Content Analysis on the Coverage on Corruption in the newspaper The Free

Press Journal

























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Introduction:



























Research Questions:
1. Which type of corruption is given more significance?
2. Is nation specific corruption reported more than international news?
3. Which type of corruption is given placement importance?
4. What kind of treatment does The Free Press Journal give while reporting on corruption?
































In the above chart of it may be observed that hypothesis number 1 which states that political corruption
is given more significance than other types of corruption is proved true because P value is ___
Statistically the data tested with Chi-square is not significantly different. Hence, the hypothesis is proved
true.



0
5
10
15
20
25
LAND
GRABBING/REAL
ESTATE
POLITICAL RELIGIOUS ECONOMIC
CORRUPTIONTYPE
PAGE NO : CORRUPTION TYPE
PAGE 1 TO 4 PAGE 5 TO 8 PAGE 9 TO 12 PAGE 13 TO 16 PAGE 17 TO 20


In the above chart of. it may be observed that hypothesis number 2 which states that Nation Specific
corruption is reported more as compared to international news is proved true because P value is ___ Statistically
the data tested with Chi-square is not significantly different. Hence, the hypothesis is proved true.

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1 - 50 sq cm 51 - 100 sq cm 101 - 150 sq
cm
151 - 200 sq
cm
201 - 250 sq
cm
251 - 300 sq
cm
301 - 350 sq
cm
451 - 500 sq
cm
AREA : CORRUPTION TYPE
CORRUPTION TYPE CORRUPTION TYPE CORRUPTION TYPE CORRUPTION TYPE


In the above chart of it may be observed that hypothesis number 3 which states that Economic news on
corruption is given more placement importance than other news is proved true because P value is ___
Statistically the data tested with Chi-square is not significantly different. Hence, the hypothesis is proved true.





0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
LAND GRABBING/
REAL ESTATE
POLITICAL RELIGIOUS ECONOMIC
CORRUPTION TYPE
QUADRANT : CORRUPTION TYPE
LEFT TOP RIGHT TOP LEFT BOTTOM RIGHT BOTTOM MIDDLE


In the above chart of it may be observed that hypothesis number 4 which states that There is general reportage
of corruption news is proved true because P value is ___ Statistically the data tested with Chi-square is not
significantly different. Hence, the hypothesis is proved true.



0
5
10
15
20
25
LAND GRABBING/ REAL
ESTATE
POLITICAL RELIGIOUS ECONOMIC
CORRUPTION TYPE
TREATMENT : CORRUPTION TYPE
TREATMENT TREATMENT TREATMENT TREATMENT
Limitations:
Due to the time restrictions the study was done only for a period of two months.
Due to the restrictions of the location, the study was done only on the Mumbai edition of the paper.
The study was solely done with The Free Press Journal. It involved no comparison with any other
publications.
Only quantitative research was done.


















Conclusion: