Source choice in agricultural news coverage: impacts of reporter specialization and newspaper location, ownership, and circulation

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    White, Judith M. (author)
    Format:
    Dissertation
    Publication Date:
    2006-12
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11821
    Subject Term:
    agriculture news, coverage, credibility (sources), curriculum, educational needs, information sources, journalism, journalists, livestock, newspapers, reporting, training needs, reporters, diseases, agricultural journalism, BSE, journalism education, specialization, agricultural journalists, ownership, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)
    Notes:
    Online via Ebscohost.com., Online search of keywords identified this dissertation in partial fulfillment of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Texas A&M University, College Station. 160 pages. Only the description and citation details are printed and filed for reference. 2 pages., Using content analysis, author examined coverage of the December 2003 bovine spongiform encephalopathy event to discover reporters' sources for breaking agricultural news, the impact of reporter specialization on source choices, and the impact of newspaper differences, including location, circulation, and ownership, on coverage. Findings led to suggestions for reporters, editors who employ reporters, and universities in their establishment of journalism curricula.

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