Public Perceptions of Newspaper's Watchdog Role
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Results from this survey indicate that advocating the watchdog role for newspapers is not linked to frequency of newspaper use. Youth and education level are associated with that role.
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Stone is professor and director of graduate studies in the School of Journalism at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale where O'Donnell and Banning are doctoral students. The authors thank Susan Jones and James Perry, graduate student colleagues who helped direct the research, and the SIUC School of Journalism for financial support.
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Article first published: January 1997
Issue published: January 1997
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