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Nationwide Newspaper Coverage of Music Censorship: A Community Structure Approach
Unformatted Document Text:  19 By ranking each newspaper with one score based on its media vector, it became possible to rank each paper from most to least favorable coverage of music censorship. The researchers then used Pearson correlations and regression analysis to test hypotheses and compare city characteristics with media vector scores. Table 3:Newspaper Scores and Rankings: The media vectors in this study ranged from 0.284 to –0.401. Of the fourteen newspapers studied, the majority of the papers were coded as favorable. The following is a list of city newspapers sampled, and their corresponding media vectors, ranked from highest to lowest: Wichita Eagle .284 Memphis Commercial Appeal .264 Atlanta Constitution .156 Phoenix (Arizona Republic) .156 Baltimore Sun .139 Houston Chronicle .132 Philadelphia Inquirer .087 San Francisco Chronicle .006 Denver Post -.116 Chicago Sun Times -.186 Albany Times-Union -.333 St. Louis Post-Dispatch -.353 Seattle Times -.356 Boston Globe -.401 Fourteen city characteristics were considered in this study as independent variables to assess the association between community structure and newspaper coverage of music censorship. Pearson correlations were calculated for each of the fourteen characteristics. Five of these characteristics proved significant at the five percent level or

Authors: Boehm, Kristen., McKee, Sean. and Pollock, John.
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By ranking each newspaper with one score based on its media vector, it became
possible to rank each paper from most to least favorable coverage of music censorship.
The researchers then used Pearson correlations and regression analysis to test hypotheses
and compare city characteristics with media vector scores.
Table 3:Newspaper Scores and Rankings:
The media vectors in this study ranged from 0.284 to –0.401. Of the fourteen
newspapers studied, the majority of the papers were coded as favorable. The following is
a list of city newspapers sampled, and their corresponding media vectors, ranked from
highest to lowest:
Wichita Eagle
.284
Memphis Commercial Appeal
.264
Atlanta Constitution
.156
Phoenix (Arizona Republic)
.156
Baltimore Sun
.139
Houston Chronicle
.132
Philadelphia
Inquirer
.087
San Francisco Chronicle
.006
Denver Post
-.116
Chicago Sun Times
-.186
Albany Times-Union
-.333
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
-.353
Seattle Times
-.356
Boston
Globe
-.401
Fourteen city characteristics were considered in this study as independent
variables to assess the association between community structure and newspaper coverage
of music censorship. Pearson correlations were calculated for each of the fourteen
characteristics. Five of these characteristics proved significant at the five percent level or


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