Perceptions of rural America: media coverage

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    The Center for Media and Public Affairs (author)
    Format:
    Research report
    Publication Date:
    2002-06-30
    URL:
    http://www.wkkf.org/Pubs/FoodRur/MediaCoverage_00253_03795.pdf
    Published:
    USA: W.K. Kellogg Foundation
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23441
    Subject Term:
    accuracy, attitudes, communication analysis, coverage, credibility (media), crisis communication, ethical issues, farmers, information control, information gathering, information issues, information sources, journalists, media effectiveness, news media, public perception, rural areas, rural communication, and bias
    Notes:
    Reports on other topics featuring interviews with rural Americans can be found at www.wkkf.org., This report is part of a project seeking to understand how various groups perceive rural America, its challenges and strengths. "Perceptions of rural America" looks at how certain news organizations report on the rural population. Researchers analyzed the events and issues making news, the sources quoted, and the opinions these sources expressed about the current and future state of rural America. Researchers conducted a content analysis of news coverage during the six-month period from Jan. 1, 2002, through June 30, 2002, in a sample of major newspapers, news magazines and television networks.

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