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Appendix 2 Content Analysis Tables Table A2.1. Metropolitan antebellum newspapers, 1831-32: Percentage distribution of newspaper content, by category Boston Boston New York Charleston Charleston Morning Daily Courier and Median Mercury" Courzerb Post' Advertiserd Enquirer" percentage Politics 48.4 62.4 40.3 51.7 50.5 50.5 Crime and courts 1.2 2.1 5.3 2.5 6.2 2.5 Accidents 6.9 3.6 9.8 2.6 2.2 3.6 Society and women 2.5 0.2 5.7 5.1 1.0 2.5 Leisure 0.4 2.8 6.3 0.1 5.4 2.8 Business and labor 36.8 26.4 17.7 22.9 22.9 22.9 Religion 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.6 5.6 0.6 Science and education 1.8 0.5 1.7 1.2 2.8 1.7 History 0.3 0.0 11.8 11.2 0.0 0.3 Weather 0.5 0.2 0.5 1.4 2.3 0.5 Other 0.1 1.7 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.8 N of column inches 952.8 613.2 428.2 764.8 838.0 Note: Coding dates vary according to availability of newspapers.·Coded for January 16-21, 1832. bCoded for March 5-10, 1832.

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