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Notes that relative to traditional newspapers, Internet-based papers provide fewer cues about news story importance and give readers more control over story selection. Finds that online student readers of the "New York Times" appear to have read fewer national, international, and political news stories and were less likely to recognize and recall events that occurred during the exposure period. (SC)

Presents the results of a two-wave experiment designed to examine how journalistic news frames can facilitate the communication of advocacy frames (to undergraduate students) designed to influence audience perceptions of a political issue. Discusses the implications of these results for journalism, issue advocacy, and the study of issue framing. (SG)

Investigates college students' judgments about a controversial Holocaust-denial advertisement and its suitability for publication in their college newspaper. Finds that those with interests at stake perceived the advertisement as especially likely to influence others, and that third-person effects and publication decisions were a function of variance in subjects' perceived impact of the message on themselves, not on others. (SR)

Finds that (1) each of three groups of variables (political, media schemas, and media use orientations) can predict the magnitude of third-person effects; (2) none individually has great predictive power; (3) the mechanisms by which different variables influence the magnitude of third-person effects vary; and (4) overall connections between individual differences and third-person effects are only modest. (SR)

Finds that journalistic story frames (such as human interest, conflict, or personal consequences) significantly affected the topical focus and evaluative implications of thoughts generated by readers. Shows that evaluations and opinions offered by participants indicated that news frames also subtly could affect audience decision making about matters of public policy. (SR)

To purchase or authenticate to the full-text of this article, please visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2008.00381.x Byline: Kevin Coe (1), David Tewksbury (1), Bradley J. Bond (1), Kristin L. Drogos (1), Robert W. Porter (1), Ashley Yahn (1), Yuanyuan Zhang (1) Abstract: Two trends have marked the development of U.S. cable television news in recent years: a blurring of hard and soft news and an increase in overt partisanship. This paper reports the results of 2 studies that provide insight into the nature and impact of these trends. The first study analyzes national survey data to identify the factors that lead political partisans to choose particular cable television news networks and programs. The second study employs experimental methods to demonstrate how viewers' partisan leanings influence their perceptions of content from CNN, Fox News, and The Daily Show. We found evidence of a relative hostile media phenomenon, in which partisans perceive more bias in programs that do not align with their own political perspective. Furthermore, the results indicate that partisanship informs viewers' perceptions of news content as interesting and informative. Abstract (French) Resume Nouvelles hostiles: Les perceptions et usages partisans de la programmation des bulletins d'informations cables Ces dernieres annees, le developpement des informations televisees cablees aux Etats-Unis a ete marque par deux tendances: la difference entre nouvelles chaudes et froides est de plus en plus brouillee et la partisanerie de plus en plus manifeste. Cet article rend compte des resultats de deux etudes qui donnent un apercu de la nature et de l'impact de ces tendances. La premiere etude analyse des donnees d'enquete nationale afin d'identifier les facteurs qui menent des partisans politiques a choisir des emissions et des reseaux particuliers d'informations televisees cablees. La deuxieme etude emploie des methodes experimentales afin de demontrer la maniere dont les penchants partisans des telespectateurs influencent leurs perceptions des contenus de CNN, Fox News et The Daily Show. Nous constatons un phenomene de relative hostilite mediatique, ou les partisans percoivent plus de biais dans les emissions qui ne s'alignent pas sur leurs propres idees politiques. De plus, les resultats indiquent que la partisanerie influence les telespectateurs dans leurs perceptions du contenu des informations comme etant interessant et informatif. Abstract (German): Abstract Feindliche Nachrichten: Voreingenommene Nutzung und Wahrnehmung von Kabelnachrichtenprogrammen Die Entwicklung der U.S. Kabelfernsehnachrichten ist in letzter Zeit von zwei Trends gekennzeichnet: zum einen von einer Vermischung von harten und weichen Nachrichten und zum anderen von einer Zunahme offenkundiger Parteilichkeit. Dieser Artikel dokumentiert die Ergebnisse zweier Studien, die Erkenntnisse uber die Natur und den Einfluss dieser Trends bieten. Auf Basis nationaler Umfragedaten identifiziert die erste Studie Faktoren, die politische Anhanger dazu bewegen, bestimmte Kabelfernsehnachrichtennetworks oder -programme zu wahlen. Die zweite Studie nutzt empirische Methoden, um darzustellen, wie die Parteipraferenzen der Zuschauer ihre Wahrnehmung der Inhalte von CNN, Fox News und The Daily Show beeinflussen. Die Ergebnisse bestatigen die Vermutung eines relativen feindlichen Medien-Phanomens, da Parteianhanger haufiger eine tendenzielle Berichterstattung in solchen Programmen wahrnehmen, die nicht mit ihrer eigenen politischen Uberzeugung ubereinstimmen. Au[sz]erdem zeigen die Studien, dass eine Parteipraferenz die Wahrnehmung der Zuschauer dahingehend beeinflusst, dass Nachrichteninhalte als interessant und informativ wahrgenommen werden. Abstract (Spanish): Resumen Noticias Hostiles: El Uso Partidario y las Percepciones de la Programacion de Noticias por Cable Dos tendencias han marcado el desarrollo de las noticias de la television por cable en los EE.UU. en anos recientes: una mezcla de noticias duras y suaves, y un incremento abierto de lo partidario. Este articulo reporta los resultados de dos estudios los cuales proveen de entendimiento sobre la naturaleza y el impacto de estas tendencias. El primer estudio analiza los datos de una encuesta nacional que identifica los factores que llevan a los partidarios politicos a elegir particulares redes de noticias y programas de television por cable. El segundo estudio emplea metodos experimentales para demostrar como las inclinaciones de los partidarios televidentes influyen sobre las percepciones de contenido de CNN, Fox News, y The Daily Show. Encontramos evidencia de un fenomeno de hostilidad mediatica relativa, en el cual los partidarios percibian mas prejuicios en los programas que no se alineaban con sus propias perspectivas politicas. Mas aun, los resultados indican que lo partidario informa a las percepciones de los televidentes sobre el contenido de las noticias como interesante e informativo. Author Affiliation: (1)Department of Speech Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 Article note: Kevin Coe; e-mail: kmcoe2@uiuc.edu

To purchase or authenticate to the full-text of this article, please visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2006.00326.x Byline: Dietram A. Scheufele (1), David Tewksbury (2) Abstract: This special issue of Journal of Communication is devoted to theoretical explanations of news framing, agenda setting, and priming effects. It examines if and how the three models are related and what potential relationships between them tell theorists and researchers about the effects of mass media. As an introduction to this effort, this essay provides a very brief review of the three effects and their roots in media-effects research. Based on this overview, we highlight a few key dimensions along which one can compare, framing, agenda setting, and priming. We conclude with a description of the contexts within which the three models operate, and the broader implications that these conceptual distinctions have for the growth of our discipline. Abstract (French) Resume Cadrage, programmes d'action et preparation: l'evolution de ces trois modeles d'effets des medias Ce numero special de Journal of Communication est consacrea l'explication theorique du cadrage, de la definition des programmes d'action (agenda setting) et des effets de la preparation (priming) en ce qui a trait aux actualites. Il examine si ces trois modeles sont lies et de quelle maniere ils le sont, en plus de chercher a comprendre ce que leurs relations eventuelles peuvent signaler aux theoriciens et chercheurs a propos des effets des medias de masse. Cet article offre en introduction un bref survol des trois modeles et de leur origine au cOEur de la recherche sur les effets mediatiques. A partir de ce survol, nous degagerons quelques dimensions cles comme reference pour la comparaison des modeles de preparation, de cadrage et de definition des programmes d'action. Nous conclurons par une description des contextes a l'interieur desquels operent les relations entre le cadrage, la definition des programmes d'action et la preparation, ainsi que par une discussion sur les implications generales de ces distinctions conceptuelles pour le developpement de notre discipline. Abstract (German): Abstract Framing, Agenda-Setting und Priming: Die Entwicklung von drei Medienwirkungsmodellen Diese Sonderausgabe des Journal of Communication widmet sich der theoretischen Erklarung von Nachrichten-Framing, Agenda-Setting und Priming-Effekten. Dabei soll zum einen untersucht werden, ob und wie diese drei Modelle miteinander verwandt sind und zum anderen, welche moglichen Zusammenhange einen Ausgangspunkt zur Erklarung von Medienwirkungen darstellen. Einfuhrend dazu gibt dieser Artikel einen kurzen Uberblick uber die drei Modelle und ihre Wurzeln in der Medienwirkungsforschung. Auf Basis dieses Uberblicks beleuchten wir einige wenige Kerndimensionen anhand derer man Priming, Framing und Agenda-Setting vergleichen kann. Wir schlie[sz]en mit einer Beschreibung des kontextuellen Rahmens in dem die Beziehungen zwischen Framing, Agenda-Setting und Priming stattfinden sowie weiteren Implikationen, welche diese konzeptionellen Unterscheidungen fur die Fortentwicklung unseres Faches haben. Abstract (Spanish): Resumen Los Efectos del Framing, de la Agenda-Setting, y del Priming: La Evolucion de Tres Modelos de Efectos de los Medios Masivos Esta edicion especial del Journal of Communication esta dedicada a las explicaciones teoricas del framing, la agenda-setting y los efectos del priming sobre las noticias. Examina si, y como, estos tres modelos estan relacionados entre si, y que relaciones potenciales entre ellos informan a teoricos e investigadores sobre los efectos de los medios masivos. Como una introduccion a este esfuerzo, este ensayo provee una resena breve de estos tres efectos y sus raices en la investigacion de los efectos de los medios masivos. Basados en este panorama general, destacamos algunas dimensiones claves a traves de las cuales se pueden comparar el priming, el framing, y la agenda-setting. Concluimos con una descripcion de los contextos dentro de los cuales las relaciones entre el framing, el priming y la agenda-setting operan, y las implicaciones mayores que estas distinciones conceptuales tienen en el crecimiento de nuestra disciplina. Author Affiliation: (1)Department of Life Sciences Communication and School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 (2)Department of Speech Communication and Department of Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 Article note: Dietram A. Scheufele

An aggregate-level analysis of naturally occurring news consumption behavior is used to determine whether public selection of broadcast news programs, cable news channels, and online news outlets follow the primary election schedule and fluctuations in voter interest in election including a presidential primary campaign in America. The results suggest that people turn to these newer media during key political events but less so when the political stacks are much lower.

The extent to which third-person perceptions contributed to intentions to prepare for problems stemming from Y2K is studied. The implications of the findings of the study for understanding the relationship between perceptions of media effects and extended range of behaviors are discussed.

A study was conducted to examine the topics that American people select at web-based news outlets. The results indicated, that online news audience choose to read public affairs news less frequently, than survey research.

This study examines whether readers of the paper and online versions of a national newspaper acquire different perceptions of the importance of political issues. Using data from a weeklong experiment in which subjects either read the print version of the New York Times, the online version of that paper, or received no special exposure, this study finds evidence that people exposed to the Times for 5 days adjusted their agendas in response to that exposure and that print readers modified their agendas differently than did online readers.

The authors discuss a survey of undergraduates that showed that use of the World Wide Web was positively related to the reading of newspapers, but had no correlation to television news viewing.

The idea that third-person effects affect editorial behavior was investigated. College students' opinions regarding a controversial advertisement and its fitness for publication in a college newspaper were studied. The advertisement claimed that the Nazi persecution of the Jews was overstated. Results showed a relationship between students' third-person effect views and opposition to the publication. Also, those who have interests, Jewish students for this case, believed the message to have substantial effect on others.

A study negates the thesis that third-person effect of media messages arise primarily from question contrast effects, question order effects and respondents' level of knowledge. A significant third-person perception was evident in both the Self-then-Other and Others-then-Self conditions. Identical subject responses were observed in single question and back-to-back question conditions and no significant effect of question order was evident. Knowledge was perceived to have an inverse relationship with the subjects' estimate of media impact on Self rather than on others.

As researchers took note of the emerging ubiquity of new media, they predicted how digital technologies would facilitate an increasingly fragmented audience. New media (i.e. technologies with online capabilities) were observed to possess previously unmatched levels of content options and audience control over consumption. Many researchers have since observed that the current audience landscape has not reached previously anticipated degrees of fragmentation, leading to questions about potentially mitigating factors. In this study, we utilize emerging network analytical procedures to examine the role of interpersonal relationships in both exacerbating and mitigating audience fragmentation. We find support for the notion that social ties can mitigate fragmentation with regard to particular types of media use, notably, those most narrowly defined. Implications of this cross-disciplinary study are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]