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• Donica Mensing
• Reynolds School of Journalism
• University of Nevada, Reno

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Purpose

• To begin understanding differences between types
  of online news sites over time
• To begin understanding what news factors online
  might relate to political learning

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Method

• Collected news stories from online newspapers
  (The New York Times on the Web, USA Today
  Online), online broadcast sites (ABCnews.com,
  CNN.com) and online only sites (Salon and Slate)
• During the presidential primary seasons in 2000
  and 2004

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Method

• Randomly selected 10 days in the primary season.
  Analyzed the first four primary stories in each
  outlet on each sampled day.
• Coded 289 stories in 2000 and 2004 about the
  presidential primary
• Measured seven variables that the literature
  indicate could relate to political learning

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USA Today Story, Feb. 19, 2006
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CNN story -- Feb. 19, 2004
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