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Sinclair, Keith – Journalism Quarterly, 1982
Reports that the subject of leadership ranked high, but party policy was not ignored in editorials in four major British newspapers during the 1979 British general election. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Editorials, Foreign Countries, Leadership

Stovall, James Glen – Journalism Quarterly, 1982
Reports that foreign affairs topics made up 15 percent of the stories covered by 49 United States daily newspapers in the 1980 Presidential campaign. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Foreign Policy, Journalism, Media Research

Whitaker, W. Richard – Journalism Quarterly, 1981
Surveys "The New York Times" coverage of the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany and concludes that the newspaper gave considerable coverage to the situation. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Foreign Countries, History, Jews

Davis, Junetta – Journalism Quarterly, 1982
Reports that only 8.6 percent of news stories in eight newspapers had women as main characters. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Females, Media Research, News Reporting

Chang, Won H. – Journalism Quarterly, 1981
Concludes that while the North Korean press gives more space to stories concerning the unification of the two Koreas than does the South, it is also more hostile and less varied in its coverage of the issue. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Foreign Countries, Media Research, News Media

Bell, Allan – Journal of Communication, 1982
Examines the language style of news and the factors that influence it, with data drawn from extensive research on radio news in Auckland, New Zealand. Study of newscasters' language style shows that newscasters will alter their style of speech depending upon who they think is listening. (PD)
Descriptors: Ethnography, Language Styles, Media Research, News Media

Hofstetter, C. Richard – Journalism Quarterly, 1979
Interviews with 1,034 respondents shortly before the 1972 presidential election, and with 701 of these respondents shortly after the election, revealed that a small proportion perceived political bias in television news, a larger proportion perceived biases in newspaper reporting, and the vast majority saw no political bias in either medium. (GT)
Descriptors: Bias, Media Research, News Reporting, Newspapers

Mishra, V. M. – Journalism Quarterly, 1979
An analysis of the Middle East news items covered by four newspapers and one television network revealed that the coverage was concentrated mostly on Israel, Egypt, and Iran; that most items were presented in a neutral fashion; and that more items were treated positively than negatively. (GT)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Foreign Countries, Media Research, News Media

Sreebny, Daniel – Journalism Quarterly, 1979
A 1977 survey of 24 United States foreign correspondents who had covered the Middle East suggested that they believed that news media coverage of the Middle East had improved since 1973; however, the results also pointed up problems with correspondents' knowledge of local languages and reporting techniques. (GT)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Journalism, Language Proficiency, Media Research

Badii, Naiim; Ward, Walter J. – Journalism Quarterly, 1980
Reports on a study suggesting that there is substantial predictability of news preference patterns when stories are structured along four news dimensions: significance, prominence of principals involved, normality, and reward. (GT)
Descriptors: Media Research, News Reporting, Newspapers, Predictor Variables

Broussard, E. Joseph; And Others – Journalism Quarterly, 1980
Reports that (1) the length and number of news items about aging and the aged in 10 metropolitan newspapers were disproportionate to the proportion of aged persons in the population, and (2) the tone of such newspaper stories was positive or neutral. (GT)
Descriptors: Bias, Content Analysis, Media Research, News Reporting

Einsiedel, Edna F.; Fielder, Virginia Dodge – Newspaper Research Journal, 1980
Reports on a classic example of newspapers' uncritical acceptance of wire service news copy. Suggests that newspapers adopt a more critical stance toward the wire services, assuming responsibility for changing or balancing material that violates journalistic principles. (RL)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Information Sources, Information Utilization, Journalism

Drechsel, Robert; And Others – Journalism Quarterly, 1980
An analysis of 428 newspaper issues published in Minnesota during one month revealed that a significantly smaller percentage of the issues from smaller communities contained court news than did those from larger communities. Of all court items found (regardless of community size) only four percent were not spot news coverage of specific…
Descriptors: Community Size, Content Analysis, Court Litigation, Courts

Soloski, John – Newspaper Research Journal, 1979
Examines the relationship between newspaper groups and their member papers. Shows how the introduction of a group-owned wire service encourages member newspapers to print certain news stories, how profit goals established by groups change the publisher's role, and how management techniques affect newsroom personnel. (RL)
Descriptors: Administration, Group Dynamics, Group Membership, Media Research

Hartung, Barbara W.; Stone, Gerald – Newspaper Research Journal, 1980
Content analyses of eight California newspapers revealed an approximate split among good, bad, and indeterminate news, with a slightly higher bad news percentage overall. No differences were found in public recall of good v bad news stories. (RL)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Journalism, Media Research, News Reporting