Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media articles from March 2001

Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media archives from March 2001

Correction.(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
March 22, 2001... The following references were omitted from an article by James A. Rada which appeared in the Fall 2000 issue of JOBEM (Vol. 44, No. 4), A New Piece to the Puzzle: Examining Effects of Television Portrayals of African-Americans: Jackson, D....

Parent and Child Perspectives on the Presence and Meaning of Parental Television Mediation.
March 22, 2001... A growing body of literature on parental mediation of children's television viewing reveals that parents' or other adults' behaviors regarding television has a significant effect on children's reactions to television. In fact, the American...

The Role of Parental Mediation in the Political Socialization Process.
March 22, 2001... Those concerned about the effects of campaign tactics on political participation frequently focus their attention on television because of its centrality as a source of political information for voters. Both televised news and televised...

When I Die, I Feel Small: Electronic Game Characters and the Social Self.
March 22, 2001... Although eclipsed by the rise of behaviorism in the middle of the century, theoretical perspectives on social orientations toward personality and the development of the self are undergoing a resurgence (Davies, 1997; Grodin and Lindlof, 1996;...

New Media and Market Competition: A Niche Analysis of Television News, Electronic News, and Newspaper News in Taiwan.
March 22, 2001... The news media in Taiwan have been under heavy regulation for the past several decades, with television news under particularly tight government control. People in Taiwan have complained frequently that news from the three television networks...

Agenda-Setting and Spanish Cable News.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... The Latino population in the United States is growing at a rapid rate. As Avila (1997) notes, "With approximately 30 million Latinos, the U.S. is the fifth largest Hispanic nation in the world" (p. 39-40). Hispanics represent approximately 12%...

Shifts in Public Affairs Reporting on the Network Evening News: A Move Toward the Sensational.
March 22, 2001... News critics in the trade as well as the popular press insist that the network evening news has moved away from public affairs and toward sensationalism and human interest reporting (McCartney, 1997; Feder, 1997). Scholars fear that if the...

Offensive Language in Prime Time Television: Before and After Content Ratings.
March 22, 2001... Portrayals of physical aggression and sexual behavior and language in prime time network television have been extensively researched. A related area that has received less attention is that of offensive language, which can be considered a form...

Public Journalism Through the Lens: How Television Broadcasters Covered Campaign '96.
March 22, 2001... In an appraisal of public journalism's role in coverage of North Carolina's political campaigns, Charlotte (N.C.) Observer Editor Jennie Buckner wrote that the "Your Voice, Your Vote" initiative wasn't perfect but the newspaper-television...

Live Reporting in Television News: Breaking News or Black Holes?(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... Technical visionaries suggested the possibility of live television news reporting as early as 1939 when television was formally introduced to the nation at the New York World's Fair. Magazine writers at that time asked readers to imagine how...

Viewing Alone? Recent Considerations of Media Audience Studies.(Review)
March 22, 2001... ... I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood: I only speak right on; I tell you that which you yourselves do know. --Shakespeare, c. 1599/1975, p. 830; from Julius Caesar...

Crime and Passion: Journalism for the Masses?(Review)
March 22, 2001... For some scholars, it is tempting to dismiss a brand of news and television programming that focuses on sex, crime, violence, and gossip as trivia. The forces driving audiences to such content, however, are at odds with those focusing on more...