Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1995
College/Unit
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department/Program/Center
Social Work
Abstract
This study examines patterns of news coverage of five West Virginia mining disasters in local, regional and national news media. It grew out of an effort to follow up an earlier study of relief efforts at the Monongah mine disaster of 1907. One of the principal findings is that local newspapers consistently provided limited coverage of mining disasters and almost no coverage of relief efforts carried on in the wake of disasters. National coverage, by the New York Times and regional coverage by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reveals a number of persistent themes and some important differences.
Digital Commons Citation
Lohmann, Roger A. and Burns, Shirley Stewart, "Why Didn't The Dogs Bark?" (1995). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 766.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/766
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