In an attempt to integrate research on the impact of judicial selection and research on journalist-source interaction, a study considered the method by which judges are selected and retained and how this method influences the exchange relationship between sources and journalists in trial courts. Elected trial court judges in Minnesota and…

A study was conducted to contrast the news coverage of developed and developing nations, and of the United States specifically, as transmitted to Asia by the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI). A total of 556 AP reports and 453 UPI reports drawn from a 6-week period were coded for more than 100 variables and 47 topics. The…

THIS RESEARCH INVOLVED THE SELECTION OF TWO EXTANT TEACHING FILMS, DEVELOPMENT OF TESTS ON THEIR CONTENT, REVISION OF THE FILMS, AND A COMPARISON OF THE TWO VERSIONS. THE FILMS SELECTED WERE "WHY FOODS SPOIL" AND "ATOMS AND MOLECULES." THE SUBJECTS CONSISTED OF STUDENTS IN SMALL TOWN SCHOOLS FROM 5TH TO 12TH GRADES.…

THIS PROJECT EXPLORED (1) INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AMONG LEARNERS WHICH MAY BE DIFFERENTIALLY RELATED TO FILM LEARNING VERSUS CONVENTIONAL OR "LIVE" LEARNING, AND (2) INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AMONG INSTRUCTIONAL FILMS WHICH MAY BE RELATED TO THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OR TO IMPORTANT LEARNER CHARACTERISTICS. TWO SEPARATE STUDIES WERE…

A study was undertaken to describe the financial affairs of 49 Wisconsin newspapers enumerated in the 1860 United States Census of Products of Industry schedules. Specific information was sought concerning the cost of establishing a newspaper, the cost of materials and supplies, the number of employees and their pay, the value of the newspaper and…

A survey of 194 graduate students compared the old and new formats of "Esquire" magazine, combining two issues of each format in a sequence of four viewing pairs (to negate possible bias effects of content). The subjects indicated their preferences and reasons for preferences for old and new logos, typefaces, tables of content formats,…

This study was undertaken to determine if the instructional quality of audiovisual materials is improved when student self-tests are included in the program. Two sound/slide programs on reading line graphs were tested on one-year vocational students at Forsyth Technical Institute, North Carolina. Twenty students in the experimental group used…

A Dallas study showed that the claim that television news is more timely than newspaper news has only a limited validity, at least in terms of locally produced television news. (GW)

Discusses factor analysis using Rummel's 26-item checklist of essential information that ought to be presented in the published report of a factor analytic study as a guideline for reviewing relevant articles. (JEG)

Major differences in results obtained from three audience measurement methodologies (telephone coincidental, multi-media diaries, and personal interviews with roster recalls) confirm the need for a new methodology or technique by advertisers and their agencies. (RL)

Reports on a comparison of coverage of the Democratic and Republican parties by 12 Ohio metropolitan newspapers in the 1971 Ohio municipal election campaigns. (GW)

Compares Minnesota newspapers from l965 with those from l979 to show that conflict reporting has increased as society has become more pluralistic. (FL)

Examines the themes of the war front news reported in certain South Korean and United States newspapers during the first 16 days of the Korean War; attempts to determine significant differences in the themes of war front news between the Korean and United States papers. (Author/GT)

Shows that the criteria people use to judge television news credibility are different than those used to judge newspapers. Demonstrates that one source of this difference is that newspapers and television are evaluated from different levels of analysis. (RS)

Explores how the form of print versus television media influenced the autonomy of coverage during the Gulf War. Examines levels of support and criticism of President Bush's policy in the media and the diversity of sources evaluating that policy. Finds that television news was more supportive of the official government line than was print media.…