September 19, 2016 •
Latest stories, Media and Politics, Research •
by Scott. R Maier
Sometimes an image or a news account of mass violence evokes public outcry. It happened this summer when a dazed 5-year-old bombing victim, shown covered in blood and dust, became the poster child of the savage assault on Aleppo. A year...
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August 21, 2013 •
Media Economics •
by Tina Bettels
As soon as Amazon boss Jeff Bezos announced his acquisition of the Washington Post, people began asking why he had done it. What will the man who said there would be no printed newspapers in 20 years do with one of the most respected...
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January 21, 2013 •
Specialist Journalism •
by Michael Wise
A new study by journalism researchers Scott Maier and Staci Tucker shows that online and print readers in two large American cities receive a strikingly different news mix from their regional papers. According to the researchers, the...
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December 9, 2010 •
Digital News •
by Kate Nacy
Study compares news content on the Web to radio, television and newspapers. Published in Journalism and Mass Media Quarterly, Scott Maier’s 18-month study builds on the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s News Coverage...
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May 19, 2010 •
Digital News •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
For the Austrian website Der Standard it was only an April Fool’s joke, but many other quality newspapers proceeded to take the gloves off. The London Times, owned by Rupert Murdoch, Le Monde and Le Figaro as well as the Axel Springer AG...
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March 4, 2010 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
Study analyzes distinction between newspapers and online news. Hoping to shed light on what newspaper readers stand to lose or gain by moving online, Scott Maier, a researcher and professor of journalism at the University of Oregon’s...
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April 25, 2009 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, April 17, 2009 Do corrections columns strengthen the news media’s credibility? A frequent victim of journalistic error, Barack Obama may have set records in name-botching. On his blog RegretTheError.com, media...
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