Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media articles from March 2007

Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media archives from March 2007

Radio reverb: the impact of "local" news reimported to its own community.
March 1, 2007... "I've never been to Omaha, but we do your local news," a member of a large radio conglomerate matter-of-factly told a college professor with Nebraska roots. Omaha, with a population of almost 400,000, is one of many markets throughout the...

Primacy effects of The Daily Show and national tv news viewing: young viewers, political gratifications, and internal political self-efficacy.
March 1, 2007... The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has become a fixture on the U.S. political landscape (Mutz, 2004). There is much discussion within the popular press as to the legitimacy of emerging satirical public affairs outlets (Trigoboff, 2001), with...

Media ownership regulations and local news programming on broadcast television: an empirical analysis.
March 1, 2007... In the vast and complex U.S. media landscape, local television news occupies an important place. The starring role of local news plays out in several interrelated ways. First, local television news continues to be the primary news source for...

Reporting live from the scene: enough to attract the 18-24 audience?(Survey)
March 1, 2007... Being able to probive live coverage of breaking news events is one of the unparalleled strengths of television. The purpose of this study is to assess the opinions of 18-24 year olds about live television news reporting. Variables identified by...

Gender differences in selective media use for mood management and mood adjustment.
March 1, 2007... Media consumers' moods play an important role in selections of media messages, as ample empirical evidence has shown. Based on mood management theory (Zillmann, 1988), many investigators have found affective states to influence which media...

The privatization of the Internet's backbone network.
March 1, 2007... Histories of the Internet abound (Abbate, 1999; Hauben & Hauben, 1997; Kahn & Cerf, 1999; Mowery & Simcoe, 2002; Mueller, 2002; Naughton, 2000; Salus, 1995; Schiller, 1999), yet a comprehensive account of the privatization of the Internet's...

Development broadcasting in India and beyond: redefining an old mandate in an age of media globalization.
March 1, 2007... The advent of commercial satellite television has changed the media landscape in many Asian countries that primarily had state-run broadcasting systems. As a result, long-established broadcasters have been forced to reassess their role in a...

Constructing television communities: the FCC, signals, and cities, 1948-1957.
March 1, 2007... As the new medium of television emerged in the United States between the late 1940s and late 1950s, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made decisions that would affect the industry and its audiences for decades to come. This study...

Crime cultivation: comparisons across media genres and channels.(Survey)
March 1, 2007... Despite a 30-year-long debate about conceptual and methodological foundations of the cultivation hypothesis, the core idea, that people who are avid media consumers tend to adopt worldviews similar to those presented in mass media content...

A longitudinal analysis of foreign program imports on South Korean television, 1978-2002: a case of rising indigenous capacity in program supply.
March 1, 2007... The purpose of this study is to trace the trajectory of South Korea's (hereinafter referred to as South Korea or Korea) dependency on imported television programs by investigating the presence of foreign imports on the country's terrestrial...

Color Television: Fifty Years of African American and Latino Images on Prime-Time Television.(Book review)
March 1, 2007... Pieraccini, C., & Alligood, D. L. (2005). Color television: Fifty years of African American and Latino images on prime-time television. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt. 190 pages. As interesting as the book itself are the two authors of Color...

The Sitcom Reader: America Viewed and Skewed.(Book review)
March 1, 2007... Dalton, M. M., & Linder, L. R. (Eds.). (2005). The sitcom reader: America viewed and skewed. Albany: State University of New York Press. 337 pages. The beauty of the collection of essays entitled The Sitcom Reader: America Viewed and...

Jannette Dates: a lifelong commitment to teaching, scholarship, and service.(Biography)
March 1, 2007... Jannette Dates, Dean of the John H. Johnson School of Communication at Howard University, exemplifies a lifetime of excellence in teaching, landmark research, and a commitment to the academic community. She is a true research pioneer in the...

Lynne Schafer Gross: extraordinary role model.(Biography)
March 1, 2007... Pioneer, role model, mentor, and friend are words that describe Lynne Schafer Gross, an educator, prolific writer, and media maker whose professional achievements are known to many. Gross describes her career as four pronged: producing,...

Scholar, historian, individualist: John Michael Kittross.(Biography)
March 1, 2007... "Curmudgeon, iconoclast and gadfly" is how John Michael Kittross describes himself. "Editor and bibliophile" could be added to the list. However, it might be more accurate describing him professionally as a professor, editor, researcher,...