NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 11 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Culbertson, Hugh M. – Journalism Quarterly, 1974
Suggests that the kinds of graphics needed by the print media depend on the cues crucial to the intended meaning of the message. (RB)
Descriptors: Editing, Graphic Arts, Higher Education, Journalism
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Culbertson, Hugh M. – Journalism Quarterly, 1974
Results of two studies indicate that word messages carry more impact than pictures and an analysis of variance reveals that iconicity and sensationalism each related positively to both evaluative-ethical and interest-vitality ratings. (RB)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education, Journalism, Media Research
Gilbert, Kathy; Schleuder, Joan – 1988
For each work assignment, photojournalists must decide whether to use black-and-white or color film and how to frame the picture. These decisions are considered crucial, yet little is known about how the presence of color and design complexity affect how people process the information in photographs. A study tested whether color and design…
Descriptors: Captions, Color, Difficulty Level, Higher Education
Trayes, Edward J.; Cook, Bruce L. – 1974
Photographs appearing in October 1-5, 1973, final editions of 16 major daily newspapers published in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. were analyzed for total number of pictures published, content category (breaking news, feature, or sports), placement (front page or inside), source (staff, Associated…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Higher Education, Journalism, Media Research
Kelly, James D. – 1994
A mail survey of 86 daily college newspapers (91% of the population) measured the adoption rate of digital imaging technology for the routine processing of news photographs to establish the stage of adoption and to assess possible effects of the technology on students' perceptions of newsphoto credibility. Results indicated that 63% reported…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Credibility, Higher Education, Media Research
Padellford, Phillip M.; Choi, Seong W. – 1988
Assessing the demand for journalists educated and trained in graphics and photography, a study surveyed 172 editors and managing editors of newspapers ranging in circulation from less than 5,000 to more than 50,000. Surveys were administered to a stratified random sample of 420 newspaper editors in July 1986, with a 41% overall response rate.…
Descriptors: Editors, Employment Qualifications, Graphic Arts, Higher Education
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1991
The Technology and the Media section of the proceedings contains the following 18 papers: "What's Wrong with This Picture?: Attitudes of Photographic Editors at Daily Newspapers and Their Tolerance toward Digital Manipulation" (Shiela Reaves); "Strategies for the Analysis of Large-Scale Databases in Computer-Assisted Investigative…
Descriptors: Advertising, Court Litigation, Databases, Higher Education
Milheim, William D. – 1989
Student attitudes were investigated in an attempt to determine systematic attitudinal differences among various types of instructional control. Ninety-nine undergraduate students from a basic educational media course volunteered for this study. Six interactive video lessons--covering basic technical aspects of 35 millimeter photography--were…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attitude Measures, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education
Golden, Anthony R. – 1987
A study examined the effect that the quality and clarity of the photographic image used in advertising have on the recall of photographic content. It was hypothesized that there will be no significant difference between response rates of high and low signal noise ratio (S/N) photographs, and also that there will be no significant difference…
Descriptors: Advertising, Cognitive Style, Content Analysis, Higher Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1983
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 21 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the black press of Tennessee from 1865 to 1980; (2) news values and decision making; (3) news coverage of the Indiana State Assembly; (4) an information theory…
Descriptors: Advertising, Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Court Litigation
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1984
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 15 titles deal with the following topics: (1) Robert Kennedy and the American press; (2) objective reporting, muckraking, and the "New Journalism" from 1950 to 1975; (3) the coverage of welfare by the New York press;…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Blacks, Course Content, Doctoral Dissertations