Concludes that attention to the media during presidential campaigns accelerates the development of attitudes about candidates and thus facilitates making a voting decision; notes that less motivated individuals, who are likely to spend less time with the media, are slow in discriminating between candidates and more likely to report decision-making…

A survey of 266 adults supported previous findings that television is perceived to be a more credible, truthful, and important source of local news than the newspaper. (GT)

A Q-analysis of Egyptian elite groups identified three types of people: those oriented toward Egyptian media, particularly for entertainment value; those who distrust Egyptian media and prefer foreign media; and those who are essentially foreign-radio oriented but who get international information from Egyptian newspapers. (GW)

A survey of more than 200 students in six high schools in West Virginia and Pennsylvania revealed that television was favored as a news source by a wide margin over newspapers, radio, and news magazines in three areas: general preference, believability, and preference should the consumer be limited to one news source. (GW)

Concludes that those who vote are more likely to use newspapers as sources of local and state political news than those who do not vote. (FL)

Examines the Reagan administration's use of cost as an argument for amending the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Finds two general problems with the argument: (1) incomplete, inconsistent, and inaccurate reporting of FOIA costs and (2) agency attitudes that affected the cost estimates they presented. (FL)

Concludes that eliteness of a nation as a news source is the most important criterion for news selection in the Canadian press. (FL)

Reports on research that investigated the magnitude of knowledge gaps under varying levels of neighborhood newspaper publicity and organized group activities in an urban neighborhood. Concludes that high levels of group activity relate to both higher knowledge levels and greater knowledge gaps. (FL)

Notes that the courts have specific sanctions under the "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure" to ensure discovery in libel and invasion of privacy cases. Examines media-related cases in which courts have used these sanctions and relates them to nonmedia cases. (FL)

Suggests that the Campaign Act of 1971 may be in conflict with the First Amendment because restrictions and criminal penalties apply to media as well as to politicians. (TO)

Reports that the advent of television in South Africa has brought about some marked changes in newspaper readership patterns, for the most part accelerating trends that had begun before it started. Notes that the single most significant trend is toward an ever-increasing Black readership. (GT)

Data collected from a survey of 80 Black and 80 White respondents suggest that Blacks consider television the most credible advertising medium while Whites consider magazines most credible. (GT)

A study of 150 residents of a small southern Illinois city suggests that there are significant correlations between local daily newspaper content and what people in the community report reading and talking about, but that there are only nonsignificant partial correlations between the newspaper's and the residents' agendas about local news. (GW)

Examines the personality traits that influence whether individuals seek novel experiences or avoid them, which is reflected in their optimal level of activation. Specifically examines the relationship between exposure to news sources and levels of activation. (FL)

Uses log linear analysis to show that political activity is a potent predictor of media use. (FL)