Investigates recent developments in the right to access by analyzing three Supreme Court decisions, as well as several relevant cases in federal appellate courts. (FL)

Looks at the life of the reporter, novelist, foreign correspondent, and feature writer who lived from 1867 to 1911. Places him in the center of various important journalistic movements and in the company of important figures in journalism history. (FL)

Notes that the influential periodical has shifted its emphasis from informative articles to theoretical ones and has become more parochial and less cosmopolitan. (FL)

Explores the circumstances under which tort liability can be imposed for secretly recording a conversation or for publishing the contents of one which was surreptitiously recorded. (FL)

Compares predicted motivation profiles for several newspaper management jobs to the actual profiles of men and women holding those jobs. Finds an above average need for power and a below average need for achievement in managers. (FL)

Argues that the doctrine of presumed harm, which was not addressed in "New York Times Co. v. Sullivan," remains a major problem in libel law. (FL)

Reports on a content analysis of "Reader's Digest" indicating that there is some validity to the notion that it is unchanging. Notes that the percentages of articles in some important categories, specifically those discussing controversial issues, have remained consistent over 40 years. (FL)

Traces the evolution of the actual malice standard from a l884 Kansas court decision to the l964 decision in "'New York Times' v. Sullivan." (FL)

Analyzes news stories over a 30-year period to determine the extent of criticism of Mexican government officials by the press in that country. Concludes that cabinet ministers receive more criticism than the president, but that criticism of the latter is increasing. (FL)

Concludes that the amount of newspaper space given to the 1980 presidential campaign was less than that for any of the campaigns of the 1960s. Finds also that candidate John Anderson received less coverage than did George Wallace in 1968. (FL)

Concludes that the increased "borrowing" of news from foreign news agencies may not be due to the declining number of United States foreign correspondents but to Third World restrictions on access to news. (FL)

Details the development and testing of the "News Direction Scale," which is designed to measure the negative-positive dimension of news. Reports the scale to be highly reliable. (FL)

Examines the stability-reliability of two of the gratification constructs--surveillance and communicatory utility--to provide evidence on the convergence of several of the indicators used in previous research and to examine the interrelationships between the constructs. (FL)

Reviews United States Supreme Court decisions since 1900 to show that free speech decisions often rest on the circumstances surrounding the speech. Indicates that freedom of speech wins out over privacy when social or political function but not when personal happiness is the issue.

Concludes that the juvenile justice system is becoming more open but that most states still limit both press and public access. (FL)