Concludes that the extent of reporters' agreement with messages from an information source affects the choice of supportive items. (RB)

Raises questions concerning the percentage of responses necessary to obtain accurate results from a survey. (RB)

Concludes that reporters' attitudes toward a news source seemed to have little impact on news stories or editorials. (RB)

Adding social sanction as a variable to value-belief models improves the explanatory power with regard to people's intentions toward the media. (RB)

Concludes that editors and publishers should put more emphasis on the availability of their product if they want to increase circulation. (RB)

Concludes that where mayoral campaigns are competing for attention with other election contents at the state and local level, the local newspapers' editorial endorsements have a substantial impact. (RB)

Refutes the thesis that relates various types of mass media, especially the newspaper, to rates of aggression, violence, and deviance by comparing crime statistics during strike and nonstrike periods.

Finds willingness to buy is affected both by the content of the advertisement and the buyer's predisposition to buy the advertised brand. (RB)

Concludes military officers had less favorable attitudes than civilians did concerning the right to publish "military" news, but few officers saw harm in the publication of the Pentagon Papers. (RB)

Concludes that there is no single preference for newspaper format among college-educated readers. (RB)

National newsmagazines tend to provide social and ethical content on a timely basis in proportion to the amount of hard news coverage a story received. (RB)

Discusses the content of advertisements emphasizing societal problems between 1965 and 1972, concluding that most are self-serving for the sponsor. (RB)

Concludes that while reporters consider coverage of state appellate courts adequate, justices said that the court was not covered as well as other state agencies. (RB)

Describes how the media survive on the Commonwealth Caribbean Islands without interference from outside ownership and control. (RB)