Presents the results of a survey on the salaries and fringe benefits received by staff members on weekly and smaller dailies in the New England region. (RB)

Concludes that newspaper publishers must look at the broadcast media in terms of relevant competition and search for those aspects of their product that will appeal to and serve a perceived need of the consumer. (RB)

Concludes that headline typefaces have no effect on page appeal and reader interest.

Concludes that the typical environmental reporter is a journalism graduate and experienced newsman, but has a minimal background in the related sciences. (RB)

Study finds a lower accuracy and higher error rate for science news coverage than for earlier studies of regular news coverage. (RB)

Concludes that corporate newspapers, which are designed to benefit management and employees, generally fulfill that function. (RB)

Concludes that "key visuals" (single frames of artwork storyboards or finished television commercials that sum up the creative strategy of the whole commercial) can be used to pretest the interest levels of viewers in television commercials. (GT)

Asserts that there is a need for research and scholarship in journalism, but that it must be important rather than filled with gobbledygook. Discusses the need for a more critical analysis of media performance. (MS)

Documents the nature and extent of electronic bulletin board use. Compares predictions about the success of collaborative media based on two theoretical perspectives: file contribution levels, and system adoption rates. Finds both to be related to a measure of symmetry in user participation. (NH)

Tests the effects that many photographers believe color and complexity have on how people process the information in photographs. Finds that images with color and more complex elements were easier to remember, and that complexity did not result in more (reported) mental effort. (SR)

Concludes that "Good Housekeeping" magazine adheres to formula writing in fiction as most of the highest paying magazines do. (RB)

Seeks to answer the question of how much media control has been concentrated in the top 100 markets over the past half century, examining the trends in broadcasting and cross-media (newspaper-broadcasting) ownership within those markets. (RB)

Traces changes in the front page news coverage of the New York "Times" over the past seven decades to determine if there were increases in in-depth coverage, how the news came to the "Times," and what changes have occurred in the local, national, and world coverage. (RB)