Doherty, Robert Paul2022-03-252022-03-251973https://hdl.handle.net/2144/44080There has been a lack of studies and a failure to develop methodologies for short wave newscasts. Yet short wave newscasts are news source for journalists, writing on developments in various countries, and they are monitored by an unknown number of the North American public. This paper attempts to fill part of that gap with the selection of features common to all short wave English language newscasts, and the definition of such common aspects by categories that are quantifiable, valid, and reliable. The features are chosen to be useful in describing the style and structure of a particular service, but their primary value lies in their use as a/basis of comparison in studying other services. Five features (specification, news emphasis, immediacy, national philosophy, structure) are developed, defined, and tested in theory for reliability and validity. The features are then defined by categories. They are then applied by the use of a simple counting process to three services (Radio Moscow, Radio Peking, Voice of America) to determine if comparison is possible. The results indicate the three services can be compared and studied by the selected common features through the use of relative numerical values. Persons interested in short wave news reporting will be able to study such newscasts on a comparative basis through the use of the five selected features and their appropriate categories.en-USThis work is being made available in OpenBU by permission of its author, and is available for research purposes only. All rights are reserved to the author.Public communicationsThesis/Dissertation