Front Page Mug Shots: A Content Analysis of Five U.S. Newspapers in 1986

1988 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Martin Lester
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Front Page ◽  
Chicago Tribune ◽  
Los Angeles Times ◽  
Usa Today

Mug shots from five U.S. newspapers: USA Today, Chicago Tribune, New Orleans Times-Picayune, New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, were analyzed for the same five-day work week of each month for 1986. The 300 front pages yielded 520 head shots of 1,148 photographs. USA Today and newspapers with its similar graphic style use more mug shots without an accompanying article on the front page than more traditionally designed newspapers.

From confrontations to civil liberties: Newspaper photo framing of police brutality and riots in Los Angeles 1992 and Ferguson, Missouri 2014

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 270-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anan Wan ◽  
Tara Marie Mortensen ◽  
Yicheng Zhu ◽  
Jo-Yun Li
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Police Brutality ◽  
Chicago Tribune ◽  
Visual Content ◽  
Los Angeles Times ◽  
Civil Unrest ◽  
Visual Framing

This study compares the news media’s visual framing of the Los Angeles Riots of 1992 and the Ferguson, Missouri, riots of 2014. A visual content analysis of 387 news images published in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and Atlanta Journal-Constitution was conducted. Results show that newspapers’ visual portrayals of civil unrest have shifted focus from the confrontation between protesters and the police to an emphasis on the depiction of morality, human interest and civil emotions.

Comparing and contrasting corrected errors at four newspapers

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirstie Hettinga ◽  
Alyssa Appelman ◽  
Christopher Otmar ◽  
Alesandria Posada ◽  
Anne Thompson
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Wall Street Journal ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Washington Post ◽  
Wall Street ◽  
Los Angeles Times ◽  
The Wall Street Journal ◽  
Location Type

A content analysis of corrections (N = 507) from four influential newspapers—the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times—shows that they correct errors similar to each other in terms of location, type, impact and objectivity. Results are interpreted through democratic theory and are used to suggest ways for copy editors to most effectively proofread and fact-check.

scholarly journals SUITABLE? THE RHETORICAL AND LIFE COURSE IMPLICATIONS OF SERENA WILLIAMS AND THE CATSUIT

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S537-S537
Author(s):  
Brianne M Stanback
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Life Course ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Life Course Perspective ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Los Angeles Times ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
Sports Illustrated ◽  
The Life Course

Abstract Rhetorical inquires have shown connections between representation and power, workplace fashion and development of ethos, and the rhetoric of glamour through women’s fashion and dress. One element absent from that conversation is how the life course, which typically differs for women because of existing power structures advantaging men, may impact the experience of women as they age, their choice of dress, and the rhetorical implications of those decisions. To explore dress and rhetoric from a life course perspective, this project traces the evolution of Serena Williams’ work apparel across her professional tennis career to the catsuit worn at the 2018 French Open, which is the focus of the project. Press reports on the 2018 catsuit by Nike, New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Business Insider, BBC Sport, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times, interviews given by Williams, and the television documentary, Becoming Serena, will be analyzed for their treatment of Williams’ work attire and the life course. Responses to the catsuit emphasize attitudes about gender, race, and class, either discounting or ignoring the life course implications such as motherhood and changes in health status. Despite professional success, responses about the catsuit may reflect that Williams faces the same jeopardies, and invisibility, common to many women as they age, and the rhetorical perspective provides new methodological and pedagogical possibilities for instruction in aging.

When Journalism Met the Internet

2019 ◽  
pp. 379-393
Author(s):  
Mike Dillon
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
New Media ◽  
New York Times ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Los Angeles Times ◽  
The Public ◽  
Digital World ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
Cast Doubt

American news organizations have long been criticized for failing to anticipate, appreciate and exploit the Internet as it became a fact of daily life in the mid-1990s. This chapter explores and analyzes the lack of planning that stymied the development of journalism on the Web and cast doubt on the viability of traditional public-service journalism with its enduring values of accuracy, fairness and advocacy. Specifically, the essay documents and analyzes the online debuts of two venerable “old media” news outlets (The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times) and two “new media” Web news outlets (Salon and Slate) in the mid-1990s by exploring the claims they made about their aims, purposes and expectations as they introduced themselves to the public via their salutatory editorials. It is a cautionary tale for a digital world that reconfigures itself in ever-quickening cycles.

scholarly journals Honey Pies and Aquadettes

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-12
Author(s):  
Malia Wollan
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Essay Review ◽  
New York Times ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
Los Angeles Times ◽  
Web Video ◽  
Video Vignettes

An essay review of California Is a Place, a collection of three- to ten-minute web video vignettes, by filmmakers Drea Cooper and Zackary Canepari. Their work has attracted more than three million viewers since their first videos went online in early 2010. Widely distributed across the Internet, the videos have won awards and been featured on news sites including PBS’s NewsHour, the New York Times, The Atlantic, and the Los Angeles Times. “People are craving honest stories,” Cooper says. “They want stories that are unmitigated by the television structure of dramatic moments.”

The “Not-So-Genial” Conspiracy: The New York Times and Six Presidential “Honeymoons,” 1953–1993

1995 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 841-850 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Front Page ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
The Press

Scholars and political actors generally believe that presidents enjoy a period of sanguine rapport with the press gallery during a honeymoon of about two months at the beginning of each new administration. The honeymoon is characterized by a minimum of hostile questions by reporters and relatively gentle media treatment of the new president. However, this content analysis of front-page headlines in the New York Times during the first 100 days of the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, and Clinton administrations suggests that all honeymoons are not equal.

scholarly journals Voices in the Storm: The Lost Discourse of Climate Change in Hurricanes Harvey and Irma

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-78
Author(s):  
B.F. Battistoli ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New York ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Research Question ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Hurricane Irma

This study sought to answer the research question: How did media address climate change in reporting on Hurricanes Harvey and Irma? A content analysis was performed on the coverage of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma over a six-week timeframe by two national newspapers, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, and two local newspapers, the Houston Chronicle for Hurricane Harvey and the Tampa Bay Times for Hurricane Irma. A keyword analysis yielded 630 news articles (N=630), of which only 23 (3.65%) mentioned “climate change,” “global warming,” or both. Language that addressed these terms was coded on a Likert Scale (0-5, negative to positive), yielding a median score of 3.44, “slightly positive.” An extensive literature review and discussion of the findings and implications for future research are included. Keywords: Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, climate change, global warming, newspaper content analysis.

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