The three primary aims of this report were to investigate whether or not the single gratifications associated with the use of different mass media form some gratification dimensions more basic in their nature; to explore in what way these dimensions are related to the actual mass media content choices of the audience; and to investigate the way…

The first part of this report summarizes a master's thesis study on the observance of international law in two newspapers. The study was based on an inventory of 71 international legal documents, suggesting a set of journalistic principles and rules. The observance of these norms was tested by analyzing some 6,000 news items and articles from two…

The results of a survey conducted in 1975 were compared with the findings of three previous studies of Finnish public awareness of mass media to determine any changes or trends which might have occurred between the years 1967 and 1975. Data were reported in categories based on the public concept of (1) the most important mass medium, (2) the…