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Hashway, Robert M.; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1993
Uses a structural equation model to assess the impact of eight manifest variables and four latent variables upon the personal reading habits of young adults. Finds that parental socioeconomic status did influence young adults' reading habits. (SR)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Models, Reading Habits, Reading Research
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Purves, Alan C. – College English, 1979
Attempts to develop a model for research in reader response to literature which accounts for three sources of variation: those among texts, readers, and contexts. (DD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literature Appreciation, Models, Reading Habits
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Elster, Charles A. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2003
Examines literacy practices in their sociohistorical contexts, drawing examples of religious reading practices and stances from Orthodox Jewish reading practices. Notes that religious reading practices highlight the repertoire of reading genres, strategies, and stances that members of modern multicultural societies learn to control. Concludes that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intercultural Communication, Language Skills, Literacy
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1991
Section B of the Miscellaneous Studies section of the proceedings contains the following 16 papers: "Ethics--Is It on the Media's Agenda: A Content Analysis of Three Trade Magazines" (Steven R. Snyder and Roxanne Buchanan); "Blacks, Whites and Read All Over: Ending Slurs on Newspaper Use by Race" (Gerald Stone); "Ethics in…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Communication Research, Ethics, Feminism