Chapter 6. The Changing Nature of the Network Evening News Programs

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1. Economic Theories of News 7
6. Chapter 2. A Market for Press Independence: The Evolution of Nonpartisan Newspapers in the Nineteenth Century 37
7. Chapter 3. News Audiences: How Strong Are the Public’s Interests in the Public Interest? 71
8. Chapter 4. Information Programs on Network Television 121
9. Chapter 5. What Is News on Local Television Stations and in Local Newspapers 137
10. Chapter 6. The Changing Nature of the Network Evening News Programs 160
11. Chapter 7. News on the Net 190
12. Chapter 8. Journalists as Goods 215
13. Chapter 9. Content, Consequences, and Policy Choices 235
14. Notes 265
15. Bibliography 307
16. Index 339