This article explores the textual properties of arguably one of the most influential textual domains in contemporary society; that of mass-media discourse. Within this genre, it examines English-language hard news media reports from the United States, Great Britain and Australia focussing on the concepts of objectivity within this domain. Drawing…

Refutes the thesis that relates various types of mass media, especially the newspaper, to rates of aggression, violence, and deviance by comparing crime statistics during strike and nonstrike periods.

Describes how the media survive on the Commonwealth Caribbean Islands without interference from outside ownership and control. (RB)

After the Food and Drug Administration announced the results of testing of saccharin as a possible carcinogen and ruled that it should be banned, a public outcry brought about a delay in the ban. A study of magazine coverage of the reasons for the ban and information about the testing showed that in eleven mass circulation magazines, the reporting…

Looks at the media metamorphosis experienced by the media in Grenada from the early l970s to the United States occupation in l983. (FL)

Subjects perceived the increase in message length as an increase in importance of content. (KS)

Traces the evolution of the actual malice standard from a l884 Kansas court decision to the l964 decision in "'New York Times' v. Sullivan." (FL)

Reports on diffusion studies following major and minor papal encyclicals. The results suggest that the relevance and salience of the information is more predictive of diffusion than is news value. (TO)

Two Canadian studies show large losses in all media in immediate, unaided recall for simulated news presentations with the broadcast media showing greater loss than the print media. (RB)

Both male and female student ratings of audience interest in various types of news clearly reflected sex-role stereotyping. (KS)

Reveals that some respondents to a survey concerning attitudes toward ethics view ethical problems as involving objectivity, while others see them in terms of extra-professional morality. (FL)

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

In an attempt to integrate research on the impact of judicial selection and research on journalist-source interaction, a study considered the method by which judges are selected and retained and how this method influences the exchange relationship between sources and journalists in trial courts. Elected trial court judges in Minnesota and…