Reports that editorial page editors and cartoonists agree on most aspects of the cartoonist's role, but differ on the amount of freedom allowed the cartoonist. (FL)

Finds substantial agreement among major media as to the mix of various news topics but substantial disagreement as to which specific stories should be used. (FL)

Concludes that newspaper business section editors have more favorable attitudes toward capitalism than do members of the general public. (FL)

Concludes that the news media report less favorably on deviant political groups but not less prominently. Suggests the findings support the theory that the media act as agents for social control. (FL)

Finds that the percentage of favorable, neutral, and unfavorable statements about the three Kennedy brothers in two national news magazines was similar and that both magazines published proportionately more favorable statements about John Kennedy than about either of his brothers. (FL)

Thirty-six newspapers under joint printing agreements were analyzed for space allocation of ten different news categories, indicating no evidence of pressures to effect content. (RB)

Concludes that while news about the Third World is not underemphasized in the "New York Times" and the "Chicago Tribune," negative news is played up more in both than is news from other areas. (FL)

Analyzes the coverage given to two major science-related stories by three leading weekly newsmagazines. Concludes that of the three, "Time" provided the most comprehensive coverage. (FL)

Concludes that many local businesspeople have positive attitudes about news media coverage of business activities. (FL)

Reports that during the week of the 1979 crisis at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, the "New York Post" gave less factual information than "The New York Times" in both its main headlines and subheadlines; also notes that the information the "Post" did give was more sensationalized. (GT)

A study of daily newspapers in 19 major cities indicates that Black government officials get slightly more news coverage but that that coverage is slightly less favorable than coverage of White officials. (Author/FL)

A study of the accuracy of news stories in ten professional newspapers and a university newspaper provided data on many aspects of accuracy and revealed that the student newspaper had more than twice as many errors per story, and a much higher percentage of factual errors, than did the professional newspapers. (GT)

An analysis of the coverage by four United States daily newspapers of the collapse of Nationalist China to the Communists in the 1940s reveals that, for all four newspapers, news out of and about China was just important enough to warrant some commentary, but not sustained analysis. (GT)

Investigates Asian and European students' perceptions of imbalance in international news reported in the United States media. Finds that both European and Asian students find bias in world news coverage in United States media, but notes that the more Western-oriented students are more critical of media coverage. (RS)

Examines geographical proximity as a contributing factor in source selection. Finds that proximity affects both the number and type of sources used. (RS)