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Show 48 research time frame. Also, all four were published daily and provide more depth of content over time than magazines. Finally, the magazines that covered tbese environmental issues were mostly special-interest publications, while the newspapers were general interest. Electronic and broadcast media were also excluded from this study because they did not provide the continuity of coverage across the research time period. Overview of the Chapters Each of the following four chapters examines news coverage of Utah's national parks. In Chapter 4, reports from The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News suggest that the boosterism of the frontier press was present but waning when Utah's first national park was established in 1919. Zion National Park was presented in these two newspapers as validation for the state's membership in the Union and balm for its cultural anxiety. In reporting from The New York Times, the national park was presented as evidence of the nation's greatness as equal to the culture, arts, and architecture of Europe. Foremost, however, the parks were covered as an economic opportunity. The San Francisco Examiner did not report the establishment of Zion National Park. Chapter 5 examines news coverage of Bryce Canyon National Park ( 1923-1928), which suggests that boosterism continued its declining trajectory. Unlike news reporting of Zion, signs of tensions emerged as national park designation competed with land ownership, jurisdiction, and development. The sentiment of national pride was reflected in The New York Times and the San Francisco Examiner. State pride continued to permeate reporting from The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News. ln Chapter 6, coverage of Canyonlands National Park (1964) delved into political minutiae. However, this coverage also suggests that the national park idea was evolving |
