Reports that daily newspaper editors feel that they are no less aggressive but may be more careful as a result of recent decisions by the United States Supreme Court. (FL)

Reports on the reaction of long-term subscribers to two newspapers when those papers merged into one paper that adopted a format and content that were designed to attract new readers. Concludes that by reaching out for a younger audience, the new newspaper put less emphasis on local news, which alienated some long-term subscribers. (FL)

The Flesch readability scores for six kinds of newspaper content in 21 daily newspapers showed that newspaper content was generally difficult to read, that international news stories were most difficult to read, and that sports/women's news stories were least difficult to read. (RL)

Notes that despite recent United States Supreme Court decisions that have been unfavorable to the press, a First Amendment-based conditional privilege protecting the editorial process against governmental intrusion survives. (FL)

An analysis of national data on newspaper readership revealed that nonreaders differed from readers in age, education, income, occupation, and political, and social participation. (FL)

Factor analysis of 50 editors' responses to a questionnaire eliciting information about objectivity found general agreement on the subject but clear differences of emphasis on various aspects of it. (FL)

An analysis of three newspapers' coverage during the last four weeks of the 1968 and 1976 presidential campaigns indicates that in 1976 there was a higher proportion of attention given to issues and to candidates' personal qualities than to the campaign as a dramatic contest, and a decrease in total campaign coverage. (GT)

Among the results of a survey of 186 newspapers was that daily newspapers, especially those with a circulation of 50,000 or more, are becoming more aware of the need for business coverage and are devoting more space to it than in the past. (GT)

A study revealed conservative rhetoric in evidence in editorials concerning women's rights and the Equal Rights Amendment in southern United States daily newspapers from 1970 to 1977. (Author/FL)

Presents the findings of a survey of members of the American Society of Newspaper Editors revealing that they were ambivalent about the use of veiled attribution. Notes that editors of larger rather than smaller papers were more likely to see the need for it. (FL)

A study comparing the coverage in newspapers and press releases regarding one year's decisions of the California Supreme Court revealed that the press releases influenced the kinds of decisions that were reported but not the quantity of coverage by the newspapers. (GT)

Subjects who were shown slides of four newspaper front pages--traditional, contemporary, well-designed traditional, and well-designed contemporary--preferred contemporary to traditional designs and well-designed pages to those of average design. (Reproductions of the four front pages are included.) (GT)

More than half the items come from the "Washington Post" and "The New York Times," and the proportion from these two papers seems to be rising. (KS)

This proceedings contain 16 papers on American journalism history in the 20th century. Papers in the proceedings are: "News Suppression & Press Intimidation During the Nixon Administration" (Egbe Enonnchong); "The Persian Gulf War: Revolution in News Transmission" (Robert L. Spellman); "South Dakota's W. R. Ronald:…