To determine how extensive the phenomenon of printing high school newspapers on a page in the local professional paper is in Iowa, a preliminary study surveyed all Iowa high school principals and newspaper advisors in November 1987. The survey contained ten questions concerning school and school newspaper characteristics. Findings showed that the…

A survey polled high schools in Iowa to examine the following research questions: (1) Which high schools in Iowa do and do not publish a student newspaper?; (2) What is the frequency of publication?; (3) Which schools publish their newspaper as part of the local community paper?; (4) What changes have occurred in the profile of the average high…

Eighty schools that were members of the Iowa High School Press Association responded to a questionnaire about the school newspaper's financial status in light of public school budget cuts. The collected data indicated that nearly half of the respondent schools published newspapers at no cost and in cooperation with a community newspaper. Sixty…

Despite their important role in the community, there have been a number of economic cycles and population shifts which have resulted in rural communities losing their weekly newspapers. An exploratory case study examined a small Iowa community of 450 persons which launched a volunteer newspaper nearly 10 years ago. The experiences of this…

High turnout for the 1980 Iowa caucuses and conflicting explanations for that high turnout formed the background for an investigation of the relationship between media uses and gratifications, involvement in the local community, and caucus participation. Campaign fan gratifications--either excitement seeking or communicative utility--were…