Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ577107
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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ABC's "Person of the Week": American Values in Television News.
Larson, Stephanie Greco; Bailey, Martha
Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, v75 n3 p487-99 Aut 1998
Contributes to scholarship on values and ideologies in the media by analyzing five years of ABC's "Person of the Week" segments to identify prominent types of people and values endorsed by mainstream news media. Finds that individuals most frequently selected for ABC's honor lived in the United States; worked in politics and entertainment; and were white, male, and famous. (SR)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Media Research, News Media, Prestige, Stereotypes, Television, Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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