A study examined newspaper coverage of the United States' withdrawal from Unesco to determine whether the public was given a balanced picture of the issues involved and to examine the degree of impartiality of the coverage of one specific issue, the New World Information Order. The study analyzed reports that appeared in American daily newspapers…

Examines the themes of the war front news reported in certain South Korean and United States newspapers during the first 16 days of the Korean War; attempts to determine significant differences in the themes of war front news between the Korean and United States papers. (Author/GT)

A study was conducted to compare coverage of the United States invasion of Grenada provided by the Third World news agency Inter Press Service (IPS) during October and November 1984, with that provided by the "New York Times." The study instrument tested the direction, themes, sources quoted, and location of the stories. The theme…

The author applauds the CBS special "Is Anyone Out There Learning?" as a tempered, comprehensive, and serious attempt to throw light on the American educational malaise. All articles in this journal issue comment on this CBS television program, aired in August, 1978. (SJL)

This reviewer finds the CBS special "Is Anyone Out There Learning?" shallow and simplistic in its treatment of the schools. She cites data contradicting several assertions made on the program. All articles in this journal issue comment on this CBS television program, aired in August, 1978. (SJL)

A study examined the ideological rift reflected in two communist-oriented and one Western-oriented Nicaraguan newspapers. It was hypothesized that items in "La Prensa" would refer to the United States more favorably and more frequently than they would refer to the Soviet bloc, while items in "Barricada" and "Diario"…

In the author's view, unwarranted blame for education's problems was placed on teachers in the CBS television special, "Is Anyone Out There Learning?" This entire journal issue consists of comments on this CBS special aired in August, 1978. (SJL)

As a teacher of English, the author comments on teaching pressures that were glossed over in the CBS special "Is Anyone Out There Learning?" particularly the strictures of law and money and the lack of time with students. All articles in this journal issue comment on this television program. (SJL)

This author views the CBS report "Is Anyone Out There Learning?" as an attack on education based solely on ill-informed cliches and anachronistic assumptions, piously intoned by commentators Walter Cronkite and Charles Collingwood. All articles in this journal issue comment on this television program. (SJL)

In reviewing the television special, "Is Anyone Out There Learning?" the authors note that television itself may be one of education's problems. They ask who will follow up on this initial analysis of education. This entire journal issue consists of comments on this CBS documentary aired in August, 1978. (SJL)

The author feels the television special "Is Anyone Out There Learning?" failed to address three important issues affecting the schools: society's value conflicts, differing perceptions of educational priorities, and the back-to-basics movement. All articles in this journal issue comment on this CBS news special. (SJL)

This reviewer feels that the CBS television special "Is Anyone Out There Learning?" overemphasized problems and offered few useful solutions. All articles in this journal issue comment on this CBS News program, aired in August, 1978. (SJL)

This critique of the television special "Is Anyone Out There Learning?" emphasizes three points: (1) CBS presented its own biases disguised as research; (2) television cannot teach literacy; and (3) CBS made education the scapegoat for our social crisis. All articles in this journal issue concern this television program. (SJL)

The author proposes four steps to improve reading and writing skills instruction in secondary schools, in line with the call for a return to "basics" in the CBS television special "Is Anyone Out There Learning?" All articles in this journal issue comment on this television program. (SJL)

A Study investigated the informal methods of governmental information control used in four countries--the United States, Great Britain, West Germany, and the Soviet Union--to determine how the governments discretely and quietly limited unfavorable publicity. The examination revealed seven possible control methods: (1) preemptive leaks, (2)…