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THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI BULLETIN VOLUME 42, NUMBER 15 JOURNALISM SERIES NUMBER 87 Measurement of Reading in Weekly Newspapers (Second Series) by Lester E. Finley School of Journalism University of Missouri ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER, JAN. 2. 1914, AT THE POSTOFFICE AT COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, UNDER THE ACT OF AUGUST, 24, 1912. ISSUED TWO TIMES MONTHLY.--1200 AUGUST 1, 1941 Table of Contents Explanatory o o o o o o o o ., o o o o o o • o o o o o o o o o o • o o o o o 3 Reading of news matter by pages, tabulated . o o •• o o •• o • 4 Reading of advertising by pages, tabulated o o • o •• o o •• o o 4 Reproduction of newspaper pages, begins on .o o o • o o • • • • 5 Marceline News . • • o • • • • • • • • • • • • • • o • • • o o o o 5 Pierce City Leader-Journal. • o o •••• o .. o o • ., ••••• 13 Savannah Reporter and Andrew County Democrat . • o • 19 Cass County Democrat, Harrisonville o o o • • • • • • • o • 27 Fredericktown Democrat-News .. o • a ••••• o •• ., • o 35 Reading of subject matter by types, begins on .•...•.•. o 43 Reading of advertising o ·........ o • o o ., •• o • o o •• o •••• 48 Average number of readers per copy ..• o • • • • • • • • • • • 49 Status of farm subscribers interviewed •. o • o o o o o • o o • o 49 Reading of other newspapers o o o •••• o ., •••••••• o o •• 50 . Where subscribers shop • ., • o •••.•• o •• ., o o ., •••••••• 51 'Reference to advertising as aid in shopping ............ 51 Time paper is kept in home . ., .. o • ., o ... ., • o o ••••• o o • 52 Length of time persons have been readers and sub- scribers .. ., ... 52 Habits of newspaper reading, begins on ., • ·• . • .. .. ., . • ., ., . 53 Explanatory This study, made in the spring and summer of 1941, is a continua tion of the surveys made in 1938-39, and published in the University of Mis souri Bulletin, Journalism Series, No. 84. The technique used is essentially the same: 100 readers of each of four papers were interviewed personallya <170 readers of the Cass County Democrat, Harrisonville, were interviewed because of this paper's larger circulationo) These persons were selected on the weighted sample basis, and interviews took place from two to five days after distribution of the newspaperso Each person interviewed was asked to indicate on an unmarked copy of the paper what he had read and these items were markeda Answers of "I usually read that" or "I expect to read that" were discardedo Headline readers of news stories were not tabulated, but readers of headlines on certain advertisements are indicatedo The symbols at the top of each page show the number of persons reading any news story or advertisement on that page, but do not include news story headline readerso The symbols superimposed on each news story and advertisement indicate the percentage of men Cm> and women <w> readers of that item. Half of those interviewed were men and half were women and only adults were in cludedo These interviews, like those in the previous study, were made dur ing the spring and summer during busy farming seasonso The measured per centages, therefore, probably are the year-around minimum. Because of different conditions under which newspapers are pub lished and because of differ enc es between editions of the same newspaper, gen eral conclusions based on this study should be avoidedo However, these find ings, if studied with those published in the earlier bulletin, may be helpful in informing the weekly newspaper editor of reader likes and dislikes. All pages of the newspapers measured are reproduced herein. The newspapers are: Marceline News, Circulation 1487 Pierce City Leader-Journal, Circulation 625 Savannah Reporter and Andrew County Democrat, Circulation 2315 Cass County Democrat, Harrisonville, Mo., Circulation 3300 Fredericktown Democrat-News, Circulation 1877 -3- Per Cent Readers Any News, Editorials, Features on Pages (The following tabulation ·shows the percentage of men and women interviewed who recalled having read any of the news, editorials, or features on the newspaper pages. Those who "saw11 an item without reading it are not counted.) ~ Ma;r~eline Pi~;r~~ City 6£tvannah RenQrter Cass County Frederi~ktown HQ. ~ Leader-Journal & Andrew County DemQ~rat DemQcrat-News Democrat Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women 1 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 2 40 66 88 92 50 70 34 59 72 82 3 64 76 96 96 62 82 49 64 76 94 4 74 78 80 92 96 96 92 96 78 90 5 58 98 82 96 92 98 49 67 60 92 6 68 82 88 98 80 90 62 78 66 88 7 71 80 56 62 78 85 76 98 8 64 78 82 100 53 64 68 96 Per Cent Readers Any Display Advertising on Pages 2 70 78 56 68 38 38 68 53 36 38 3 70 78 56 58 . 48 58 55 68 52 68 4 72 84 62 70 60 52 51 77 62 68 5 88 84 76 84 26 32 71 78 64 74 6 74 66 76 84 80 90 44 40 32 30 7 70 66 58 62 19 20 22 18 8 60 82 76 78 56 87 56 74 -4- AR CELI E NEWS SUCCESSOR' TO THE JOURNAL-MIRROR AND HERALD V.OL. IJV. NO. 25 MARCELINE, MISSOURI FRIDA:Y, MARCH 14, 1941 8 PAGES -$1.50 A YEAR M. U. 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