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News Magazine Use Of and Attitudes Toward Leaks in their Coverage of the Decline and Fall of Spiro T. Agnew

This study is a content analysis of the coverage in Time, Newsweek, and U. S. News & World Report on Spiro Agnew from August 13 to October 22, 1973, and is concerned with the use of leaks as determined by analyzing the levels of attribution and the attitudes of the magazines toward leaks. All three magazines used approximately equivalent amounts of material from concealed sources. Time and Newsweek defended the use of leaks; U. S. News & World Report attacked their use. The perils inherent in using information from concealed sources make it necessary to consult as many sources as feasible when following a controversial story.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc503828
Date08 1900
CreatorsFredd, James B.
ContributorsStarr, Douglas P., Hughes, Robert L.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 73 leaves: ill., Text
Coverage1973
RightsPublic, Fredd, James B., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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