Examines institutional changes in advertising before and after the stock market "crash" of 1987 as represented in the "Wall Street Journal." Finds that financial institutions increased the frequency and size of ads after the crash. (RS)

Reports the response of the German press to the threat of Nazism during the 1920s and early 1930s prior to Hitler's rise to power. (RB)

Presents the results of a survey on the salaries and fringe benefits received by staff members on weekly and smaller dailies in the New England region. (RB)

Concludes that newspaper publishers must look at the broadcast media in terms of relevant competition and search for those aspects of their product that will appeal to and serve a perceived need of the consumer. (RB)

Concludes that headline typefaces have no effect on page appeal and reader interest.

Concludes that the typical environmental reporter is a journalism graduate and experienced newsman, but has a minimal background in the related sciences. (RB)

Study finds a lower accuracy and higher error rate for science news coverage than for earlier studies of regular news coverage. (RB)

A study examined the relationship between an individual's community ties to place and the use of media. Data were collected from residents of Austin, Texas, by means of mail and telephone surveys. Among the variables examined were community ties (home ownership and length of time in community), political variables, demographics, and use of…

Noting that previous research on avoidance fails to explain adequately the forces behind reading or not reading, a study examined the avoidance gratifications of southern Illinois newspaper readers and nonreaders. Data for the study were collected during the course of a more general newspaper readership survey in Carbondale. In telephone…

To examine the representation of women in newspaper business sections, a study conducted content analyses of 30 business section front pages in "The Columbus Dispatch" in Ohio (weekly circulation about 260,000 and Sunday circulation 350,000) and "The (Louisville) Courier-Journal" in Kentucky (weekly circulation about 233,000…

A study was conducted to present a national sociological profile of daily newspaper photographers, their attitudes, professional concerns, and relationships to their jobs. Data were collected through a national mail survey. Photographers from 240 daily newspapers in 44 states were represented by the 436 respondents. Most respondents were between…

Focusing on the effects that color photography has had on the content of photographs published in daily newspapers in the United States, a study conducted interviews with both photographers and photo editors and also carried out a content analysis comparison of photographs published before and after the use of color at a small daily, "The…

Concludes that corporate newspapers, which are designed to benefit management and employees, generally fulfill that function. (RB)

A study was conducted to assess the connotative dimension, or imposition of second meaning on the message proper, of newspaper photographs. Forty-three front pages from the "Washington Post" were analyzed, concentrating on the largest or most conspicuously placed photograph on each page. A list of descriptive features was created to…