Survey of 108 reporters while battles raged during the Yom-Kippur War show the differences in attitudes of resident and visiting correspondents toward news sources. (RB)

Surveys U.S. wire service coverage of foreign countries. Results indicate that while less well-developed countries are not neglected in favor of more developed countries, the focus is generally on conflicts and crises in the Third World and on political and military activity and crime in the more developed nations. (JMF)

Reports a survey of reporters on larger newspapers showing a substantial difference of opinion on the use of tape recorders, note-taking, and off-the-record intereviews. (TO)

A survey of Swedish newspaper editors reveals that there is still a willingness to criticize the government in the papers, even though they are supported by subsidies. Shows also that the subsidies have mostly benefited the low circulation papers and have encouraged waste. (FL)

Focusing on three leading Indian newspapers published in New Delhi--"The Economic Times,""The Hindustan Times," and "Nav Bharat Times," a study examined the roles that journalists working for these newspapers assume, or want to assume, and how that may be related to development news production by their newspapers. A…

Discusses a 1973 decision by the Tokyo High Court, finding that a reporter acted illegally in obtaining secret government documents, and reports on a survey of attitudes toward the "right to know" held by Japanese newsmen and government officials. (GW)

Effective media relations are seen as an important, even essential, area of successful government relations. Media accounts can play a major part in establishing an institution's reputation, and so comprehensive government relations programs should include planned productive contacts with reporters and editors. (Author/MLW)

Discussed are the trends, information context, and target issues treated by the press in reporting on the environment over a 15-year period. (RE)

The responsibilities and role of the broadcast media in reporting acts of terrorism are examined in this paper. The paper first discusses such topics as new types of television equipment that permit easy and instantaneous coverage of fast-breaking news; television coverage of two 1977 cases in which persons were held hostage by terrorists; and…

A content analysis of major German television news shows and 53 weekly surveys on 16 issues were used to compare linear and nonlinear models as ways to describe the relationship between media coverage and the public agenda. Results indicate that nonlinear models are in some cases superior to linear models in terms of explained variance. (34…