Impacts of Information Subsidies and Community Structure on Local Press Coverage of Environmental Contamination (Presentation)

Authors

Robert J. Griffin, Marquette UniversityFollow
Sharon Dunwoody, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

5-1993

Publisher

International Communication Association

Source Publication

ICA Annual Conference

Abstract

An analysis of 373 daily newspapers in the Midwest found that community structure and the public information activities of an environmental group affected press coverage of a story about pollution from industrial toxins. Results indicate that the press' function to report or raise issues concerning industrial toxic releases and related health risks is tempered by community pluralism and particularly by community reliance on manufacturing. A press kit sent to some newspapers by an environmental group appears to have influenced the papers to run a story on toxic industrial releases, but it primarily encouraged the delegation of local staff resources to covering the story.

Comments

Impacts of Information Subsidies and Community Structure on Local Press Coverage of Environmental Contamination. A paper presented at the ICA Annual Conference, Chicago IL, May 1993. Publisher link. ©1993 The Author. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Griffin, Robert J. and Dunwoody, Sharon, "Impacts of Information Subsidies and Community Structure on Local Press Coverage of Environmental Contamination (Presentation)" (1993). College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications. 680.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/comm_fac/680