Changes in Hard and Soft News Content of Major Television Network Newscasts in the Middle 1980s

Author

Rebecca Kiser, Fort Hays State University

Department

Communication Studies

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Abstract

In the last decade, there has been a tendency for the three major television network newscasts to increase the amount of soft news. Soft news is defined as any story that focuses on a human interest topic, feature, or non-policy event. A content analysis of the Vanderbilt Television News Abstracts comparing 1973 through 1976 with 1983 through 1986 shows all three networks did slightly increase the amount of soft news in the middle 1980s. It was, however, a small increase.

Keywords

Communication

Advisor

Willis M. Watt

Date of Award

Fall 1994

Document Type

Thesis - campus only access

DOI

10.58809/GOZT4451

Recommended Citation

Kiser, Rebecca, "Changes in Hard and Soft News Content of Major Television Network Newscasts in the Middle 1980s" (1994). Master's Theses. 2466.
DOI: 10.58809/GOZT4451
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/2466

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