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Show 40 RQ2: What political issues were reported in the coverage of Utah's national parks? If national, regional, and local coverage differed, how so? RQ3: What insights does this research give into the evolution of environmental journalism? These research questions allow an evaluation of the environmental journalism associated with the national parks and how it evolved in national , regional, and state newspapers. The questions also drive an examination of conservation and the national park idea through the lens of a mass medium. Answers to these questions enhance understanding of news published across the twentieth century in geographically distinct areas with different audiences. Furthennore, the research that flows from these questions offers an understanding of how news coverage changed over time. Addressing the question about political issues associated with coverage of the national parks provides a catalyst for setting the research in the broader political context. This research is limited in time to correspond with the designation of Utah's five national parks from 1919 to 1971. 106 By focusing on Utah's parks, the analysis starts before the reporting on environmental issues was called environmental journalism. By 1971 , when the last parks were designated, the environmental journalism that was associated with the 1960s and 1970s environmental movements was burgeoning. This research spans the century and looks at journalism before and after the 1960s, evaluating the environmental journalism of both time periods. 106 Zion National Park, 1919; Bryce Canyon National Park, 1928; Canyonlands National Park, 1964; Arches National Park, 1971; Capitol Reef National l'ark , 197 l. |
