Title: A Study of Midwestern Editorial Perspectives
1A Study of Midwestern Editorial Perspectives
- Ideology verses Demographics
2Purpose
- To show that newspapers have an ideological
perspective by evaluating editorials - To show a correlation between demographic size
and ideology
3Significant 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.
4Sample Newspapers Penetration and Population
5 - 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
6Corydon Democrat
7No Transcript
8Courier Journal
9No Transcript
10Chicago Tribune
11No Transcript
12Conclusions
- 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.