Examines one aspect of human information processing, the "translation phenomenon," in which words are remembered as pictures and vice versa. Finds that translation is more likely to occur after the passage of 48 hours, and most often results in facts that were conveyed as narration being remembered as having been conveyed in video. (SR)

Contributes to scholarship on values and ideologies in the media by analyzing five years of ABC's "Person of the Week" segments to identify prominent types of people and values endorsed by mainstream news media. Finds that individuals most frequently selected for ABC's honor lived in the United States; worked in politics and…

Finds that news organizations chose expert sources to interpret the news during the Persian Gulf War according to how well their specialized knowledge conformed with television's "operational bias," or an emphasis on players, policies, and predictions of what will happen next. Argues that these processes undermine the ideals of balance…

Concludes that with several exceptions that there was no bias on the part of the news media in covering the 1972 election campaign. (RB)

Despite a wealth of broadcast properties in the United States and abroad, the Catholic Church has little formal policy towards ownership of such properties. Most of the Church's recent statements on communication treat the theme in a general way and balance a defense of human rights in regard to communication with encouragement of greater use of…

An effort was made in this study to determine whether the absence or presence of news film in a television news segment influences a believability or preference judgment made by a respondent when comparing a television report directly with a newspaper report of the same event. One hundred eight students at Temple University viewed one of two…

Finds that popular music videos of the early 1990s continued to underrepresent women, with men outnumbering women in lead roles by almost a 5 to 1 margin, and presenting women in a much narrower range of lead roles. Finds also that popular music videos portrayed women in a manor that emphasized physical appearance rather than musical ability. (SR)

Results demonstrated that color affects females more than males but increases positive judgement of aesthetic value and overall quality of commericlas for both sexes.

Examines uses and gratifications of college-age respondents regarding media use. Finds that (1) respondents rely on the media to fulfill basic human needs but that the media are only moderately helpful in accomplishing this; (2) respondents do not always trust the media; (3) young adults have not abandoned the newspaper; and (4) television was…

Draws upon overlapping disciplines (the sociology of interaction, ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, and the pragmatics of philosophy of ordinary language) with a common interest in the intelligibility of the social practices of everyday life, to investigate how it is that television and radio appear as unproblematically and meaningfully…

Concludes that competition from television is not a major factor in determining success or failure of daily newspapers. (RB)

This investigation was carried out for the purpose of encouraging speculation about and investigation into the important communicative functions of music in film and television. After examining the visual bias of media analysts, critics, and historians--a bias which tends to filter out serious exploration of music's role in film and…

The mass media were analyzed as agents of socialization in a questionnaire study of 80 foreign student couples. Results indicated the availability of mass media to foreign student families was high, but that patterns of usage were related to English proficiency. Native English speakers were more likely to watch television for relaxation while…

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.…