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Use of the Internet for International News: A Comparative Content Analysis of the Television Evening Newscasts and Web Videos of the U.S. Stations PBS and NBC and the German Stations ARD and RTL

Eckert, Kristin D.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1251323201

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2009, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Journalism (Communication).
This comparative content analysis examined two weeks without weekends in April 2009 of the U.S. television newscasts PBS NewsHour and NBC Nightly News and the German television newscasts ARD Tagesschau and RTL Aktuell and the relationship to their respective web videos in terms of focus, geographic area, link to television, topic, and format with a special interest in international news. For the 702 stories analyzed it was found that content-wise little is new online; international news online is for the most part imbalanced in terms of topic and geographic area, falling into traditional patterns that neglect the Southern hemisphere. Public-service broadcasters appeared to be the more reliable choice to obtain news on politics and the economy. In addition, different formats of online presentation were found to have evolved between the two countries.
Joseph Bernt, PhD (Committee Co-Chair)
Bernhard Debatin, PhD (Committee Member)
Robert Stewart, PhD (Committee Member)
Journalism
Germany; United States; broadcasting; online journalism; content analysis; NBC Nightly News; PBS NewsHour; ARD Tagesschau; RTL Aktuell; web

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  • Eckert, K. D. (2009). Use of the Internet for International News: A Comparative Content Analysis of the Television Evening Newscasts and Web Videos of the U.S. Stations PBS and NBC and the German Stations ARD and RTL [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1251323201

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Eckert, Kristin. Use of the Internet for International News: A Comparative Content Analysis of the Television Evening Newscasts and Web Videos of the U.S. Stations PBS and NBC and the German Stations ARD and RTL. 2009. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1251323201.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Eckert, Kristin. "Use of the Internet for International News: A Comparative Content Analysis of the Television Evening Newscasts and Web Videos of the U.S. Stations PBS and NBC and the German Stations ARD and RTL." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1251323201

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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