Hypothesizing that news stories written about a female source would have more personal and feminine information than stories written about a male source, even if all the information available to the reporter were identical, a study varied gender of source with male and female college student reporters randomly assigned to the male-source and…

A secondary analysis of data collected by Thomas Patterson during the 1976 presidential campaign was made to test three hypotheses: (1) respondents in a media-rich environment will show higher levels of political information holding than respondents in a media-poor environment, (2) differences in information holding levels between a media-rich…

A study was conducted to examine Americans' international news consumption. It was hypothesized that (1) television would be the preferred medium for international news; (2) the public would be satisfied with its preferred medium, although watchers more so than readers; (3) the majority of people who would claim that they know something about a…

A study examined data from 1,828 adults in 17 cities in the United States to test a model of how community integration (sense of community) and use of media affected voting and other political participation. The portion of the model dealing with mass media included the new concept "quasi-mass media," which involves more personalized…

A total of 109 Korean immigrants completed either an English or Korean version of a nine-page questionnaire in a study of the characteristics, assimilation processes, and media usage of Korean immigrants to the Los Angeles, California area. The findings revealed that ambivalent attitudes prevailed among the immigrants. Most were not satisfied with…

A telephone questionnaire was designed to collect data on community identification, community involvement, and newspaper use. The entire questionnaire was pretested three times over the telephone and was revised after each pretest, yielding a final form between five and ten minutes in length. The questionnaire was administered to a proportionate…

To examine the production of programing material in a radio newsroom, a study was undertaken of the sources presented to the newsroom, of sources within the sources, of sources actively sought by the news staff, of degrees of processing of news items, and of the sources comprising the news output. Information in each of these areas was collected…

To aid the public in obtaining information and documents from the files of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this guide, written with assistance from the FCC staff, explains which office to approach and in what form to make the request. Ways to obtain informaion by visiting the FCC are explained along with methods for obtaining…

Reports results of a telephone survey which investigated what mass media sources the public uses in getting information about the environment and what role educational level and age has on the type and frequency of use of the media. Findings indicated that newspapers were used most often, followed by the television. (ML)

Places media content in a broad theoretical framework by examining some determinants considered important in studying international news flow. Identifies factors that best differentiate those international events that are covered in the United States news media from those that are not. Shows that four variables contribute significantly to…

Concludes that television use was more related to student perceptions of the black presidential candidate than was newspaper use, but the relation was slight. (FL)

Presents results of a study comparing effectiveness of TV and print in issues campaign. Contends that recall of information is inhibited by TV. (MS)

An exploratory study identified the areas of information most commonly featured in the printed and electronic media designed specifically for adolescents aged 10-16 and also identified the presence and role of women in the information targeted to this age group. A content analysis was made of both French- and English-language television programs…

The 16 papers in the first section of the Addenda to this proceedings are: (1) "Shipboard News: Nineteenth Century Handwritten Periodicals at Sea" (Roy Alden Atwood); (2) "The International Institutional Press Association, 1966-1968" (Constance Ledoux Book); (3) "44 Liquormart--A Prescription for Commercial Speech: Return…

Suggests that town and small city audiences differ from rural, farm audiences in some newspaper content preferences. (RL)