Reveals that women in decision-making positions in their jobs use media more for work-related information than do women in other work. (FL)

Investigates the sources of health care information--specifically information about hospitals and physicians--in two small northwestern American communities. Reports that interpersonal sources are better than mass media sources in specific situations. Also cites the value of other forms of media in providing information, such as flyers and…

Presents summaries of research dealing with (1) foreign correspondents in Washington, D.C., (2) legal protection for magazine article ideas, (3) the influence of training on taking and judging photographs, (4) the impact of cable television on library materials borrowing, and (5) the law that first led to a free press. (FL)

Concludes that the coverage of health issues in the British press is modest and lacking in information, making health less of a concern than illness among the public. (FL)

Concludes that newspapers outdistance television as sources of state government news and that those selecting newspapers are more knowledgeable. (FL)

A survey of 481 individuals from a major southwestern metropolitan area suggests that a newspaper audience is not monolithic but rather a collection of numerous subsegments with different attitudes and needs regarding newspapers. (GT)

Surveys 82 Alabama legislators and finds officials' views of the press as adversary or agent of consensus relates to perceived value of media for job-relevant information. Suggests a dysfunction of the "watch-dog" role because those believing the consensus model found the press more useful than those seeing the press as an adversary. (MG)

Finds that community pluralism predicted both exposure to sources of heart disease prevention information and diversity of source exposure in three upper Midwest cities. Notes that community differences in both outcomes narrowed. Suggests that the sheer amount of information about the topic of heart disease prevention and the proliferation of…

Concludes that perceptions of causes of crime vary markedly depending on which news medium is used most. (FL)

Concludes that the smallest daily newspapers and television stations in the country report little direct effect from the court decision, and that the prediction of a chilling effect for a vast majority of small and large media is unsubstantiated. (FL)

Describes the case of George Burdick, a newsman who invoked the Fifth Amendment in refusing to identify persons who had provided information about a member of President Wilson's administration. His right to maintain his Fifth Amendment stand was upheld in a 1915 Supreme Court decision. (GW)

Concludes that television use was more related to student perceptions of the black presidential candidate than was newspaper use, but the relation was slight. (FL)

Data from a survey of high school and college students, designed to measure the relative influence of peers, family, and the media on perceptions about sex, suggest quite strongly that peers and the mass media are powerful agents in the acquisition of sexual information by young people. (GT)

Data from a comparative study of media use and preferences in two Tennessee towns reveal significant differences in media preferences and challenge some lingering stereotypes about the homogeneity of a small town's use of its daily newspaper. (GT)