I think Khaldoun's point is that measuring column inches or air time _alone_ isn't enough. One would also want to examine the content of the coverage. Both types of information are useful, but neither alone gives a good view of what is actually produced.
James -----Original Message----- From: "Del Thomas Ph. D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Aug 25, 2005 5:45 PM To: Khaldoun Samman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: TEACHSOC: Re: for culture and media classes - Media coverage research Can you really separate time from ideology. Is not time or column inches ideology? Del Khaldoun Samman wrote: >{Sorry for the double posting, but my earlier email >was sent to you before I finished my last sentence. >Sorry} > >Thanks Evan for the useful website. However, counting >the number of minutes spent on Runaway Bride versus >Sudan may give you some insights on media coverage, it >tells you very litle about the ideological content of >the actual programming. For instance, we get alot of >coverage devoted to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict >and Iraq, probably close to that of, lets say, Michael >Jackson. But the content of the coverage is extremely >ideological. So its not only HOW MUCH TIME is spent >on the coverage but the IDEOLOGICAL CONTENT in the >actual coverage. > >best, >Khaldoun > > > > >____________________________________________________ >Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page >http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > ------ James Cassell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
