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F and the M | 24 Feb 98 | 30 Apr 98 | Ontario | Who? | What? | About Whom? | Notes |
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F and the M | 24 Feb 98 | 30 Apr 98 | Ontario | Who? | What? | About Whom? | Notes |
Just who's being written about? Which religious groups are receiving coverage, be it positive, negative, or neutral? Of course, there is great variation between newspapers. Here are the 'most' and the 'least' figures of coverage, as well as the average religious makeup of coverage noted in the study for each of the following groups: Christianity, Catholicism, Judaism , Mainline Protestantism , Evangelical Christianity , Islam , Other , Buddhism , Other Christianity , Hinduism , Orthodox Christianity and Sikhism .
| Religious Group | Avg. % of Coverage | Newspaper with Most Coverage | % | Newspaper(s) with Least Coverage | % |
| Christianity | 28% | Daily Gleaner | 70.37% | La Presse | 8.7% |
| Catholicism | 23% | Cape Breton Post | 85.7% | Toronto Sun | 13.9% |
| Judaism | 12% | The Gazette | 31.6% | Cape Breton Post | 0% |
| Mainline Protestantism | 11% | The Guardian | 42.9% | Le Devoir | 3.9% |
| Evangelical Christianity | 8% | Kelowna Courier | 38.9% | Cape Breton Post, La Presse, Le Devoir, Telegraph Journal | 0% |
| Islam | 6% | Le Devoir | 21.7% | Cape Breton Post, Chronicle-Herald | 0% |
| Other | 5% | Guelph Mercury | 20.5% | Calgary Herald, Cape Breton Post, Telegraph Journal, The Guardian | 0% |
| Buddhism | 2% | Globe and Mail | 8.1% | Brandon Sun, Cambridge Reporter, Cape Breton Post, Daily Gleaner, Guelph Mercury, Hamilton Spectator, Le Soleil, Toronto Star, Toronto Sun | 0% |
| Other Christianity | 2% | Guelph Mercury | 13.6% | Cambridge Reporter, Cape Breton Post, Chronicle Herald, Daily Gleaner, Edmonton Journal, Hamilton Spectator, La Presse, Le Soleil, Telegraph Journal, The Guardian, Vancouver Sun, Victoria Times Colonist | 0% |
| Hinduism | 1% | Telegraph Journal | 5.9% | Brandon Sun, Cape Breton Post, Chronicle-Herald, Hamilton Spectator, Kelowna Courier, Lethbridge Herald, The Gazette, The Guardian, Victoria Times Colonist, Winnipeg Free Press | 0% |
| Orthodox Christianity | 1% | The Gazette | 6.1% | Chronicle-Herald, Daily Gleaner, Edmonton Journal, Globe and Mail, Guelph Mercury, Le Devoir, Lethbridge Herald, Telegraph Journal, The Guardian | 0% |
| Sikhism | 1% | Vancouver Sun | 11.1% | Brandon Sun, Calgary Herald, Cambridge Reporter, Cape Breton Post, Chronicle-Herald, Daily Gleaner, Hamilton Spectator, Kitchener Waterloo Record, La Presse, Le Devoir, Lethbridge Herald, Telegraph Journal, The Gazette, The Guardian, Toronto Sun, Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg Sun | 0% |
*For more information on the computation of percentages please see notes on the research.
Continue on to see what was in the news on 24 February 1998, or 30 April 1998, how coverage can vary across Ontario on the same day, or who is writing.