Reveals that reporters and news managers agreed on the extent of participation that reporters should have in making 23 of 38 types of decisions. (FL)

Indicates that respondents preferred private ownership of a cable television system, but notes that the results may reflect a lack of awareness on the part of respondents about their options. (FL)

Concludes that the amount of foreign news presented on network newscasts has remained constant over a 10-year period. Indicates also that major domestic events lead to reduced foreign coverage by television networks. (FL)

Concludes that adolescent aggression increases with perceived reality of television violence. (FL)

Shows that youth's image of TV police is not correlated with his image of actual police; television images held by delinquents and middle-class adolescents do not differ. (TO)

Refutes a study originally published by Edith Efron which contended that network television news coverage of the 1968 presidential campaign was biased, concluding that campaign coverage was positive for both presidential candidates. (RB)

Concludes that the advent of an independent television station had little apparent effect on the programing of three network stations in the same market. (FL)

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

Concludes that viewing religious programing on television is positively correlated to the need to know oneself better and negatively correlated to the need for entertainment. (FL)

Reports that the television program "Roots" evoked positive reactions from British viewers in terms of their perceived attitude change toward Blacks and in particular, American Blacks; their personal and community identification in the matter of race integration; and the reaffirmation of their ideas about the negative aspects of slavery.…

Reports that schizophrenic-labeled persons consistently rated television programs as closer to reality than did a sample of nonschizophrenic respondents. (FL)

Among the results of an analysis of production techniques used for United States and international television commercials are: (1) cuts are the most common form of transition in both national and international television commercials, and (2) U. S. commercials use proportionately more special effects than do international commercials. (GT)

Content analyses of the nightly news programs of the three commercial television networks for 1976 revealed (1) the generally low priority given to news about the broadcast media, (2) the variability of cross-network reporting performance, and (3) a preponderance of reports on the media's role in politics. (GT)

Investigates how the presence of cable television affects parental mediation of television viewing. Finds that children whose homes have cable are exposed to more R and PG movies than their noncable counterparts. Finds little differences in mediation behaviors across pay, basic, and noncable environments. (RS)

Examines a San Francisco television station's decision to accept paid condom advertising. Notes that station leaders debated questions of public interest and public tastes in a city hard hit by AIDS. Finds that the station devised careful guidelines and began broadcasting the commercials on a trial basis. Notes that nearly all public and media…