Reporting the Arts II [2003]

• PAPER
• Paper

Column: 6  Width: 2  Type: numeric
Text: In one market (San Francisco) five titles will be analyzed; in three markets (Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia) two titles will be analyzed; in the remaining seven markets have only one metropolitan daily. For purposes of comparison, the newspapers are the same as those analyzed in the first Reporting the Arts project in 1998 (the Contra Costa Times has been added). For each newspaper the late home edition will be analyzed.

• DATE
• Day of the Month

Range of Valid Numeric Responses
Minimum value = 1; Maximum value = 31

Column: 8  Width: 2  Type: numeric
Text: Day of the month of October 2003.

• LOCNAT
• Local or national paper

Column: 10  Width: 1  Type: numeric
Text: Paper is a local or national paper.

• ARTLIST
• Article or listing

Column: 11  Width: 1  Type: numeric
Text: Item is an article or a listing.

• SECTION
• Section

Column: 12  Width: 32  Type: character
Text: Section article or listing is found in.

• SUMMARY
• Summary

Column: 44  Width: 128  Type: character
Text: Summary of article/listing.

• STF_WRTR
• Staff Writer

Column: 172  Width: 36  Type: character
Text: By-line; name of staffer.

• DISCIPLN
• Discipline

Survey Question:  What type of artistic activity did the story cover?

Column: 208  Width: 1  Type: numeric
Text: These fall into eight broad categories, each of which is further subdivided: the subdivisions are presented in DISCIPSB. Assign only one code to each story: if more than one discipline is mentioned categorize the primary one; if there is no one primary discipline, categorize the story in Miscellaneous; if there is one primary discipline but many sub-categories are mentioned, categorize the story in the "All other" classification (-9) of that particular discipline. The responses for CASEID 12672, 11868, and 11546 were corrected to match the subcategories.

• DISCIPSB
• Discipline sub-categories

Survey Question:  What type of artistic activity did the story cover?

Column: 209  Width: 2  Type: numeric
Text: The sub-categories (DISCIPSB) are are less comprehensive than the broad categories (DISCIPLN). Assign only one code to each story: if more than one discipline is mentioned categorize the primary one; if there is no one primary discipline, categorize the story in Miscellaneous; if there is one primary discipline but many sub-categories are mentioned, categorize the story in the "All other" classification (-9) of that particular discipline. Note: codes 13, 25, 26, 27, 45, 56, 57, 58 were added to the database after coding was completed.

• CODE
• Section Code

Range of Valid Numeric Responses
Minimum value = 1; Maximum value = 6

Column: 211  Width: 1  Type: numeric
Text: Before the content analysis begins, the sections of each newspaper have been named. These are usually designated with a different letter of the alphabet. Sometimes one letter will cover more than one section (as defined by an internal headline masthead) and tabloids usually do not employ the lettering system. The internal masthead is the decisive factor for designating a section.

• COLINCH
• Column inches

Range of Valid Numeric Responses
Minimum value = 0.27; Maximum value = 304.07

Column: 212  Width: 7  Type: numeric

• GCOLINCH
• Grouped column inch

Column: 219  Width: 1  Type: numeric