Representing the total community: Relationships between Asian American staff and Asian American coverage in nine U.S. newspapers

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-112

  Wu, H Denis ^a   Izard, Ralph ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48749106414     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900808500107     Document Type: Article

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33. Partial correlation indicates the net magnitude of relationship between the two examined variables controlling for the third variable. In other words, the first partial correlation coefficient shows the relationship between Asian American staff and story quantity controlling for Asian American population.