Abstract
This study investigated the journalistic quality of adolescent-targeted newscasts in the USA through a comparative analysis between Channel One News, CNN Student News, and the CBS Evening News. An analysis of 1,487 total news segments reveal that Channel One's “captive audience” model of news production does not result in higher quality journalism from a traditional “dutiful citizen” or a contemporary “actualizing citizen” standard. Compared to the other programs, Channel One had the least cumulative percentage of Internet “springboards” associated with the “actualizing citizen” perspective. Channel One News also had significantly more references to commercially oriented websites than CNN Student News or the CBS Evening News. Overall it is concluded that the potential of Channel One News to engage youth has been compromised due to the commercial emphasis of the newscast.
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