No joke: A comparison of substance in The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and broadcast network television coverage of the 2004 presidential election campaign

Fox J. R., Koloen G., Sahin V.

JOURNAL OF BROADCASTING & ELECTRONIC MEDIA, cilt.51, sa.2, ss.213-227, 2007 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 51 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/08838150701304621
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF BROADCASTING & ELECTRONIC MEDIA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.213-227
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

This study examined substantive political coverage of the first presidential debate and the political conventions in 2004 on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and the broadcast television networks' nightly newscasts. The study found the networks' coverage to be more hype than substance and coverage on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to be more humor than substance. The amount of substantive information in The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and the broadcast network newscasts was the same, regardless of whether the unit of analysis was news stories about the presidential election campaign or the entire half-hour program.