Testing geographical bias in international news : whose lives count? TV coverage of natural disasters.

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Adams, William C

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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1986Description: 10 p. : illSubject(s):

Subject: The severity of foreign natural disasters explains less than ten per cent of the variation in the amount of attention they are given in the nightly U. S. television newscasts. This report is an examination of how the news media treats disasters in developing countries in televised news footage.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	302.23 ADA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005275963

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Reprinted from Journal of Communication; Spring 1986; P. 113-122

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The severity of foreign natural disasters explains less than ten per cent of the variation in the amount of attention they are given in the nightly U. S. television newscasts. This report is an examination of how the news media treats disasters in developing countries in televised news footage.

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