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A System of Categories for General News Content

Journalism QuarterlyPublished 1 June 1960
Chilton R. Bush
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Abstract

Subject-matter analysis of newspapers has been hindered by use of a limited number of “collapsed” categories. The author of this article (1) presents a detailed classification scheme based upon elements of reader interest and (2) reports results of recent studies in which the procedure was validated.

Keywords

Social SciencesComputer Science