Competition,conduct, and ratings in local television news: Applying the industrial organization model |
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| Authors: | Angela Powers |
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| Affiliation: | Assistant professor in the Department of Journalism , Northern Illinois University , DeKalb, IL, 60115 |
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| Abstract: | This study explores how competition and competition intensity affect the amount of time devoted to local television news and the number of employees assigned to news activities. It also studies how the amount of time devoted to news and staff size affect newscast ratings. The author concludes that competition and its intensity did affect the amount of news presented locally and newscast ratings in the market examined. |
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