Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, 2009, Journalism (Communication)

This comparative content analysis examined two weeks without weekends in April 2009 of the U.S. television newscasts PBS NewsHour and NBC Nightly News and the German television newscasts ARD Tagesschau and RTL Aktuell and the relationship to their respective web videos in terms of focus, geographic area, link to television, topic, and format with a special interest in international news. For the 702 stories analyzed it was found that content-wise little is new online; international news online is for the most part imbalanced in terms of topic and geographic area, falling into traditional patterns that neglect the Southern hemisphere. Public-service broadcasters appeared to be the more reliable choice to obtain news on politics and the economy. In addition, different formats of online presentation were found to have evolved between the two countries.

Committee: Joseph Bernt PhD (Committee Co-Chair); Bernhard Debatin PhD (Committee Member); Robert Stewart PhD (Committee Member) Subjects: Journalism