Hard News/Soft News Content of the National Broadcast Networks, 1972–1987
- 1 June 1992
- journal article
- other
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journalism Quarterly
- Vol. 69 (2) , 406-412
- https://doi.org/10.1177/107769909206900214
Abstract
In recent years there has been a slight tendency for television network news programs to increase the amount of soft news presented mostly during the last one-third of the newscast. Content analysis of the Vanderbilt Television News Abstracts from 1972 through 1987 shows that, although all networks did increase the amount of soft news, this type news remained a small part of the newscast. Soft news is defined as stories that focus on a human interest topic, feature or nonpolicy issue.Keywords
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