Salary increases for news education writers along with an increase in staff members to cover educational news are top priority needs. (Editor)

A speech presented at the Galaxy Conference, December 1969, concerns the need for both constructive criticism of the press and freedom of expression for the mass media. (MF)

After World War II, the United States was the champion of communications as an international issue, but it has since become disenchanted with its formulation and debate. (PD)

Discusses how the use of unregulated mass media to convey the health risks of smoking is severely limited by the tobacco industry's power, via advertising dollars, to minimize the coverage of the negative health aspects of smoking in the editorial content of these media. (JD)

A newspaper reporter addresses issues of media coverage of aging, suggesting that ageism is not as widely reported as other forms of discrimination and few reporters are assigned to this topic. (SK)

One of ACTE's goals is to improve the image of career and technical education (CTE) through outreach to the media. As media relations manager, the author receives calls from reporters asking questions about the types of students who participate in CTE. Reporters often have a misconception that CTE students are troubled or "at the bottom of the…

In order to discover whether there were any differences in negative attitude intensity between the Soviets and Chinese toward United States involvement in the Vietnam war, the Soviet and Chinese English language media broadcasts concerning United States war participation were subjected to a content analysis. The focus of the study was on two…

Communicating effectively is seldom easy; it requires planning, effort, understanding, and follow-through. Communicating effectively in the tense atmosphere which often surrounds a crisis requires redoubled effort, greater understanding, and increased attention to proper planning. The presentations in this booklet deal with the needs of the media…

Information available suggests that the media are rarely a major influence on the amount of violence and that they function as much to deter as to incite violence. Yet, if reports of violence affect expectations, then the nature of public protest as well as of official response will be influenced. (Authors)

Discusses distortion of information processed by the mass media, especially by television. (RB)

Reviews four major criticisms of media coverage of social science--oversimplification, premature closure, lack of concern with the methodological and theoretical competence of the social science reported, and biased selection--and concludes they are largely justified. Argues that such shortcomings are explicable, given the structure and operating…

Suggests that issues prominent in the news during the 1960s did not necessarily deserve the attention at the times they received it. (TO)