Contributes to scholarship on the sociology of news making. Concludes that the relationship between journalists and news sources was shaped by the preferred meanings of a community's interpretive groups, including journalists and their news organizations. Uses examples from interviews with journalists and news sources to illustrate and…

Investigates a survey on the role of the daily press in Swedish society and reveals divergent views of societal roles and concerns. (MH)

Compares the "New York Times" and the "Asahi Shimbun" in terms of density, variety, and extensive use of statistical and didactic graphics. Concludes that cultural factors account for the style of newspaper graphics, social factors for their acceptability, and organizational factors for their type and density. (JMF)

Focuses on the extent of teenagers' news media exposure in the Soviet Union and America and its apparent impact on their information about nuclear issues. Finds that the Soviet teenagers were much more knowledgeable than American students about issues having to do with nuclear war. (MS)