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GRANT DETAIL

Funder

Smith Richardson Foundation

Recipient

Harvard University

Date: 12-31-1996

Amount: 237,804

Comment: Soft News: The Press and Public Discourse
This grant supports research on the growing prevalance of soft news in major media outlets and its impact on public discourse. The project will analyze the content of network and local television newsand elite and non-elite newspapers, conduct a public opinion survey, and measure the impact of soft news through experimental research. The project's products will include conferences for members of the news media and a book.