Findings of a study of the newspaper reading habits of college students suggest that, while young adults spend a considerable portion of their media time with television and radio, they continue to use newspapers both as a primary source of information and as a follow-up to television and radio news reports. (GW)

Reports on a survey that indicated that rural residents of Louisiana use the weekly newspaper significantly more than the daily newspaper as a source of news, and that they use television regularly significantly more than the daily newspaper for all types of information except advertising. (GW)

Presents the results of a study of the background of daily newspaper editorial writers and of the way editorial writers obtain information and perform their tasks. (GW)

Analyzes the impact of the metropolitan press on knowledge in outlying communities. Suggests that the use of metro dailies helps overcome the knowledge gap between the rural populace and urban residents. (MM)

Concludes that government spokespersons, ranking politicians, and leaders of organized groups have better access to Canadian TV news outlets than do other people. (FL)

Concludes that daytime serials are a major source of information about mental illness and that the image of such illness presented in the serials is distorted and inaccurate. (FL)

Concludes that press coverage of the FDA's food irradiation proposal failed to give the public the information necessary for an informed decision on the process. (FL)

Concludes that Franklin D. Roosevelt changed the pattern of press-government relations with his organized publicity system. (FL)

Concludes that the editorial presentation of a story can have significant effects on an audience's perceptions of a story's target. (FL)

Notes that because West and East Germans speak the same language, there is widespread listening and viewing of each country's radio and television programing. (FL)

Indicates that consumers place little value on advertisements in nationally circulated magazines and on television as sources of information. Television commercials seem to be valued even less than print advertisements. (FL)

Concludes that the "London Times" and the Foreign Broadcast Information Service of the United States government provide both comprehensive and unbiased coverage of events in Rhodesia, while the "New York Times" is less complete and the "Christian Science Monitor" is selective. (FL)

Details a study of advertising appearing on United States and Canadian television. Findings suggest that the traditional economic defense of advertising as a source of information for the consumer is a weak one. (FL)

Examines environmental information source reliance among American and Japanese citizens. Finds that the Japanese are inclined to rely on non-mass media sources, whereas Americans exhibit greater differentiation among sources. (RS)