Research Guides: U.S. News Stories and Newspapers: Media Coverage and Criticism

Finding Analysis of Media Coverage of Events, Groups, etc.

EBSCO Discovery Service This link opens in a new window
Media analysis (a form of content analysis) is a frequent and important type of communications research. Ebsco Discovery Service indexes many important communications databases, and is a great place to start in locating media analysis articles. The search strategy below, which can be copied and pasted into the EDS search box, can help to locate these articles:
(represent* OR portray* OR coverage OR "media analysis" OR "content analysis") AND (news OR media OR broadcast OR television OR TV) AND "YOUR TOPIC HERE"

Books on Media Analysis
Media analysis is an important and frequent type of social science research. To locate books related to media analysis, you can search the library catalog (linked above). The search strategy below may help:
(represent* OR portray* OR coverage OR "media analysis" OR "content analysis") AND (news OR media OR broadcast OR television OR TV) AND "YOUR TOPIC HERE"
Wikipedia: List of Media Analysis Organizations and Websites
A Wikipedia article listing national and international media analysis organizations.
On the Media by National Public Radio (NPR)
On the Media is a podcast produced by National Public Radio (NPR). It is an hour-long weekly radio program covers journalism, technology, and First Amendment issues. It is produced by station WNYC in New York City.

Pew Research Center's Journalism Project
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. The organization conducts research related to americans' relationship to journalism and the media, including public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science. Much of the data and the methods of gathering it is made publicly available.
News Coverage Index
Created by the Pew Research Center’s Journalism Project, this project examines dozens of news outlets in real time to determine what is being covered and what is not. Findings are released in reports and articles, and the data is also often made publicly available.