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The People's Pope: Effects of Audience Orientation on News Content Following the Death of Pope John Paul II

Borger, Philip M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1275439304

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2010, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Journalism (Communication).
Pope John Paul II (born 1920) was not only a major figure in the worldwide Catholic community, but he also held a special place with his fellow Poles and with the Hispanic-American community for his outreach to Latin America. Therefore, the pope’s April 2005 death provided a unique opportunity to study how the demographic makeup of an audience affected local news content. Gatekeepers’ perceptions of their audience are one of many influences on news routines and content selection; furthermore, market demands can also influence newspapers to cater content to their audience. This study measured the content of 12 American newspapers in cities of varying Catholic, Polish-American, and Hispanic-American makeup in the week following Pope John Paul II’s death. By comparing the demographics of these 12 cities with the content in their corresponding newspapers, this study attempted to provide further insight into the audience’s influence on news content.
Bill Reader (Committee Co-Chair)
Daniel Riffe, Ph.D. (Committee Co-Chair)
Eddith Dashiell, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Anne Cooper-Chen, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
104 p.
Journalism
audience orientation; market-driven; news routines; knowing your audience; ethnic; religious; news coverage; pope

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  • Borger, P. M. (2010). The People's Pope: Effects of Audience Orientation on News Content Following the Death of Pope John Paul II [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1275439304

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Borger, Philip. The People's Pope: Effects of Audience Orientation on News Content Following the Death of Pope John Paul II. 2010. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1275439304.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Borger, Philip. "The People's Pope: Effects of Audience Orientation on News Content Following the Death of Pope John Paul II." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1275439304

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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