Public Understanding of How the News Media Operate

Lee B. Becker; Erik L. Collins; D. Charles Whitney

Public Understanding of How the News Media Operate

Lee B. Becker, Erik L. Collins, D. Charles Whitney

Communication Studies

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Abstract

Reports the findings of a survey conducted to determine the level of understanding of the news business by the general public in a midwestern community. Concludes that the respondents knew more about television news than about newspapers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	571-578
Journal	Journalism Quarterly
Volume	57
State	Published - 1980

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