A frame analysis was conducted to explore themes in recent coverage by print journalists of the college application process, with special attention paid to the use by reporters of "keywords, stock phrases, stereotyped images, sources of information, and sentences that provide reinforcing clusters of facts or judgments" (Entman, p. 52) about this…

Indicates that nearly all of the newspaper advertisements examined contained at least one information cue and that one-third contained four or more cues, with an average of 2.8 per ad. Suggests that newspaper advertisements are more "informative" than television and magazine advertisements. (JD)

Updates trends in local newspaper ownership. Finds the number of cities with competing dailies and jointly owned dailies declining. Finds that the number of chain-owned papers and the size of chains have increased. (RS)

Examines how corrections are handled for both daily and weekly Arkansas newspapers. Finds that, although most papers publish corrections, less than one fourth have written correction policies. (RS)

Reports the results of two studies. The first determines that providing camera-ready copy is a cost-effective method of getting information published in newspapers. The second suggests that newspapers take longer to publish releases that are related to topics in the news. (MS)

Indicates that (1) newspaper competition had a significant impact on newspapers' use of color and graphics, (2) television competition had no impact, and (3) the number of newspapers in a group had only a limited relationship to the use of graphics and color. (JD)

Tests James N. Rosse's model stating that there are layers of newspapers that compete with each other in a given area. Concludes that the effect of competition is greater for smaller newspapers and that newspaper executives see competition increasing in the next decade. (FL)

Determines whether the public knows of the newspaper ombudsman's role, and probes the effects of calling a newspaper on public perceptions of the newspaper's interest in accuracy and correcting errors. Finds that people who call the ombudsman are satisfied with the response to their complaint. (RS)

Concludes that public relations people view editors' newspaper positions fairly accurately but that the reverse is not true. (FL)

Analyzes the amount of space six American and four European newspapers give to local, national, and international news. Concludes that all of the newspapers have a localized point of view, but that each displays significant differences in the components and scale of localization. (FL)

Compares Gannett newspapers and a matched set of other dailies, revealing that Gannett may be practicing a systematic elimination of marginal circulation. (FL)

Concludes that 10 leading newspapers in the United States devoted more editorial space to economic issues in the last days of the 1980 presidential campaign than to any other issue. (FL)

Details a study showing that copyeditors working on newspapers that have had video display terminals for at least two years edited more slowly, but made fewer errors than those who edited on paper. (FL)

Reports that newspaper readers rated precision journalism articles no better than traditional news articles on several dimensions of credibility. (FL)

A survey of 210 Texas residents revealed a preference for local and independent ownership of newspapers, although the quality of independent and group-owned papers was rated about the same. (GT)