Moment Captured in Time: A Pilot Study Comparing The Tampa Tribune's Print and Online Photos.

This study evaluates the use and placement of photos in The Tampa Tribune and its online counterpart, tampatrib.com. Shoemaker and Reese's (1991) theories of media content influences suggest that a newspaper's gatekeepers and internal organizational pressures affect a publication. A content analysis of a convenience sample of section front pages in print and online found that at least half had one picture in both media, and it was the same picture 63% of the time. This pilot study found that the print edition ran far more pictures overall, and the data suggest a strong influence of templates in photo use in online editions. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]