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Preface Part 1: 1. Introduction Part 2: 2. Theory Why Deviance and SOcial Significance? Deviance Dimensions of Deviance Biological Evolutions Darwinian Evolutions Bad News, Good News Social Significance Cultural Evolution The Interaction between Biological and Cultural Evolution Conclusion 3. Methodology The Content Analysis Newspapers Television and Radio Units of Analysis Coding Newspaper Items Coding Television Items The Variables Coded Coder Training and Reliability Focus Groups Identifying and Recruiting of Focus Groups Participants Journalists Public Relations Practitioners News Consumers Focus Group Arrangements and Procedures Listing the most Significant News Events Newsworthiness Excercise Linking the Content Analysis with the Focus Group Data Conclusion 4. Deviance How much Deviance is in the News Deviance between the Countries' News Deviance between Small and Large cities' News Deviance between News Media Variability of Deviance in the News Deviance in the News Deviance in the Traditional News 5. Social Significance How much Social Significance is in the News Social Significance between the Countries' News Social Significance between Small and Large Cities' News Social Significance between News Media Variability of Social Significance in the News Social Significance in the News Social Significance in Traditional News 6. Newsworthiness Excercise Part 3: 7. What's News in Australia? 8. What's News in Chile? 9. What's News in China? 10. What's News in Germany? 11. What's News in India? 12. What's News in Israel? 13. What's News in Jordan? 14. What's News in Russia? 15. What's News in South Africa? 16. What's News in the United States? Part 4: 17. Conclusions Appendix : Code Book Appendix B: Focus Group Instructions Appendix C: Card Sorting Procedures Appendix D: Deivance Distributions for the 10 Countries (Verbal and Visual) Appendix E: Social Significance Distributions for the 10 Countries (Verbal and Visual) References Index About the Authors