Applies two theoretical models to the media behavior of journalists and the public when local daily newspapers are on strike. Finds that media use during the strike was similar for both groups, but that reporters spent more time reading other newspapers. (MM)

Analyzes the striking union's views and uses of the media, the union's assumptions about the media, and the strategies that the union leadership formulated relative to the media. (KS)

Reports results of a study of the extent to which a New York newspaper strike and a television blackout in the Netherlands caused feelings of frustration related to basic need gratifications, as well as the extent to which the observed gratification frustrations explained general irritation about missing the newspaper or television. (GT)