Investigates the degree of support among administrators of mass communication programs for academic research among their faculty. Finds that programs without graduate degrees still expect faculty to do research but may support it less than programs which offer graduate work. (RS)

Identifies factors that contribute most to productive scholars' success as published researchers. Finds that personal motivation is the strongest factor contributing to an individual researcher's productivity. (RS)

Reports on a survey of mass communication department administrators (Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication members). Finds that journalism and mass communication faculty are under pressure to conduct and publish research and that traditional academic research and publication are preferred in evaluating faculty members for…

A study investigated why productive scholars do research and what factors they believe contribute most to their success as published researchers. Subjects, 39 mass communications researchers who had been identified by a previous study as being the top producers of mass communications research articles, completed a questionnaire employing a…