An Economic Theory of Supreme Court News

被引：15

作者：

Vining, Richard L., Jr. ^{[1
]}

Marcin, Phil ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 USA

[2] Univ Georgia, Dept Polit Sci, Athens, GA 30602 USA

来源：

POLITICAL COMMUNICATION | 2014年 / 31卷 / 01期

关键词：

Supreme Court; newsworthiness; MEDIA COVERAGE; CHIEF-JUSTICE; NEWSPAPERS; KNOWLEDGE; TELEVISION; PRESS;

D O I：

10.1080/10584609.2012.747189

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

In this article, we develop and test an economic theory of Supreme Court news. We hypothesize that information about the Third Branch is newsworthy when it has lower production costs and qualities attractive to the audiences and advertisers desired by news organizations. We examine Supreme Court news in elite newspapers, television news broadcasts, and online news sources during the October 2008 and 2010 terms. The results of our quantitative analyses indicate that all three types of news outlets are more likely to provide content about Supreme Court decisions with substantive importance but vary in their responses to costs and qualities appealing to the lay audience. We conclude by discussing the similarities and differences among news outlets with regard to their selection of Supreme Court information as news content.

引用

页码：94 / 111

页数：18

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