Content analysis of broadcasts by Voice of America, Radio Liberty, the British Broadcasting Corporation, and Deutche Welle to the Soviet Union revealed differences in political environments and purposes of sponsoring nations. (KS)

Consensus practices, modes of operation that a newspaper develops which promote community unity, were not found to be related to news coverage or profits but were found to be a function of the size of the community in question. (KS)

Investigates the values of mass communication students before and after undergoing formal training in mass media ethics. Claims that at the conclusion of the course students had adopted ethical mass media attitudes which incorporate a personal acceptance of democratic principles and a belief in equal rights for all. (MM)

Reports that the Newspaper Preservation Act played a positive role in the St. Louis "Globe Democrat" experience of 1983, and that the outcome of that experience suggests that the antitrust laws operate when a joint operating agreement ends. (FL)

Examines the events surrounding the Bay of Pigs coverage in the "Times" and concludes that the editors did not hold back the story. (FL)

Shows that on a majority of issues on which the 1984 platforms of the two major political parties differed, even papers that endorsed the Republican candidate for president supported the Democratic position in editorials. (FL)

Finds no indication of bias in the coverage of the 1984 vice presidential candidate's finances, but does disclose some bias in the coverage of the political party conventions of that year. (FL)

Concludes that coverage of Blacks in five newspapers remained high even after the civil rights movement had subsided. (FL)

Shows how production formats can be compatible with ideological statements without explicitly intending to be so. (FL)

Examines the activities of K. Cooper, an early general manager of the Associated Press, and explores what appears to be a contradiction between his insistance on unhampered international news flow and his desire to receive government aid in order to expand AP's operations abroad. (FL)

Examines local newspaper coverage of a city legislative body to provide some systematic evidence on the source-media relationship in a nonelection agenda-setting context. (FL)

Compares Minnesota newspapers from l965 with those from l979 to show that conflict reporting has increased as society has become more pluralistic. (FL)

Defines negligent infliction of emotional distress, traces the development of such suits brought in the nonmedia context, analyzes actions brought against the mass media, and considers their implications. (FL)

Examines 82 journal articles that dealt with an event or trend in the past to explain the past, classifying each as using a conventional or unconventional approach to the subject covered. Concludes that while articles were generally conventional in approach, there was more experimentation than previously thought. (FL)

Reveals a trend toward more emphasis on images and less on issues in political advertising and news. (FL)