABC, CBS, and NBC, and found that while the distribution of visuals was inconclusive, source use and reporter wrapups predominantly reflected the procut frame. This may be because the procut frame emphasized an unambiguous conflict that was more amenable to brief explanations.
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U2 - 10.1177/107769909607300106
DO - 10.1177/107769909607300106
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0002499227
SN - 1077-6990
VL - 73
SP - 53
EP - 65
JO - Journalism and Mass Communication Quaterly
JF - Journalism and Mass Communication Quaterly
IS - 1
ER -