Respondents with combat experience were found to be more dissatisfied with the medium's performance and more sensitive to its effect on viewers than were other veterans. (KS)

Concludes that a single television counter advertisement concerning a brand of aspirin did not cause viewers to lessen appreciably their attitude favorability toward the brand. (GT)

Concludes that the amount of time children and adults spend viewing television has little to do with their perceptions of violence. (FL)

Canadian adults see less humor and realism in Archie Bunker of "All in the Family" than does United States sample. (RB)

Although college women were generally found to be more aware and critical of sex stereotyping than were college men, data indicated that viewers were not as sensitive to sex-role stereotypes in television commercials as advocates of feminism might hope. (KS)

Reveals that reporters and news managers agreed on the extent of participation that reporters should have in making 23 of 38 types of decisions. (FL)

Indicates that respondents preferred private ownership of a cable television system, but notes that the results may reflect a lack of awareness on the part of respondents about their options. (FL)

Reports that inadequate air time and omission of detail are the most common objections by sources to science coverage on network news programs. (FL)

Findings of a survey of 229 television news personnel suggested that most news personnel were not satisfied with the fairness doctrine as now applied and that attitudes toward the doctrine were based on a complex mixture of educational background, managerial position, and political participation. (GT)

Compares the habits and attitudes of those who subscribed to cable television for better reception with those who subscribed for either greater programing selection or more movies. Finds attitudes vary more than television use between those who subscribe to get better reception and those who subscribe to get more programs. (RS)

Indicates that while a preference for crime shows is related to support for punitive criminal justice policies, sex and race are also strongly related to such support. (FL)

Concludes that gender gap is a better predictor than political attitudes of determining who will view a television program and how they will react to it. (FL)

Presents brief reports of research conducted in the following areas: media credibility, network television news audiences, influences of television newscasters' on-camera image, Blacks in introductory advertisements, children's television preferences, messages in Depression-era photographs, and journalism education issues covered in two…

Describes a methodology used in interviewing Federal Communications Commission commissioners, legal assistants, and Cable Bureau staff members about their attitudes toward the cable industry and regulation; reports results of the interviews, noting respondents' disappointment in the lack of cable growth. (GT)

Concludes that the majority of Indiana state judges, prosecutors, and attorneys oppose having television cameras in courtrooms, primarily because of concern about the effects they would have on witnesses and jurors. (FL)