Gatekeeping Relationships in Air Force Internal Newspapers.

Abstract

This study explored the manner in which content decisions are made in U.S. Air Force internal newspapers -- specifically, who makes the decisions under differing conditions. Questionnaries were sent to 147 active duty Air Force units publishing internal newspapers. Separate questionnaires were filled out by the commander, information officer and newspaper editor for each such unit. Results of the survey indicate that under most conditions, the editor is normally the person who makes the majority of the content decisions for the newspaper. The extent to which the editor exercises autonomy in content decisions is usually determined by the unit commander, and the commander normally makes content decisions regarding crises (accidents, crimes, etc.). (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA046727

Entities

People

  • Ray Alan Crockett

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Education
  • Judgment
  • Materials
  • Military Personnel
  • Newspapers
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Supervisors
  • Surveys
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Theses
  • Training

Readers

  • Library and Information Science
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.