Describes the disillusionment of the Rev. Charles M. Sheldon who edited a Kansas daily newspaper for one week as Jesus Christ would have done it and unwittingly became the victim of the newspaper publisher's money-making scheme. (RB)

Examines the rise and fall of the autonomous public broadcasting corporation in Turkey and discusses the relevance of the Turkish experience for other countries. (FL)

An examination of data on FM construction permits shows that independent FM broadcasters have obtained construction permits in markets with larger adjusted populations than those where AM licensees were granted same-market permits. (GT)

Presents a typology of southern United States periodicals by type, date, and place. Finds that southern periodicals from the period 1764-1984 show a culture that was diverse, sophisticated, and changing. (RS)

Identifies every environmental risk story broadcast by the 3 major television network nightly news programs during a 26-month period, and examines the extent to which the relative degree of risk affects coverage. Finds that sudden, violent risks receive much more coverage than chronic risks which are of equal consequence. (RS)

Describes the early history of news reporting via radio and the influences of such newscasts as "March of Time" (which station WLW started in 1928) on the broadcast industry of the 1930s and 1940s. (RB)

Lists and annotates more than 100 publications on such topics as journalism, the mass media, book publishing, photography, and advertising. (GW)

Reports on a study that assessed the degree to which newspaper distribution areas with competitive and noncompetitive dailies could be distinguished from one another. (FL)

Concludes that with short news stories presented in modern style repetition is equally as important to the broadcast journalist as to the newspaper journalist. (RB)

Contends that West European newspapers face competition for advertising revenue from cable systems which possess greater potential to provide new outlets for media advertisers. (RB)

Discusses issues relative to the 1977 court order--based on a decision of the National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting (NCCB)--that required the Federal Communications Commission to begin proceedings leading to the eventual dissolution of all newspaper/broadcast combinations in the same market. (GW)

Publishers and government disagreed on whether freedom of the press was at issue during this period. (KS)

Subjects perceived the increase in message length as an increase in importance of content. (KS)

Argues that the success of West Germany's publishing giant, Axel Springer Verlag, can be attributed to the technical excellence of its products and to the fact that these products reflect the mainstream of German thought. (FL)

Examines the extent to which violence contributes to the size of the audience for a television program. (FL)