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ARTICLE SEEKS TO DISCOVER WHAT NETWORK NEWS HAS BEEN SAYING ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH GENERALLY. DATA WERE ISOLATED FROM PRINTED ABSTRACTS PROVIDED BY VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY TELEVISION NEWS ARCHIVE FOR FIVE WEEKS IN EARLY 1976. FINDINGS INCLUDE: GREATER COVERAGE IS PROVIDED THE SENATE; THE MOST FREQUENT TYPE OF COVERAGE INVOLVES "COMMITTEE ACTION", AND ALL COVERAGE WAS "NEGATIVE".

Television journalism can produce significant changes in opinions about basic American institutions and may also foster political malaise. Laboratory investigation revealed that the CBS documentary, "The Selling of the Pentagon," convinced viewers that the military participated more in national politics and misled the public more about Vietnam than these viewers had previously believed. The program also caused a significant decrease in political efficacy among all our groups. This finding led to correlational research to determine if exposure to television news is also associated with lower levels of efficacy.SRC survey data suggest that reliance upon television news programs is associated with feelings of inefficacy and political self-doubt. These data also indicate that reliance upon television news fosters political cynicism and distrust, political instability, and frustration with civil rights. Holding constant the level of education or income of these respondents does not appreciably alter these relationships.In short, the two sets of data imply that the networks helped to create Scammon's Social Issue and that video journalism fostered public support for George Wallace.

SRC DATA SUGGEST THAT RELINCE UPON TELEVISION NEWS PRO/ GRAMS IS ASSOCIATED WITH FEELINGS OF INEFFLCACY AND POLLTICAL SELF-DOUBT. THESE DATA ALSO INDICATE THAT RELIANCE UPON NEWS PROGRAMS FOSTERS CYNICISM, DISTRUST POLITICAL INSTABILITY, AND FRUSTRATION WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. THE TWO SETS OF DATA IMDLY THAT THE NETWORKS HELPED TO CREATE SCAMMON'S SOCIAL ISSUE AND SUPPORT FOR GEORGE WALLACE.

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Carter's Day: ""He'd Rather Not Have Been in Philadelphia"" -- Chapter 2. Press Watching in Campaign '80: Hows and Whys -- Part II. Findings -- Chapter 3. Objectivity: Most Objections Overruled -- Chapter 4. Access: Equal Time for Equal Actors -- Chapter 5. Fairness: Network Fear of Flacking -- Chapter 6. Seriousness: More is Less -- Chapter 7. Comprehensiveness: ""Losing"" the Vice-Presidency and the Congress -- Chapter 8. Covering the ""Official"" Presidency: ""Prime-Time"" Minister

Analysis of ratings assigned to 39 news organizations and news personalities by a national sample of adults surveyed, June-July 1985; U.S.

In a 1985/86 Gallup-organized telephone survey, believability ratings were assigned to 39 news organizations & news personalities by a nationally representative sample of 2,104 adult Ms & Fs. The data provide three major findings about the believability of the US press, all of which, at least in part, tend to be at odds with conventional wisdom & research concerning media credibility. (1) The overwhelming majority of Americans believe most of what they hear, see, or read in the nation's press. (2) Perceived believability of the news media is not closely related to political & demographic variables that typically divide US PO. (3) The public groups the news media in terms of believability, but the groupings do not equate with the dichotomy usually drawn between TV & print journalism. 4 Tables, 20 References. Modified AA