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Description & Citation--Study No. 8253

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:8253
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08253
 
Title:Media Access to the Presidency: 1974-1977
 
Principal Investigator(s):Matthew R. Kerbel
 
Funding Agency:Gerald R. Ford Foundation.
 
Bibliographic Citation:Kerbel, Matthew R. MEDIA ACCESS TO THE PRESIDENCY: 1974-1977 [Computer file]. Ann Arbor, MI: Matthew R. Kerbel, University of Michigan [producer], 198?. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1984.
 

Scope of Study

Summary:These data were collected through a systematic study of the Ford Administration's White House central files, located at the Gerald R. Ford Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The collection catalogs the various requests for contact with the president which were made during his administration. To be included in the dataset, a given request had to be made by a professional journalist or news organization, specifically for a news interview with the president. Requests by private citizens, academics, authors writing books, corporations, and advertising agencies were not included. Similarly, requests for presidential photographs and brief recorded messages, as well as offers of free television time during the election campaign, were omitted.
 
Subject Term(s):governmental elites, mass media, news media, presidents, Ford Administration (1974-1977), Ford, Gerald
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Time Period:August 9, 1974 - January 20, 1977
 
Date(s) of Collection:May 1983 - August 1983
 
Universe:All media requests for interviews during the Ford Administration that are archived at the Gerald R. Ford Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
 
Data Type:administrative records data
 

Methodology

Sample:Requests for presidential interviews from domestic, foreign, or college journalists or media organizations received during the term of President Gerald Ford.
 
Data Source:Ford administration's White House central files
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1984-11-14
 

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