Index Catalog // ScholarsArchive@OSU

Start Over

Filtering by: Subject Journalism -- Social aspects -- Alaska Decade 1990-1999 Non-Academic Affiliation Oregon State University. Graduate School

1. Off-shore oil exploration in the Arctic Ocean a comparative analysis of newspaper information and public attitude

Creator:: Tombropoulos, Charles B.
Abstract:: This research questions the effectiveness of newspapers as a vehicle of environmental information by determining whether the public attitude in Alaska towards off-shore oil exploration was consistent with that expressed in the local newspapers. All newspaper articles about off-shore oil exploration published in Alaska between 1980 and May 1987 were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , the economic and social conditions of Alaska have followed a "boom and bust" cycle. While economic