Discovers that religion stories tend to be longer, broader in scope, and more issue oriented than they once were. (FL)

Presents a brief overview of the history of recorded music, focusing on the dynamics between production and consumption. (JD)

Concludes that the actual malice test emerging from the "Times v. Sullivan" decision is inadequate protection against the threat of seditious libel. (FL)

Examines the life of Englishman Emerson, explains why he has been neglected, and shows that his work is antecedent to photojournalism. (FL)

Indicates that readers were in substantial agreement on their impressions of the subjects of news stories, as were other readers who viewed only the mugshots associated with those stories. Finds that these judgments correlated significantly with one another. (JD)

Reveals that 16 percent of stories carried on the United Press International A wire (which carries stories of national interest) were about women, and of these, 89 percent were hard news stories. (FL)

Concludes that large newspapers give more coverage to robust Presidents. (FL)

Reports that, overall, 80 percent of the national and international stories in "Time" and "Newsweek" contain anonymous attribution. (FL)

Reveals that independent international gazettes provided coverage of major crises and had an important impact on the events of the late eighteenth century in Europe. (FL)

Reveals that the direction of a review can have a significant effect on audience interest in and evaluation of a film. (FL)

Concludes that, while group ownership of newspapers and television stations continues to grow, common ownership of a station and a newspaper in the same market is declining. (FL)

Calls for learning-effective research to determine the degree of desired learning that results from the use of instructional strategies facilitated by instructional television (ITV) materials. (Author/ER)

Study identifies schools and departments which produced the greatest number of mass media research articles from 1962 to 1971. (RB)