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The "Prestige Papers," a Survey of Their Editorials

by Ithiel De Sola Pool. 154 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Ithiel De Sola Pool

Publisher:

   Stanford University Press

Place of Publication:

  Stanford, CA  

Publication Year:

  1952
Subjects:   Newspapers, Editorials
Table of contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION , by Bernard Berelson iii
I. PROBLEM AND METHOD 1
The Papers 1
The Editorials 9
The Sample 13
The Symbols 14
The Variables 20
II. VARIETY AND REPETITION IN POLITICAL LANGUAGE 22
General Propositions 22
Yule's K 25
War and Totalitarianism 36
III. EDITORIAL JUDGMENT 41
Amount of Judgment 41
Direction of Judgment 44
Uniformity of Judgment 49
IV. CHANGE 63
Amount of Change 63
Areas of Change 76
V. SUMMARY 83
APPENDIXES 85
Appendix A. Symbol List for the Newspaper Study 85
Appendix B. Amount of Change in Major Symbols 91
Appendix C. Editors of the Prestige Papers 121
NOTES 143
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