Provides a list of resources concerning history and biography; appraisals of the press, law, and ethics; cultural, psychological, and social aspects; radio, television, film, and photography; and international communication. (KS)

Reports that follow-up mailings are generally worth the time and money in communications surveys of elite groups, that they are essential in studies in which the return rate for the first mailing is quite low, and that they can sometimes make the difference between a worthwhile and a worthless study. (GW)

Lists paperback books on mass communication, divided into six categories: history and biography; appraisals of the press, law, and ethics; cultural, psychological, and social aspects; radio, television, film, photography; international communication; and journalism techniques, miscellaneous. (GW)

Develops a macro-view of mass media as interdependent parts of a total social system including a series of interrelated subsystems with primary function involving the generation, dissemination, and assimilation of information. (RB)

Study shows relationship between importance, rate and amount of news difussion, and role played by media and personal communication. (RB)

Contains an annotated bibliography of articles published during the first quarter of 1975 in the areas of advertising, broadcasting, communication theory, journalism education, editorial policies, media criticism, and the law. (RB)

Shows attitudes toward advertisements are positive, awareness of the Advertising Council is low, and message retention is poorer among older persons than younger persons. (RB)

Reports on a study of the cognitive strategies people use in arriving at judgments about environmental problems. (GW)

Analyzes the dissemination time of the news of Prime Minister Elliott Trudeau's marriage. (RB)

Reports that callers to a radio talk show were more likely than average to be single, living alone, alone at the time of the call, and not a member of any organization. (GT)