Newsmagazine Coverage of the Supreme Court

Newspapers and general periodicals, especially national newsmagazines, provide major channels of information to the public concerning decisions of the United States Supreme Court. Past studies of the press and the Court typically examined coverage of "major," controversial decisions.' More recent studies have emphasized broader coverage of Court decisions. A recent paper analyzed the coverage of an entire Court Term by three daily newspapers.* This study is an analogous effort to examine the coverage of the Court by weekly newsmagazines.