Concludes that managing editors depend primarily upon face-to-face communication to reach newsroom employees. (FL)

Concludes that the processes involved in gathering information can of themselves affect some of the assessments that journalists make of their sources. (FL)

Reveals that assertive employed women read more magazines overall and more news and hobby and craft magazines than do nonassertive employed women. (FL)

Concludes that frequent movie goers use previews more than any other information source as the basis of their selections. (FL)

Discusses the effectiveness and reliability of the cloze procedure and its usefulness as an advertising copy-testing technique. Concludes that it can distinguish more memorable from less memorable messages. (FL)

Concludes that after Rhodesia hired a public relations firm to advise it, negative comment about that country declined sharply in the "New York Times," although news of violence there remained virtually the same. (FL)

Suggests that while the availability of television in a community affects the dissemination of political information, it is family politicization that is at the root of the causal chain to political interest, media use, and political information. (TO)

Reports a Colorado study that found that students use television less than other people and that older students use both television and newspapers more and radio less than younger students. (TO)

Urges increased academic participation and reliance on academic expertise by Congress and the Federal Communications Commission in making policy decisions concerning the broadcasting industry. (RB)

Reports that newspaper and television coverage of presidential elections have increased at comparable rates since the mid-1950s and that most Blacks who vote use both media. (FL)

Traces the history of "The Working Man's Advocate," a labor newspaper that reflected the concerns of the working class during the early nineteenth century. (FL)

Concludes that magazine readers prefer less realistic reproduction of simple, not complex, photographs. (FL)

Analyzes Judge Potter Stewart's voting record on First Amendment cases and concludes that he is one of the strongest supporters of the First Amendment on the Supreme Court. (FL)