Study Finds Daily Show as Substantive as Network News

[AtomicKitten]

Study: Daily Show as 'substantive' as network news



RAW STORY
Published: Thursday October 5, 2006

Comedy Central's Daily Show is as "substantive" as network news, according to a new study to be published next summer, RAW STORY has found.

"No Joke: A Comparison of Substance in The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Broadcast Network Television Coverage of the 2004 Presidential Election Campaign," was compiled by Julia R. Fox, an assistant professor of telecommunications at Indiana University, and two graduate students who compared broadcast nightly newscasts on July 26-30, Aug. 30-31 and Sept. 1-3 in 2004 to episodes of The Daily Show from the same period. The study will be published next summer by the Journal of Broadcast and Electronic Media.

"It is clearly a humor show, first and foremost," Fox said in a press release. "But there is some substance on there, and in some cases, like John Edwards announcing his candidacy, the news is made on the show."

"You have real newsmakers coming on, and yes, sometimes the banter and questions get a little silly, but there is also substantive dialogue going on … It's a legitimate source of news," Fox added.

Although, "a second-by-second analysis of The Daily Show's audio and visual content found considerably more humor than substance," the study also "found considerably more hype than substance in broadcast newscasts." Fox characterized "references to polls, political endorsements and photo opportunities" as examples of such "hype."

more at http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Study_Daily_Show_as_substantive_as_1005.html

[El Supremo]

1. The New Age

News as comedy.

[Botany]

2. but look @ the networks i.e. CBS tonight

spanone (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-05-06 06:36 PM
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Katie 'How hard are the democrats working to exploit this scandal?'

This is what she asked the reporter who was reporting on the Foley/Hastert story. Now that's not a loaded question at all, is it???

Katie Couric---fair and balanced.

[Generator]

3. Kids in the hall!

Your little crushing the head guy. We recently bought the DVD's of the first 3 seasons. Still as good as it was then.

[AtomicKitten]

4. a fellow fan of the boys!

they are legendary

[Viva_La_Revolution]

7. Have you seen 'Brain Candy"?

full length movie by the Kids. It's a hoot+ with a great philosophical plot.

[texpatriot2004]

5. K & R for the Daily Show. nm

[Viva_La_Revolution]

6. duh!

That's why I'm hooked. :)