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Reporting the Arts II: Sections [2003]

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Document Description-- Marked-up Document

Title: Reporting the Arts II: Sections [2003]

CPANDA Identification Number: a00200

Author: Szanto, Andras

Contributer: Tyndall, Andrew

Producer: Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive

Copyright: Copyright, Princeton University, 2004

Date of Production: September 1, 2004

Place of Production: Princeton, NJ: Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive

Software Used in Production: NetBeans IDE, Version 3.5.1

Funding Agency:  Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive

Grant Number: 2000-001763

Distributor: Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive, Social Science Reference Center, Princeton University Library

Contact Person: CPANDA, Princeton University (cpanda@princeton.edu)

Depositor: Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive, Social Science Reference Center, Princeton University Library

Date of Deposit: March 24, 2004

Date of Distribution: October 06, 2004

Series Name: Reporting the Arts

Series Information: Reporting the Arts is a content analysis project conducted by the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University. The project analyzes arts-and-culture coverage by metropolitan newspapers in ten markets as well as coverage by national daily newspapers.

Version: First CPANDA Edition

Version Responsibility: CPANDA, Princeton University

Bibliographic Citation:
National Arts Journalism Program. REPORTING THE ARTS II: SECTIONS [2003] [codebook file]. CPANDA ed. Princeton, NJ: Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive [producer and distributor], 2004.

Holdings Information: Marked-up codebook for Reporting the Arts II: Sections [2003]

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Study Description-- Citation - Data Collection

Title: Reporting the Arts II: Sections [2003]

CPANDA Identification Number: a00200

Author: Szanto, Andras

Contributer: Tyndall, Andrew

Producer: National Arts Journalism Program

Place of Production: New York: National Arts Journalism Program

Funding Agencies:   The Pew Charitable Trusts; John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; The Rockefeller Foundation; Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture; and The Fund for Amateur Art and Performing Art

Distributor: National Arts Journalism Program, Columbia University

Contact Person: National Arts Journalism Program, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 2950 Broadway, Mail Code 7200, New York, NY 10027 (www.najp.org)

Depositor: National Arts Journalism Program

Date of Deposit: March 24, 2004

Series Name: Reporting the Arts

Series Information: Reporting the Arts is a content analysis project conducted by the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University. The project analyzes arts-and-culture coverage by metropolitan newspapers in ten markets as well as coverage by national daily newspapers.

Bibliographic Citation:
National Arts Journalism Program. REPORTING THE ARTS II: SECTIONS [2003] [codebook file]. New York: National Arts Journalism Program [producer and distributor], 2004.

Keywords
  • Arts. Press coverage.
  • News media.
  • Newspapers. United States.
  • Reporters and reporting. United States.
  • Media coverage of arts and culture
  • Print coverage
  • Media coverage
  • Newspapers
  • Arts
  • Artists

Abstract (CPANDA): Reporting the Arts II [2003], conducted by the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University, analyzed the arts-and-culture coverage by three national newspapers and 17 metropolitan daily newspapers in ten markets (weekday editions, plus Saturday and Sunday editions as applicable) during the month of October 2003. In addition to analyzing newspaper articles for arts and culture content, researchers also classified and measured the sections of each newspaper issue. Sections were classified according to one of seven categories: news, business, sports, daily arts and lifestyles, weekend arts, nonarts features, and advertising. Neither national magazines such as Parade nor unpaginated pullout advertising supplements were included. The number of pages for each section was counted and expressed as a proportion of the newspaper's total. The data were collected and analyzed by ADT Research. Funding for the study and report was provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, and The Fund for Amateur Art and Performing Art.
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Study Description-- Study Scope

Time Period Covered: October 01, 2003 - October 31, 2003

Date of Collection: October 01, 2003 - October 31, 2003

Country: United States

Geographic Coverage: United States

Geographic Unit: metropolitan region

Unit of Analysis: newspaper sections

Universe: sections of metropolitan daily newspapers

Kind of Data: content analysis
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Study Description -- Methodology

Data Collector: National Arts Journalism Program

Sampling Procedure: The selection of newspaper markets was based on several criteria: geography and size, an interest in comparing cities with established arts scenes (Chicago and Philadelphia) to those that are the product of demographic and industrial development in recent decades (San Jose, Charlotte) or that reflect new multicultural patterns (Miami, the Bay Area). Researchers also sought cities traditionally associated with a strong, singular arts presence (such as Cleveland) and ones with a broad range of them; cities where one newspaper dominates the media scene (Houston, Providence) and ones marked by newspaper competition (Denver, Chicago). The purpose of the study was to look at a spread of cities that are more comparable with each other than the "culture capital" New York or the "entertainment capital" Los Angeles. The choice of markets enabled the researchers to analyze one major metropolitan area with overlapping newspaper markets, three big cities with competing daily newspapers, and seven smaller single-newspaper cities. In one market (San Francisco) five titles will be analyzed; in three markets (Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia) two titles will be analyzed; the remaining seven markets have only one metropolitan daily. In addition three national weekday newspapers will be analyzed (and Saturday and Sunday editions where applicable).

Mode of Data Collection: content analysis

Type of Research Instrument: structured

Characteristics of the Data Collection Situation: The cities and newspapers scrutinized in this study do not, statistically speaking, amount to an accurate portrayal of American arts journalism. Other clusters of case studies might have yielded somewhat different results. The researchers are confident, though, that the larger picture of transforming newsrooms and communities is accurate for the country as whole today.

Characteristics of the Data Collection Situation: The researchers chose to conduct the content analysis during October because it is a busy time for arts coverage. The cities and the papers--which were picked to encompass a wide range of types--add up to an illustrative cross section of communities and news organizations, analyzed at the peak of their annual performance.

Notes (Methodological): The month of October should have resulted in 584 separate issues of the 20 newspapers in the study, however the Oakland Tribune of October 6 was missing. A few issues were delivered with missing sections (33 sections were missing in total). Ten of the missing sections were specialist arts sections.

Other Forms of Data Appraisal (CPANDA): This study analyzed 5,036 sections of 583 separate issues of 20 newspapers during the month of October 2003. National newspapers included in the study were The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. Metropolitan newspapers included in the study were the Charlotte Observer, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, Houston Chronicle, Miami Herald, Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Portland Oregonian, Providence Journal, Contra Costa Times, Oakland Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, and the San Jose Mercury News. Cities were selected for inclusion in the study based on their geography and size and an interest in comparing cities with and without established arts scenes, broad arts presence, and newspaper competition.
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Study Description -- Data Access

Location of Data Collection: Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive

Extent of Collection: 1 datafile and machine-readable documentation

Note: Meaningful File Name for this Data Set: rta03s

Citation Requirement: Users of CPANDA data collections are requested to acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citations in the footnotes, endnotes or reference apparatus of publications.

Deposit Requirement: Users of CPANDA data collections are requested to forward citations or copies of publications resulting from analysis of CPANDA data collections to the archive.

Access Conditions(CPANDA): For detailed information about conditions for use of CPANDA data collections, please see the End User Agreement posted on the CPANDA web site.

Related Publications
  • Szanto, Andras, Daniel S. Levy, and Andrew Tyndall. 2004. "Reporting the Arts II: News Coverage of Arts and Culture in America." New York: National Arts Journalism Program.
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Data Files Description

File Name: a00200

Overall Case Count: 4036

Logical Record Length: 51

Type of File: ASCII data file

Data Format: logical record length format

Place of File Production: Princeton, NJ: Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive

Extent of Processing Checks
  • The archive produced a codebook for this collection.
  • Consistency checks were performed by the archive.
  • Frequencies were provided by the archive.
  • The archive performed recodes.
  • Data were reformatted by the archive.
  • Checks for undocumented codes were performed by the archive.

Software Used to Produce the File: SPSS

Version: First CPANDA Edition

Version Responsibility Statement: Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive

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Variables

  • CASEID
  •  Sequential Record ID

Column:  1     Width:  5     Type:  numeric

  • PAPER
  •  Paper name

Response Categories
CategoryLabelFrequency
   1Charlotte Observer180
   2Chicago Sun-Times348
   3Chicago Tribune270
   4Cleveland Plain Dealer233
   5Denver Post208
   6Rocky Mountain News167
   7Houston Chronicle222
   8Miami Herald204
   9Philadelphia Daily News156
   10Philadelphia Inquirer221
   11Oregonian169
   12Providence Journal226
   13Oakland Tribune190
   14San Jose Mercury News236
   15San Francisco Chronicle244
   16San Francisco Examiner149
   17Contra Costa Times182
   18New York Times246
   19The Wall Street Journal90
   20USA Today95

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.

  • SECTION
  •  Section

Column:  8     Width:  32     Type:  character
Text: Section article or listing is found in.

  • CODE
  •  Sections Coded

Response Categories
CategoryLabelFrequency
   1News Sections1238
   2Business571
   3Sports654
   4Daily Arts and Lifestyles (the section containing the TV listings)452
   5Arts Supplements210
   6Other features sections543
   7Advertising only368

Column:  40     Width:  2     Type:  numeric
Text: Section article or listing is found in, coded.

  • DATE
  •  Date

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

Column:  42     Width:  2     Type:  numeric
Text: Day of the month of October 2003.

  • PAGES
  •  Number of pages

Range of Valid Numeric Responses
  Minimum value= 0      Maximum value=  999

Column:  44     Width:  3     Type:  numeric

  • ADS
  •  Number of ads

Range of Valid Numeric Responses
  Minimum value= 0      Maximum value=  99

Column:  47     Width:  2     Type:  numeric
Text: Number of full pages of ads, no news content.

  • LOCNAT
  •  Local or national paper

Response Categories
CategoryLabelFrequency
   1Local3605
   2National431

Column:  49     Width:  1     Type:  numeric
Text: Paper is a local or national paper.