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Aday, Sean. "Chasing the Bad News: An Analysis of 2005 Iraq and Afghanistan War Coverage on NBC and Fox News Channel" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, San Francisco, CA, May 23, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p172636_index.html>

Aday, S. , 2007-05-23 "Chasing the Bad News: An Analysis of 2005 Iraq and Afghanistan War Coverage on NBC and Fox News Channel" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, San Francisco, CA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p172636_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: This study analyzes all stories aired on NBC Nightly News and Fox News Channel's Special Report with Brit Hume during 2005 about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and compares that coverage with real world indicators to address several policy and theoretical questions: (1) Did the news media over-report the bad news from these conflicts, as claimed repeatedly by senior members of the Bush administration and as one might expect given prior research into the negativity bias of the press? (2) Do “new institutionalist” theories about news homogeneity explain coverage of these conflicts? (3) Does coverage of these wars fit an indexing and/or a cascade activation model of news? The study finds that while a fair amount of coverage on both channels focused on insurgent/terrorist attacks, a smaller proportion mentioned U.S. or civilian casualties, and overall the news actually underplayed the bad news from both countries. Comparisons are also drawn between the two channels, with data showing that FNC was much more sympathetic to the administration than NBC. In particular, although the administration, Republican members of Congress, and military officials dominated coverage, the tone of elite quotations was much more reflective of the deteriorating situation in both wars on NBC than it was on FNC.

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