Concludes that Congressional committees have four types of relationships with the media: hostile, neutral, publicity-seeking, and collaborative. (GT)

A content analysis of newspapers in 11 Texas cities between 1975 and 1977 suggests that only editorial page coverage favored mayoral candidates endorsed by the newspapers and that all serious candidates had an equal chance of receiving fair campaign coverage in their respective city newspapers. (GT)

A comparative analysis of AP wire report content and CBS television news coverage during the 1972 presidential campaign suggests that the structural differences in the media may be associated, at least in part, with the kind of coverage each typically provided. (GT)

Reports results of a study in which city magazines were examined in terms of their potential as alternatives to newspapers in covering and commenting on public issues, their perceived roles, and their content and perceived influence on public issues. (GT)

Indicates that of four major newspapers, only one has substantially changed the amount of lifestyle and consumer coverage concerning women in the last ten years. (KS)

Tests relationships between trust in television news and newspaper coverage and each of four attitude components: direction, intensity, closure, and involvement. Finds significant relationships for all four components. Notes that existing hypotheses relating credibility to attitude have not anticipated that credibility might be related to more…

A reliable "news morbidity" scale was developed to measure the prevalence of bad and good news on radio and television; the scale was then used in a pilot study of one city's news output. The news morbidity scale is a seven-step scale ranging from "extremely bad" to "extremely good" news. A sample of 945 television…

Argues that instead of less data, as James Carey suggested in a previous article in this journal, what journalism history needs is more data to help create fresh interpretations. (RB)

Concludes that political news reporting prior to the 1974 Colorado general elections was affected by management attitudes. (RB)

Finds no difference in the news coverage by two New York newspapers. (RB)

Analysis of news coverage by 26 newspapers in five midwestern districts in the 1970 elections shows quantity and quality vary systematically with the degree of urbanization. (RB)

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)

Reports the effects of live reporting experiences on attitudes of students who were at the elementary news writing level. (RB)

Dramatistic analysis suggests that the "New York Times" portrayals of the 1985 terrorist killing of Leon Klinghoffer, the 69 year old American tourist on the Achille Laurs, may contain a mythic dimension. Through the myth of the hero, the news stories invoked the symbol of the self, inviting intense identification of the individual…