After Watergate - Nixon and the Newsweeklies

After Watergate: Nixon and the Newsweeklies, compares the coverage of Nixon in the three national newsweeklies, Newsweek, Time, and U.S. News & World Report, from his resignation from the presidency in August 1974 until his funeral in April 1994. This study examines the periodicals' treatment of Nixon, and finds that each of the three sources had more than 80 percent of neutral assertions during the 20-year period understudy.

About the author

Russ Witcher is an Instructor of English and Journalism at Tennessee Technological University.

Summary

This work compares the coverage of Nixon in the three national newsweeklies , "Newsweek", "Time", and the "US News and World Report", from his resignation from the presidency in August 1974 until his funeral in April 1994.

Product details

• Authors: Russ Witcher, Witcher Russ
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.12.2000
• EAN: 9780761818557
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-1855-7
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 234 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 281 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; USA, Media Studies, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Central / national / federal government, Central government