According to one sociological model, news is a product of socially determined notions of who and what is important and the organizational structures that result for routinizing news collection; events that deviate from these notions are ignored. This report describes a study of crime news coverage in the media that used this model to examine the…

This issue of the "News Research Bulletin" contains reports on two studies of media use by contemporary young adults. The first study analyzes the media behavior of 447 randomly selected respondents in Virginia Beach, Virginia in the summer of 1973. Some of the highlights of the study were that about 90 percent of the young people report doing at…

The effect of physical mobility on news consumption and on preference for a particular news medium for different geographic news was investigated in this study. A survey of 652 residents of Lansing, Michigan, linked levels of mass media news usage to the extent of residential mobility and to national and foreign traveling indexes. Demographic…

This study was designed to determine which kinds of printing--religious, government, or political--provided the highest volume (number of pages) of printing business for the Boston newspaper publishers from 1763 through 1775; which kind produced the most income; and which of the publishers appeared to be the most prosperous from 1763 through 1775.…

Reports results of a telephone survey which investigated what mass media sources the public uses in getting information about the environment and what role educational level and age has on the type and frequency of use of the media. Findings indicated that newspapers were used most often, followed by the television. (ML)

Investigates the relationship of campaign media attention to the intent to vote, both directly and through intervening stages of cognition and strength of commitment to candidate choice. Concludes that TV attention directly influences vote intention whereas attention to newspapers works through cognitions. (MM)

Concludes that television use was more related to student perceptions of the black presidential candidate than was newspaper use, but the relation was slight. (FL)

Presents results of a study comparing effectiveness of TV and print in issues campaign. Contends that recall of information is inhibited by TV. (MS)

Contends that American journalists operate by behaviorist standards of "objectivity." Compares the transcript of a murder trial with newspaper coverage of that trial and finds that the latter reveals a prosecution bias in focus, choice of ideographs, journalistic qualifiers, and audience participation. (PD)

Describes a study of plagiarism policies in journalism schools and newsrooms. Concludes that instructors felt educating students about plagiarism was one of the most important services journalism schools offer, but editors felt that plagiarism standards must be set in the real world of the newsroom. (HTH)

Explores several aspects of photojournalism at daily newspapers in the Rocky Mountain states and provides photojournalism educators with insights into what characteristics photo editors look for in photographers. (FL)

Compared Blacks and Whites for the effect of media on various indicators of their political attitudes and behavior. Found that there is a differential effect of the media on Blacks and that specific media (television, newspapers) operate differently for Blacks than for Whites. (PD)

Reports on United States news coverage in third world nations; editorial patterns of the Chicago "Tribune" under three editors; use of newsprint in the South from 1970 to 1980; preelection polls and voter turnout; news directors' and managing editors' attitudes; sexual egalitarianism on "P.M. Magazine"; commercialism of…

The Media Management and Economics section of the Proceedings contains the following 14 papers: "The Case Method and Telecommunication Management Education: A Classroom Trial" (Anne Hoag, Ron Rizzuto, and Rex Martin); "It's a Small Publishing World after All: Media Monopolization of the Children's Book Market" (James L.…

Reports that African students' credibility ratings are lower than those of White, American students for foreign news coverage in American media but not for news of the United States. (FL)