Thesis
Structuralism pluralism and editorial page representation
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2006
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/509
Abstract
The structural pluralism model pertains to differences in how metropolitan and small-town media cover news during a conflict. Local mass media respond to the sources of power within the community and this is reflected in news coverage. This case study applies the structural pluralism model to editorial coverage of a conflict covering the same environmental controversy from newspapers in Washington communities with different degrees of pluralism. Results suggest the pluralism model must be expanded to fit opinion page articles that focus only on one specific controversy. More consistent results about pluralism's effects on editorials during a specific controversy would emerge were the model expanded to include local considerations of propinquity, and the impact of Native American stakeholders on newspaper editorial page content.
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- Title
- Structuralism pluralism and editorial page representation
- Creators
- Linda B. De Lisle
- Contributors
- Douglas Blanks Hindman (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Edward R. Murrow College of Communication
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900525026001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis