A Study of Midwestern Editorial Perspectives


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A Study of Midwestern Editorial Perspectives

• Ideology verses Demographics

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Purpose

• To show that newspapers have an ideological
  perspective by evaluating editorials
• To show a correlation between demographic size
  and ideology

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Significant Prior Studies

• Grafton Carl Permaloff Anne 2004 August
  10. Editorials as a Measure of Ideology ADA
  Ratings on Domestic Policy and Editorial
  Positioning.
• Groseclose Tim Milyo Jeffrey 2005. A
  Measure of Media Bias.

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Sample Newspapers Penetration and Population
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• The Random House Dictionary defines an Editorial
  as An article or statement in a newspaper or
  other medium presenting the opinion of the
  publisher editor or owner

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Corydon Democrat
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Courier Journal
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Chicago Tribune
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Conclusions

• The study did show that the news presented in
  each newspaper must be evaluated with the
  knowledge of the ideological perspective from
  which it was written.