A frame analysis was conducted to explore themes in recent coverage by print journalists of the college application process, with special attention paid to the use by reporters of "keywords, stock phrases, stereotyped images, sources of information, and sentences that provide reinforcing clusters of facts or judgments" (Entman, p. 52) about this…

To explore characterizations of acts of political violence and their perpetrators, a study considered the most frequently used characterizations in the "Los Angeles Times," the "New York Times," and the "Washington Post" for the years of 1980-1985, and considered whether characterizations differed depending on their…

The Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 is frequently viewed as a legislative device for averting the failure of a competing metropolitan daily newspaper and is said to create, for the formerly competing newspapers, a monolithic management unit which enjoys advantages over the two publishing units it replaces. A study examined one of those…

Indicates that nearly all of the newspaper advertisements examined contained at least one information cue and that one-third contained four or more cues, with an average of 2.8 per ad. Suggests that newspaper advertisements are more "informative" than television and magazine advertisements. (JD)

Updates trends in local newspaper ownership. Finds the number of cities with competing dailies and jointly owned dailies declining. Finds that the number of chain-owned papers and the size of chains have increased. (RS)

Examines how corrections are handled for both daily and weekly Arkansas newspapers. Finds that, although most papers publish corrections, less than one fourth have written correction policies. (RS)

Concludes that the daily newspaper field, despite its relatively constant total numbers, is in a constant state of flux. (RB)

Reports the results of two studies. The first determines that providing camera-ready copy is a cost-effective method of getting information published in newspapers. The second suggests that newspapers take longer to publish releases that are related to topics in the news. (MS)

Indicates that (1) newspaper competition had a significant impact on newspapers' use of color and graphics, (2) television competition had no impact, and (3) the number of newspapers in a group had only a limited relationship to the use of graphics and color. (JD)

Tests James N. Rosse's model stating that there are layers of newspapers that compete with each other in a given area. Concludes that the effect of competition is greater for smaller newspapers and that newspaper executives see competition increasing in the next decade. (FL)

Determines whether the public knows of the newspaper ombudsman's role, and probes the effects of calling a newspaper on public perceptions of the newspaper's interest in accuracy and correcting errors. Finds that people who call the ombudsman are satisfied with the response to their complaint. (RS)

Suggests the position of ombudsman is one that newspapers might create with internal success and acceptance from the other staff members. (RB)

The activities of the photography staff at three metropolitan newspapers were observed to identify those routines used in making photographic assignments, carrying them out, and selecting the best photographs for publication. Among the observations were the following: (1) assignments could originate from any "desk" or editorial…