Issued also as Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University. / Bibliography: p. 141-142.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1914. / Bibliography: p. 141-142.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1914. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-142).

This study is concerned with determining whether the Turkish newspaper, Cumhuriyet, and the Greek newspaper, To Vima, differed in their coverage of the 1974 Cyprus crisis, Issues of the newspapers covering the period, July 16-August 31, 1974, were examined, News items related to the crisis were categorized as hard news, soft news, editorials, and illustrations. Totals for each category were measured in column inches and converted to percentages of total available space in each newspaper, Categories were added to obtain total coverage of the crisis by each newspaper. This study concludes that Cumhuriyet devoted proportionately more coverage to the crisis than To Vima, in both total coverage and all news categories.