American newspaperwomen generally express positive job attitudes, though tempered by their perceptions of inequities. Both intrinsic and extrinsic factors contribute to job satisfaction. (FL)

Surveys five of the leading socialist publications from 1902 to 1906 to determine their reaction to the muckrakers. Concludes that the publications first greeted the muckrakers with enthusiasm, but that the enthusiasm waned. (FL)

Notes that while the Supreme Court decision in "Richmond Newspapers v. Virginia" enunciated the right to report, the response of lower courts on this issue has been mixed, and the impact of the decision is less than many suppose. (FL)

Assesses the news consensus on specific stories that appeared on the front three pages of a random sample of American daily newspapers for a composite publication week. Reports that there is little consensus among editors as to what constitutes the day's important news. (FL)

Reports that sports editors believe that sportswriting is getting better and that less "cheerleading" is occurring on their pages now than in the past. (FL)

Concludes that the three Chicago daily newspapers gave race more coverage than all the traditional campaign issues combined in the mayoral race of 1983. (FL)

Reports that across the sites studied and across the different types of news items newspapers varied markedly in their coverage of Mexican-Americans. (FL)

Analyzes story use by both large and small papers published in Ohio in the nineteenth century and concludes that the smaller papers accepted the news definition of the larger ones, which was derived from wire service reports. (FL)

Reports on a study that assessed the degree to which newspaper distribution areas with competitive and noncompetitive dailies could be distinguished from one another. (FL)

Reports that coverage of preelection polls by the Israeli press has increased markedly since 1948, as has media sponsorship of them. (FL)

Concludes that most newspapers will reject letters to the editor that they consider to be libelous, but that many make efforts to rehabilitate those letters. (FL)

Notes that Canadian journalists accepted censorship during World War I with a minimum of complaint, viewing it as a necessary sacrifice for the war effort. (FL)

Reveals that the amount of space given to foreign affairs in editorials during the 1980 presidential campaign was slightly greater than that given in the four previous campaigns, but that the number of issues discussed was smaller. (FL)

Content analysis of three newspaper advice columns (Ann Landers, Abigail Van Buren, Joyce Brothers) shows that they refute myths about mental health and marriage more often than they support them. (FL)