Citation

Dearing JW, Kazmierczak J. Int. J. Mass Emerg. Disasters 1993; 11(3): 391-403.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, International Sociological Association, International Research Committee on Disasters)

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Abstract

The present investigation reports the results of a content analysis of U.S. newspaper portrayals of the 1990 earthquake prediction by Dr. Iben Browning. Results suggest that journalists wrote stories which readers may have interpreted as advocating a belief in Browning's prediction. Specifically, news stories were found to be more subjective than object, and more supportive than critical, of both Iben Browning and his theory.

Language: en