Identifier
etd-0415102-075822
Degree
Master of Mass Communication (MMC)
Department
Mass Communication
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
This thesis examined 22 Snapshots on the front-pages of USA Today from April 2001 to determine whether they adhered to the journalism standards of wholeness, accuracy, and credibility. Fourteen were found not whole, 8 were not accurate, and 3 were not credible according to the definitions of this thesis. The researcher compared the data in the Snapshots to the data obtained from the cited source and interviewed sources as well as a news assistant and graphics editor at USA Today. The researcher found four possible explanations for the poor quality of the Snapshots and examined the routines of Snapshot production, which she then compared to those of traditional journalists.
Date
2002
Document Availability at the Time of Submission
Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.
Recommended Citation
Vines, Emily Arnette, "Is this journalism?: a study of whether the snapshots on the front page of USA Today adhere to journalistic standards" (2002). LSU Master's Theses. 1244.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/1244
Committee Chair
John Maxwell Hamilton
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_theses.1244