Bill Silcock

Bill Silcock
Arizona State University | ASU · Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

PhD Former Assistant Dean for Research
Global news framing theory, Higher Education Seeking scholars who wish to study Van Morrison fans.

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Introduction
2023 Fulbright Specialist - Emeritus Faculty of Arizona State University and former Assistant Dean for Research and International Programs, Head of the Doctoral Program, Curator of the Hubert H. Fellowship at ASU, and Director of Cronkite Global Initiatives at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Additional affiliations
August 1993 - August 2001
University of Missouri
Position
  • Faculty Member
August 1984 - August 1993
Brigham Young University
Position
  • Managing Director

Publications

Publications (20)
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This study examines visual framing of the Kashmir conflict after the revocation of Article 370 on 5 August 2019 that removed the autonomous status of Indian-occupied Kashmir. The study presents a quantitative content analysis of 5118 visuals from Associated Press (AP), Agence France-Presse (AFP), Reuters and newspapers from India and Pakistan. Cons...
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The immigration crisis at the US–Mexican border is among the most polarizing issues in modern US politics. In 2020, the crisis further intensified when heartbreaking stories of children being separated from families appeared across news and social media. Prominent emotional reactions include was outrage and righteous anger. This study provides a mi...
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Television anchors are key public figures in the American news media, vital for the ratings success of their outlets. This study uses content analysis and framing theory to examine US network news anchors’ role at a pivotal career moment—the last minutes in the all-powerful anchor chair—their swan songs. These final words are examined for messages...
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Over the past 65 years, scholars have reframed the original model of gatekeeping to reflect the changing dynamics of news creation, distribution, and curation. In recent years, communication technologies have opened digital news gates to a proliferation of images captured by professionals and amateurs alike. Anyone with a camera or cell phone can s...
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Although many news consumers see war images on multiple media platforms, scholars generally have studied those visuals a single medium at a time. This article discusses the challenges of conducting a quantitative content analysis of war images across print, broadcast and online media in a single research project. It details some of the obstacles th...
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The metaphors we use to think about changes in media have a lot to tell us about the particular moment we're in. — Steven Berlin Johnson Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with people, stealing, shouting, and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, ra...
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The journalistic practice of convergence—media outlets sharing similar content across platforms—has sometimes been criticized as leading to homogenization of the news. Yet few studies have attempted to determine how much content is duplicated among convergence partners or, more generally, among print, broadcast, and online outlets. This study adds...
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A content analysis of 1,822 images from U.S. mainstream media—network and cable television news outlets, news Web sites, newspapers, and news magazines—revealed that the visual framing of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 shifted from conflict to human interest. During the campaign's first 5 weeks, 5 distinct scenarios—shock and awe, conquering...
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In their coverage of the invasion of Iraq, CNN and FNC broadcast two distinct ideological news cultures. An in-depth interview with Aaron Brown reveals the CNN news routine of skepticism. Using visual content analysis methodology, Fox's pro-administration news culture was found clearly different from CNN's, as evidenced by graphic selections, lead...
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This study examined more than 2,500 war images from U.S. television news, newspapers, news magazines, and online news sites during the first five weeks of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and found that only 10% showed injury or death. The paper analyzes which media platforms were most willing to show casualties and offers insights on when jou...
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What happens when you take a staple of the American morning news diet—a hybrid recipe based on ingredients found in NBC's The Today Show and ABC's Good Morning America—and serve it up in the state-run television newsroom in Montenegro? Why would the U.S government facilitate and fund this effort, and what's the impact on local journalism routines d...
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The way video images are edited together to frame stories have historically evolved through news routines from linear to nonlinear (digital) editing contributing, in part, to the globalization of television news. The tape editing process, specifically in Western television newsroom cultures—such as those found in Germany, Britain, and the United St...
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In an analysis of 47 U.S. journalism ethics codes, we found that although most consider images, only 9 address a gripping issue: how to treat images of tragedy and violence, such as those produced on the battlefields of Iraq, during the 2005 London bombings, and after Hurricane Katrina. Among codes that consider violent and tragic images, there is...
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This study sought to determine how convergence is defined by the journalists involved and to identify areas where news operations that adopt convergence encounter language- and culture-based challenges. It draws on the developing literature of convergence and interviews with journalists and managers working at two convergence partnerships: the Tamp...
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Managing Television News provides a practical introduction to the television news producer, one of the most significant and influential roles in a newscast. Recognizing the need for formal training in this key role, authors B. William Silcock, Don Heider, and Mary T. Rogus have combined their expertise and experience to shape this essential resourc...
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This article explores the mythic nature of television news in a global-newsroom context. News routine analysis of newscast producers and ethnographic data from a case study of the English-language newsroom at Germany's Deutsche Welle point to the existence of sociocultural filters influencing news decisions and, in turn, mythmaking. These filters r...
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Typescript. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 238-247).

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