Media access to the Presidency
Subtitle: 1974-1977
By: principal investigator, Matthew R. Kerbel
Series: ICPSR -- 8253; ICPSR (Series) -- 8253
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] :
Subjects: Presidents; Interviews
Description: These data were collected through a systematic study of the Ford Administration's White House central files, located at the Gerald R. Ford Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The collection catalogs the various requests for contact with the president which were made during his administration. To be included in the dataset, a given request had to be made by a professional jouranlist or news organization, specifically for a news interview with the President. Requests by private citizens, academics, authors writing books, corporations, and advertising agencies were not included. Similarly, requests for Presidential photographs, brief recorded messages, as well as offers of free television time during the election campaign were omitted.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: 1974-1977.

United States.

1,647 cases; 14 variables; logical record length of 23 characters.