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The Effects of Change on Television News: A Comparison of the 10:00 p.m. News of the Dallas-Fort Worth Network Affiliates

The study determines and evaluates changes in the 10:00 p.m. newscasts of the Dallas-Fort Worth network affiliates following personnel and ownership changes, and a reduction in length of one station's newscast. Scripts and audio recordings of the newscasts were collected during four-week periods before and after the changes. The data were analyzed and supplemented with interviews conducted with the stations' news directors and producers. Conclusions drawn were that ownership changes had more impact on the presentation of the news than on its content, changes in anchormen and producers had more effect on presentation than on content, and a reduction in news time caused changes in the content of a television newscast.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663254
Date08 1900
CreatorsSparks, John Henry
ContributorsStarr, Douglas P., Glick, Edwin L.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 109 leaves, Text
CoverageUnited States - Texas - Tarrant County - Fort Worth, United States - Texas - Dallas County - Dallas
RightsPublic, Sparks, John Henry, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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