Testing geographical bias in international news : whose lives count? TV coverage of natural disasters.
Material type: 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.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 302.23 ADA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 005275963 |
Includes bibliographical references
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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