Two studies are reported that tested the effects of age with the predisposition to adopt videotex services. The first study, conducted in April 1982, consisted of 478 telephone interviews of Cox Cable subscribers in San Diego. The second study, conducted in summer 1982, consisted of face-to-face interviews with 107 respondents, selected through…

Reviews literature on efforts to personalize mass communication by disguising the size of intended audiences, targeting messages, and contriving intimacy in content. Argues that distinctions between interpersonal and mass communications have become blurred into what might be called "pseudo-community." Finds that technological development…

The Media and Technology section of this collection of conference presentations contains the following 13 papers: "The 'Talking Newspaper': The Technical Virtuosity and Monologic Modality of Audiotex(t)" (George Albert Gladney); "An Historic Opportunity?: Communication Research in the Design of Communication Interfaces and…

Section B of the Media and Law Section of these proceedings contains the following 12 papers: "Media Access to Civil Court Records" (Bill Loving); "Radio and TV Marti: Search for a First Amendment Theory of Government Expression in the Marketplace of Ideas" (Tim Gallimore); "Freedom of Expression and the American Mind:…

To determine the influence of media on learning, a study explored students' preferences, perceived difficulty, and learning in relation to a variety of activities. A randomly selected panel of 611 students, grades three through ten, was drawn from the nine schools (six elementary, two junior high, and one senior high) that make up an entire public…