{"id":90606,"date":"2007-12-06T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2007-12-06T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2007\/12\/06\/methodology-67-2\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:12:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:12:30","slug":"methodology-67-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2007\/12\/06\/methodology-67-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Methodology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a special report for PEJ\u2019s weekly News Coverage Index (NCI), the Quarterly Report is based on the aggregated data collected from July 1, 2007 \u2013 September 30, 2007 (the 3rd quarter of 2007).<br> \u00a0<br> Examining the news agenda of 48 different outlets in five media sectors, including newspapers, online, network TV, cable TV, and radio, the NCI is designed to provide news consumers, journalists and researchers with hard data about what stories and topics the media are covering, the trajectories of major stories and differences among news platforms. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following a rotation system outlined below, PEJ monitors 48 different news outlets each week: 35 outlets each weekday as well as 7 newspapers each Sunday. <br> From that content, PEJ analyzes all stories with a national or international focus that appearing as follows:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On the front page of newspapers <\/li>\n<li>In the entirety of commercial network evening newscasts.<\/li>\n<li>The first 30 minutes of network morning news,\u00a0 all cable programs, the PBS evening news, and NPR\u2019s Morning Edition. <\/li>\n<li>The top 5 stories on each website at the time of capture\u00a0 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>Capture and Retrieval <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All outlets included in the weekly index are captured and included in PEJ\u2019s media archive. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For newspapers that are available in print in the Washington, D.C. area, we have hard copies delivered to our office each day. For newspapers that are not available for delivery, digital editions of the paper are retrieved either through the newspaper\u2019s own web site, or through the use of digital delivery services such as pressdisplay.com and newsstand.com. When necessary, the text of article are supplemented by the archives available in the LexisNexis computer database. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Radio programs are captured through online streams of the shows. Using automated software, we record several local affiliates that air the program in various markets throughout the country. The purpose of this method is to ensure that we have a version of the program in case one of the streams is unavailable on a particular day, and so that we record the show in a manner that represents the way a typical listener would hear the program with commercials and newsbreaks.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Online websites are captured manually by a member of PEJ\u2019s staff each morning between 9 and 10 am ET. The home pages and pages with the top articles for all five sites are saved so that when we reference the material, the format is the same as it appeared online at the time of capture.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, all television shows are recorded digitally and archived for coding purposes. 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