Provides no support for the hypothesis that television is the crucial communication channel in inducing split ticket voting. (RB)

A Minneapolis/St. Paul telephone survey revealed that most people interviewed relied on radio weather reports for weather information, that the amount of weather information retained from radio and television forecasts was minimal, and that most people were satisfied with television weather reports. (GW)

Finds that student journalists reacted differently to--and wrote different stories about--a woman news source who spoke about a rape crisis center, depending on whether they had been told that the woman was herself a rape victim. (GW)

Concludes that "impulsivity" appears to have a stronger effect than extroversion on college students' recall of material from the radio when listening is a secondary activity. (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)

Reveals that while the accessibility to information of influential members of a community was high and generally similar for all sources, certain types of information were more accessible through some sources than were others. (FL)

Defines mobilizing information (MI) as any information that allows people to act on the attitudes and desires they already have. Concludes that MI is missing in news of political controversy at least in part because journalists decided to withhold it. (FL)

Analysis of eight magazine articles on tropical rain deforestation indicates that almost half the pertinent information concerning the subject is missing. (FL)

Discusses the question of defining government documents as property and the consequent conflict with the First Amendment rights of the press. (TO)

Reports three experiments supporting the inference that the powerless are more sensitive to content that explains than to content promising reward. (TO)

Presents a critical discussion of two news value indices and makes some suggestions for considering social psychological variables in the development of such indices. (TO)

A survey of residents of New York's Harlem area reveals that the respondents relied equally on television and newspapers for their general news, but considered the "Amsterdam News" more credible on news of Blacks. (FL)

A comparative analysis of AP wire report content and CBS television news coverage during the 1972 presidential campaign suggests that the structural differences in the media may be associated, at least in part, with the kind of coverage each typically provided. (GT)

Concludes that more research must be done examining the variables influencing audience response to messages delivered by film, radio, print, and personal interaction. (RB)