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Voice of the People? Analyzing Letters to the Editor in North Carolina Newspapers

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Each day, thousands of letters to the editor appear in America’s newspapers. However, we know very little about the content and purpose of these letters. This study represents a preliminary examination of letters to the editor in the largest newspapers in the Tarheel state. After coding more than 600 letters, we find that letters to the editor do not seem to reflect the opinions of “regular Americans,” but rather show systematic biases. Women write fewer letters to the editor than men. Further, women tend to write different types of letters than men. We also find some evidence that different types of newspapers print different types of letters.

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Knotts, Gibbs. and Cooper, Christopher. "Voice of the People? Analyzing Letters to the Editor in North Carolina Newspapers" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC, Sep 01, 2005 <Not Available>. 2011-03-14 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p42372_index.html>

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Knotts, G. and Cooper, C. , 2005-09-01 "Voice of the People? Analyzing Letters to the Editor in North Carolina Newspapers" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott Wardman Park, Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton, Washington, DC Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2011-03-14 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p42372_index.html

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Abstract: Each day, thousands of letters to the editor appear in America’s newspapers. However, we know very little about the content and purpose of these letters. This study represents a preliminary examination of letters to the editor in the largest newspapers in the Tarheel state. After coding more than 600 letters, we find that letters to the editor do not seem to reflect the opinions of “regular Americans,” but rather show systematic biases. Women write fewer letters to the editor than men. Further, women tend to write different types of letters than men. We also find some evidence that different types of newspapers print different types of letters.

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Voice of the People? Analyzing Letters to the Editor in North Carolina Newspapers Christopher A. Cooper Assistant Professor Department of Political Science and Public Affairs Western Carolina University Cullowhee NC 28723 ccooper@email.wcu.edu H. Gibbs Knotts Assistant Professor Department of Political Science and Public Affairs Western Carolina University Cullowhee NC 28723 gknotts@email.wcu.edu Prepared for presentation at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting September 1-4 2005 Washington D.C. Voice of the People? Analyzing Letters to the Editor in North Carolina
18 Table 10. Crosstab for Ideology by Gender Ideology Male Female Total Liberal 62 41 103 (41.89%) (61.19%) (47.91%) Moderate 6 8 14 (4.05%) (11.94%) (6.51%) Conservative 80 18 98 (54.05%) (26.87%) (45.58%) Total 148 67 215 (100%) (100%) (100%) Chi Square=15.47; p<.001 (one-tailed test) 19


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