CMN 143 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Personalization
Document Summary
Surveys of journalists in 5 countries: germany, great britain, italy, sweden and the us. Strati ed sampling: medium (print vs broadcast) and coverage (local vs national) Probability sampling: select respondents randomly from national roster of journalists. Level of partisanship/ideology: generally journalists identi ed more with the left than the right. Italian journalists were the most liberal and british and swedish journalists are the least liberal. Journalists political beliefs and their perception of the news organizations they work for: closer correlation in the european news systems. Stronger attachment between self and media outlet in european countries. Effects of journalists political beliefs on their news decisions. A quasi-experimental survey method: hypothetical situations were embedded in the survey. Positive (not strong) correlation b/w journalists political beliefs and news decisions: Germany (. 16), italy (. 13), britain (. 12), us (. 09), and sweden (. 05) Journalists identify more with the left than with the right.
