Concludes that more than half of the stories on network newscasts contained anonymous source attributions. (FL)

Results of a study conducted with 721 fourth, sixth, and eighth graders were not supportive of the assumed role of children's perceived reality of television in determining the impact of exposure to television on children's social behavior. (GT)

Shows that the criteria people use to judge television news credibility are different than those used to judge newspapers. Demonstrates that one source of this difference is that newspapers and television are evaluated from different levels of analysis. (RS)

Concludes that clothing worn by anchorwomen appears to influence viewers' perceptions of the credibility and effectiveness of their newscasts. (FL)

Presents a study of the effectiveness and believability of male and female newscasters among children and shows that newscaster sex does not effect believability ratings. Girls, however, learned more from a male than from a female newscaster. Newscaster sex did not affect retention of the newscast by boys. (JMF)

Investigated the educational effects of a Dutch schools television series designed to teach children aged 10 through 12 that television news broadcasts give a selective and thus subjective and incomplete impression of the news. Results indicate that the series led to an increase in children's knowledge of the news selection process, but no…

Examines three reasons why Americans have remained apathetic towards the current farm crisis: consumers have little direct contact with farmers/farm life; relationship between food prices at the supermarket and farm income is hidden; and Americans view "bad" news from the farm sector as a recurring theme in national economic events. (LFL)