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THE CONTENT OF SUPREME COURT COVERAGE: MAKING SENSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MEDIA AND PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
Author(s) -
Larson Stephanie Greco
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
southeastern political review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1747-1346
pISSN - 0730-2177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-1346.1995.tb00411.x
Subject(s) - supreme court , media coverage , political science , speculation , law , content (measure theory) , focus (optics) , order (exchange) , public opinion , work (physics) , sociology , business , media studies , mathematics , engineering , politics , mechanical engineering , mathematical analysis , physics , optics , finance
This article takes a closer look at the New York Times coverage of the Supreme Court from 1966 to 1984 in order build on the work done by Gregory Caldeira which found that the amount of Times coverage increased public confidence in the Court. In addition, it studies national television news coverage of the Court. By content analyzing both for the direction (positive, neutral, or negative) and focus (the Court or personnel), the assumption that coverage is “extraordinarily positive” is challenged and dismissed. Speculation is offered as to why volume of coverage coincides with public confidence when that coverage is predominantly neutral.