Full Description
This book explores to what degree the World Wide Web, touted early on as leveling the playing field for small, underfinanced news operations, has fulfilled that promise, as it examines the case of an alternative Southern California Latino newspaper.
Contents
List of illustrations; List of tables; Foreword; Chapter 1. Introduction; Technology gap; The internet and the news media; Chapter 2. Literature Review; Ethnic media; Newspapers on the World Wide Web; Coverage of Latinos; Hispanic media; Content analyses of coverage of Hispanics; Chapter 3. Theoretical Framework; Libertarian theory; Challenges to the libertarian approach; The Hutchins Commission; Recommendations; The press; The public; The social responsibility theory of the press; Critics; Social responsibility theory of the press and minorities; Social responsibility and a US Latino newspaper on the web; Chapter 4. Methodology; The newspapers; La Prensa San Diego; The Chicano movement; The San Diego Union-Tribune; The content analysis; Coding; Logistics; What was coded; What was not coded; Limitations; Chapter 5. Findings; SignOn San Diego; La Prensa San Diego's overall site; The content analysis; Results; Chapter 6. Conclusions; La Prensa's website; The internet's treatment of minority voices; The social responsibility of La Prensa; Solutions; Further research; Contributions of this research; Chapter 7. Appendix: Coding Instructions, Key and Sheets; Chapter 8. Bibliography.
