Title
Changes in Hard and Soft News Content of Major Television Network Newscasts in the Middle 1980s
Date of Award
Fall 1994
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Communication Studies
Advisor
Willis M. Watt
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.
Rights
Copyright 1994 Rebecca Kiser
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.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/2466
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