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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Los Angeles Times"”.
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A Content Analysis Of 2004 Presidential Election Headlines Of The Los Angeles Times And The Washington Times
… against either candidate in the headlines of the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Times? If there is bias, which issues tended to produce the most positive, negative and neutral results? All election headlines, from February to November 2004, pertaining to a specific candidate were recorded …
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A Comparison of the Attitudes Towards Independence for the Philippine Islands, 1898-1946, as Reflected in the Editorials fo the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times
… 19h6 is reflected in the pages of the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times it is the select question of granting independence to the islands however, which is the subject of this study. The changing reactions of the editorials of the two newspapers toward the issue of freedom for the …
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Crack as a moral panic: The racial implications inherent to crack and powder cocaine sentencing
… 1980's. A content analysis was conducted on the Los Angeles Times from 1985 to 1990, examining both the nature and extent of the Los Angeles Times' coverage of crack cocaine as well as the relationship between this drug and its association with Blacks. The findings of the content analysis …
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The media's coverage of jury trials
… trials. A content analysis was conducted on the Los Angeles Times from 1973 to 1995, examining both overall trends in jury coverage and the extent and nature of that coverage before and after several high-profile jury trials. The findings of the content analysis validated the belief that the …
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Russell Kirk's Column "To the point": Traditional Aspects of Conservatism.
… Papers that carried the column included <em>Los Angeles Times</em> (1962-early 1968), <em>New Orleans Time-Picayune</em> (late 1962-late 1971), <em>Detroit News</em> (early 1970-1975).<sup>2</sup> The research for this thesis included both primary and secondary sources. The primary sources …
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Supermarket tabloid influence on mainstream daily newspaper editorial content
… Las Vegas Sun, Reno Gazette-Journal, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and USA Today--over a 26-week period. The content of each daily newspaper was influenced by the tabloids to differing degrees, but the influence amounted to a few paragraphs per week, and the majority of …
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David Shaw in the continuum of press self-criticism
David Shaw is the Los Angeles Times press critic, the only newspaper writer in the United States who devotes his full time to researching and writing criticisms and explanatory articles about broad issues affecting the press and the public. In addition to calling attention to bias, sensationalism, …
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2014 Ebola newspaper coverage : through the lens of Orientalism
… as defined by Palestinian-American philosopher Edward Said. Orientalism refers to the West's patronizing of Middle Eastern and Asian societies. Orientalism occurs when the West objectifies non-Western cultures turning them into an "other." In this study, the theory is applied to the …
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The bureaucratic theory of synthetic advertising
… was tested using data obtained from the Los Angeles Times which dealt with air and water pollution. The results are generally favorable and suggest that the approach is fruitful.
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Towards Infinity And Beyond Branding, Reputation, and the Critical Reception of Pixar Animation Studios
… knows anything.’ Patrick Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times spoke in similar terms in 2008, writing that, ‘critics and audiences are in agreement on one key thing: Nobody makes better movies than Pixar.’ Thirteen consecutive global box office successes and scores of industry awards would …
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An Examination of the Media's Framing of the Illegal Street Racing Issue
… in daily issues of the San Diego Union and Los Angeles Times, as well as in monthly issues of Car and Driver and National Geographic between January 1, 2001 and January 30, 2004, a three-year period framing two films incorporating a street racing theme, “The Fast and Furious” released in …
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On the Stage of Change: A Dramaturgical Approach to Violence, Social Protests, and Policing Styles in the U.S.
… by content coding of newspaper articles in the Los Angeles Times and New York Times. Information on community policing styles was derived from lists of funding for agencies participating in the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. In some instances …
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News Media Coverage of the Attack on the American Embassy in Saigon During the 1968 Tet Offensive
… by examining the major newspapers; the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and the Christian Science Monitor, and the major news magazines, Time, Life, and Newsweek. It is important to observe that the news media is still a business that must appeal to its customers (readers and …
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A quantitative analysis of theater criticism in four American newspapers.
… offer viable avenues for theater criticism if it loses ground in journalism.
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Institutional Responses to Racial Incidents in California Public Higher Education: A Qualitative Historical Document Analysis
… Using a dataset of incidents identified through Los Angeles Times reporting, the study analyzed 72 official institutional response texts linked to 56 distinct racial incidents. To systematically evaluate this discourse, incidents were organized into an eight-category incident typology (Categories …