Table 1 Media characteristics by media type
From: Mediated representations of violence against women in the mainstream news in Australia
NEWSPAPERS (n = 929) | |
Average | 58 newspaper articles per week |
Location | 70% NSW, 11% QLD, 8% SA, 11% National; 43% metropolitan |
Placement | 7% front page, 93% body of paper |
Type | 82% general news, 3% letters, 3% feature articles, 2% editorials |
Size | Range = 27 to 2715 words |
RADIO (n = 1332) | |
Average | 177 radio broadcasts per week |
Location | 60% NSW, 24% QLD, 15% SA, 1% National; 77% metropolitan |
Station | 83% on AM radio |
Type | 74% news bulletins, 26% other programming |
Duration | Range = < 30 s to 20 min |
TELEVISION (n = 385) | |
Average | 24 television broadcasts per week |
Location | 49% NSW, 27% QLD, 13% SA, 11% National; 63% metropolitan |
Station | 89% commercial/private, 11% government owned |
Type | 95% news bulletins, 5% current affairs style programming |
Duration | Range = < 15 s to 9 min |
ONLINE (n = 1332) | |
Average | 166 online news items per week |
Hosted by | 76% commercial/private, 24% government owned |
Type | 45% news site, 55% print affiliated site |
Audience | Range = 16,259 to 913,860 unique visitors |