Showing papers in "Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media in 1984"
TL;DR: In this article, data were gathered from 258 telephone respondents indicating the existence of a para-social interaction by the viewing audience toward local television newscasters, and they concluded that there was a para social interaction between viewers and the news anchors.
Abstract: In this exploratory study, data were gathered from 258 telephone respondents indicating the existence of a para‐social interaction by the viewing audience toward local television newscasters.
74 citations
TL;DR: The FCC's laissez-faire approach to format allocation underscores the Commission's aversion to diversity as a goal of the First Amendment as discussed by the authors, and thus fails to recognize that competition in the marketplace typically mitigates against the ideal of pluralistic programming.
Abstract: The FCC's laissez‐faire approach to format allocation underscores the Commission's aversion to diversity as a goal of the First Amendment. The FCC's format policy confuses variety with diversity and thus fails to recognize that competition in the marketplace typically mitigates against the ideal of pluralistic programming.
61 citations
TL;DR: The social impact of a videotex system is assessed by examining whose needs the system was designed to serve; who were the early adopters; and who most used and benefited from the system.
Abstract: The social impact of a videotex system is assessed by examining: (1) whose needs the system was designed to serve; (2) who were the early adopters; and (3) who most used and benefited from the system.
52 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship of issue and image mentions to presentational styles featured in televised political commercials in 1980's presidential primaries and investigated whether specific graphic formats were uniquely associated with such mentions.
Abstract: This article discerned the relationship of issue and image mentions to presentational styles featured in televised political commercials in 1980's presidential primaries and investigated whether specific graphic formats were uniquely associated with such mentions.
27 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a study of local television news advertising prices finds that cable penetration has a significant negative effect on news prices, while market concentration has a positive impact on news advertising.
Abstract: This study of local television news advertising prices finds: (1) that cable penetration has a significant negative effect on news prices; (2) that market concentration has a significant positive impact; and (3) that station ownership type has little or no effect on such prices.
22 citations
TL;DR: This paper found that between 1965 and 1975 no other single event so dominated television news programs as did the war in Vietnam, and analysis of the content of actual news broadcasts does not support the contention that nightly news programs were filled with pictures of battle, or the dead, dying and wounded.
Abstract: Between 1965 and 1975 no other single event so dominated television news programs as did the war in Vietnam. Yet analysis of the content of actual news broadcasts does not support the contention that nightly news programs were filled with pictures of battle, or the dead, dying and wounded.
14 citations
TL;DR: Using the variables of physical appearance, message believability and performance, black viewers rated the credibility of local black and white newscasters as mentioned in this paper, using predictors of age, income and education.
Abstract: Using the variables of physical appearance, message believability and performance, black viewers rated the credibility of local black and white newscasters. The predictors of age, income and education were used to identify audiences.
5 citations
TL;DR: The authors found that Australian and US broadcast journalists have very similar professional values, which may result from the strong US influence on Australian journalism, and that the two countries have very different professional values.
Abstract: Australian and US broadcast journalists have very similar professional values, which may result from the strong US influence on Australian journalism.
4 citations
TL;DR: This article found that broadcast statehouse reporters perceive editorial injunctions for story background and interpretation, and seek reliable and expert sources, like their newspaper colleagues, and perceive editorial restrictions for story context and interpretation.
Abstract: Broadcast statehouse reporters have higher production pressures and use more activity sources than do newspaper reporters. But like their newspaper colleagues, broadcast reporters perceive editorial injunctions for story background and interpretation, and seek reliable and expert sources.
4 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a survey of 50 university licensed stations, analysis of nearly 3,000 pledge records and a replicated telephone survey of subscribers was performed to assess the function of premiums over time and across stations.
Abstract: Premium performance during fund‐raising was assessed in a survey of 50 university licensed stations, analysis of nearly 3,000 pledge records and a replicated telephone survey of subscribers. The project applied a criterion measure to pull and revenue to measure the rate of success for each premium in each festival for each station. This model provides a framework for assessing the function of premiums over time and across stations.
3 citations
TL;DR: The authors adapts current television content analysis procedures to determine the violence content of both adult and children's radio "thriller"; dramas; and compare them with television show similar amounts of violence.
Abstract: This exploratory study adapts current television content analysis procedures to determine the violence content of both adult and children's radio “thriller”; dramas. Comparisons with television show similar amounts of violence.
TL;DR: In this paper, public files were examined at selected commercial broadcast stations to evaluate broadcasters' compliance with FCC rules and to measure public use of the files and to evaluate their compliance with the rules.
Abstract: Public files were examined at selected commercial broadcast stations to evaluate broadcasters' compliance with FCC rules and to measure public use of the files.
TL;DR: Televised religion can trigger the Fairness Doctrine when it raises political issues, but licensees, often prodded by interest groups, tend to grant response time before the issue reaches the commission as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Televised religion can trigger the Fairness Doctrine when it raises political issues, but licensees, often prodded by interest groups, tend to grant response time before the issue reaches the commission.
TL;DR: As a form of government speech, the programming of public stations licensed to government entities may be subject to formal fairness obligations, even if the fairness doctrine was abolished for private licensees as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: As a form of government speech, the programming of public stations licensed to government entities may be subject to formal fairness obligations, even if the fairness doctrine was abolished for private licensees.
TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis of the impact of broadcast advertising and county party endorsements in a statewide primary election is presented, which confirms earlier findings of a strong positive relationship between broadcast advertising effort and the proportion of the vote won.
Abstract: An analysis of the impact of broadcast advertising and county party endorsements in a statewide primary election; the case confirms earlier findings of a strong positive relationship between broadcast advertising effort and the proportion of the vote won.
TL;DR: The most important things for the public to understand about the broadcast media are economic reality, effects of television, and new technology as discussed by the authors, which are the three main reasons for distrust in the media.
Abstract: What are the most important things for the public to understand about the broadcast media? Columnists cite economic realities, effects of television, and new technology.