| Type of Document |
Dissertation |
| Author |
Honore, Lisa R.
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| URN |
etd-09242009-081657 |
| Title |
An Analysis of the Social Networks of Local Television Reporters |
| Degree |
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) |
| Department |
Mass Communication |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Kurpius, David D. |
Committee Chair |
| DeFleur, Margaret |
Committee Member |
| Goidel, Kirby |
Committee Member |
| Miller, Andrea |
Committee Member |
| Grey, Stephanie Houston |
Dean's Representative |
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| Keywords |
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- broadcast
- reporting
- journalists
- minority
- news routines
- sourcing
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| Date of Defense |
2009-08-28 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
This study analyzed the personal and professional networks of four local television reporters using social network analysis methodology. Network analysis was carried out to the tertiary level allowing examination of demographic data for 773 individuals in the reporter networks. Analysis was conducted through the lens of media norms and routines and the sociological principle of homophily that states people are more likely to associate with people like themselves. Using as a guide, norms and routines and homophily literature as well as studies about the portrayal of minorities, the study examines how the social networks of reporters can determine how communities of color will be covered by the media. The findings show that minority reporters who have lived in the community for an extended period of time are more likely to have the social networks that will lead to meaningful and substantive coverage of minority communities.
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