Local television news producers in Texas do not consider the newsworthiness of the story to be a significant factor when determining whether a particular story in a newscast will be presented live. Producers believe members of the audience determine which newscast they will watch based on live shots, but the results of this study show no correlation between the number of live shots in a newscast and its ratings. Producers were also asked to consider other factors that might determine whether a story is presented live. No correlation was found between the number of live shots in a newscast and the factors considered.
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Originally Chapline specified a 2-year embargo. However, email from him on 9/4/2008 indicated that he did not want this thesis to ever be publically available.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TCU/oai:etd.tcu.edu:etd-12112007-162228 |
| Date | 11 December 2007 |
| Creators | Chapline, Kent |
| Contributors | Suzanne Huffman |
| Publisher | Texas Christian University |
| Source Sets | Texas Christian University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf, application/msword |
| Source | http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-12112007-162228/ |
| Rights | unrestricted, I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to TCU or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, dissertation, or project report. |
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