[9.3e.1] Television news emphasizes the visual, headline nature of events, which radio news, such as that available on National Public Radio can provide without having to be concerned about visual presentation.

[9.3e.1a] Analysis of National Public Radio, Spinwatch, 3(10)

[9.3e.1b] Tom McCourt, Public Radio Redux

Contrast the headline versions of the 24-hour cable-news broadcasts/Web pages:

[9.3e.2] CNN
[9.3e.3] Fox
[9.3e.4] MSNBC
[9.3e.5] PBS Newshour

Local television stations have made increasing use of their own sites.

[9.3e.5] WCCO: Channel 4
[9.3e.6] KSTP: Channel 5
[9.3e.7] KARE: Channel 11

[9.3e.8]

[9.3e.9] In a study by Rod Doyle, he examined five viewers, ages 19 and 20, with similar levels of general knowledge, to recall stories from a news broadcast.

[9.3e.10] Sample student logs of local TV news
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~gott0055/module10finaltask.htm
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~pund0012/KARE11TVNews.htm
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~sach0044/Module%2010.htm

For further reading on viewer processing of television news information:

Graber, D. A. (2001). Processing politics: Learning from television in the Internet age. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.