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Pew Center survey that finds Americans increasingly critical and disenchanted with mainstream news organisations. People who use the internet as their main source of news are particularly critical of...

Source: Pew Center for Press & People, Pew Centre for People & Press

August 2007

Keywords: news, trust, bias, inaccuracy, US

Study of TV news coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and of how this coverage relates to the understanding, beliefs and attitudes of the television audience. 2 years content analysis and inte...

Source: Glasgow University Media Group, Glasgow University Media Group

2004

Keywords: Israel, middle east, TV news, impartiality, fairness

Daniel Rivkin's analysis of global news coverage of New Zealand (television news profile 2002-2004) - to demonstrate the grip that PA and Reuters have over international coverage of New Zealand.

Source: Centre for Intl Communications Research, Centre for International Communications Research

Jun-06

Keywords: New Zealand, television news, country image, global coverage

Chris Paterson charts the rising importance of internet news alongside the declining number of sources for international news. His key finding is that whereas in 2001, 68% of news portal/aggregator te...

Source: Centre for Intl Communications Research, Centre for International Communications Research

May-06

Keywords: Online news, blogs, market dominance, news agency

Chris Paterson's paper looks at the concentration of corporate control over public affairs information in the context of emerging news distribution mechanisms. Arguing that the dominance of AP and Reu...

Source: Centre for Intl Communications Research, Centre for International Communications Research

Apr-03

Keywords: Online news, blogs, market dominance, news agency, politics

Academic article from 'Media, Culture and Society' arguing that 'there is more going on in the communication of news than the manipulation of news agendas by powerful strategic interests or the circul...

Source: Cardiff School of Journalism, Simon Cottle and Mugdha Rai

Jan-06

Keywords: TV news, communication,

Snapshot of the current state of political blogging in the UK (early 2004). Focuses on 8 'types' of political blog (the MPs blog, the candidates blog etc.). Most said the purpose of blogging was to pr...

Source: Hansard, Hansard Society

Jul-04

Keywords: blogs, Internet, online news, democracy, politics,

107 page study from the Cardiff School of Journalism which is highly critical of Trinity Mirror's development strategy. There is, the report suggests, a 'serious threat to the future of quality journa...

Source: Cardiff School of Journalism, Andrew Williams & Bob Franklin

March 2007

Keywords: Trinity Mirror, Cardiff School of Journalism, public relations, Wales, agency copy, newspaper, online

ITV news viewing data and analysis from 1997-2000. Includes qualitative research conducted by Counterpoint about audience responses to the move of the ITV evening news from 10 to 11pm ("Many responden...

Source: ITC, ITC

Apr-00

Keywords: ITV, news bulletins, ratings, television

Content analysis of news coverage of September 11 2001, combined with research about attitudes towards news - based on 9/11 coverage and after. Many statements about how people recieve and interpret n...

Source: ITC, ITC

Jun-05

Keywords: News, television, Sept 11th, international, ethnic minorities

Postal survey of 4,000 representative UK panel during the week Baghdad fell to US/UK forces (April 7, 2003). Examines attitutdes to amount of coverage, perceived bias, style and content on television....

Source: ITC, ITC

Oct-03

Keywords: iraq war, news coverage, audience views, politics, news ratings, reporters

Barnett, Seymour and Gabor (Westminster University) analyse 700 television news bulletins over 24 years (1975-99) to establish extent to which news has gone 'downmarket'. Find that there is a great di...

Source: ITC, ITC

Jul-00

Keywords: Content, TV news, dumbing down, news bulletins, trends

Ian Hargreaves and James Thomas' research looks at changing patterns of news provision and consumption and makes recommendations for improving access, quality and public engagement. Confirms significa...

Source: ITC, ITC

Oct-02

Keywords: News, tabloids, content, news TV channels, public perceptions

David Morrison and Michael Svennevig's 126 page report includes interviews, focus groups and an NOP survey. Its aims are to find out what the media and the public understand by 'public interest' and '...

Source: ITC, ITC

Mar-02

Keywords: PSB, privacy, taste & decency, public view, the public good, news values

Short paper examining audience responses to coverage of the developing world, based on three Glasgow Media Group studies: the Rwandan refugee crisis of 1994, the subsequent war in Zaire, and televisio...

Source: Glasgow University Media Group, Glasgow University Media Group

2000

Keywords: news, developing world, audience, Glasgow Media Group

74 page discussion document from Ofcom about the future of broadcast news. It is not a policy or proposals document. It 'examines the environment in which television news currently operates' and how t...

Source: OFCOM, John Glover

July 2007

Keywords: OFCOM, news, future, BBC

Responses to the consultation document 'New News, Future News' released by OFCOM in July. Responses fall into: - Issues surrounding plurality of news - The economic sustainability of news - Concerns ...

Source: OFCOM, Ofcom

October 2007

Keywords: news, future, plurality, PSB, sustainability

US study showing the sports pages of US newspapers are 'a passive and reactive space… dominated by game previews and recaps with little room for enterprise reportage'. As much comment as reportage and...

Source: Project for Excellence in Journalism, Project for Excellence in Journalism

Aug-05

Keywords: sports, newspaper

Executive summary of the PEJ's influential State of the News Media annual report. 2006 findings include: seismic transformation in what and how people learn about the world around them, power moving a...

Source: Project for Excellence in Journalism, Project for Excellence in Journalism

Jun-05

Keywords: Press, Internet, blogs, network TV, public views, radio, ethnic minorities, news investment,

Biennial Pew news consumption survey amongst 3,204 adults. Shows growth of internet as main source of news slowing. Supplementary source for many. Audience for online news broad not deep (many people ...

Source: Pew Center for Press & People, Pew Research Centre for People and Press

Jul-06

Keywords: Internet, online news, trust, technology

Survey amongst 1,464 Americans shows public becoming more critical of the press, although still favourable to news organisations overall. One third of all Americans under 40 cite the internet as their...

Source: Pew Center for Press & People, Pew Research Centre for People and Press

Jun-05

Keywords: Online news, print news, Internet, payment

Each day approximately 50 million Americans turn to the internet for news. 70% American adults now have internet access. For a sizeable and influential group of broadband users, the internet is a prim...

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, Pew Internet and American Life Project

Mar-06

Keywords: Online news, Internet

Findings of daily tracking survey show internet is second only to television as source of news about science for Americans. 40m rely on internet as main sources of science news. Particularly true if ...

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, Pew Internet and American Life Project

Nov-06

Keywords: science, Online news, Internet

38 page summary of the fourth annual study of the State of the [US] News Media. As with earlier studies this finds that the 'transformation facing journalism is epochal' but that this year the US news...

Source: Project for Excellence in Journalism, Project for Excellence in Journalism

March 2007

Keywords: State of the News Media, journalism, US, newspapers

Report commissioned by the BBC that attempts to 'move forward' debate about the value of news to commercial public service broadcasting channels (ITV, Channel 4 & Channel 5). It questions the idea th...

Source: Human Capital, Matt Ashworth & Simon Terrington

June 2007

Keywords: Public Service Broadcasting, news, commercial channels

An evaluation of how effectively the 100 most circulated US newspapers are using the internet. Study found that 76% of US newspapers offered RSS feeds and 80% had reporter blogs. However, only 19% all...

Source: Bivings, The Bivings Group

Aug-06

Keywords: Internet, newspapers, online news, America, blogs, RSS feeds

Survey published by the Pew Centre for Press and People that details what sort of news stories capture the attention of the US public. The survey synthesises 165 separate surveys across the US, record...

Source: Pew Center for Press & People, Michael J. Robinson

August 2007

Keywords: US, news, news interest

Report comparing the news agenda of the mainstream media with that of three leading user-news sites. Over a week, PEJ’s researchers compared the most popular stories on Reddit, Digg and Del.icio.us –...

Source: Project for Excellence in Journalism, PEJ

September 2007

Keywords: User-news, Digg, Reddit, Del.icio.us