A survey was conducted, as part of a larger survey replicating a 1971 national survey of 1,328 journalists, to learn more about the behind-the-scenes editorial personnel in radio and television. A 3-stage sampling plan was used to draw a national sampling of 1,251 journalists, from which telephone interviews were completed with 1,001 for an…

Shows that "The New York Times" devoted a significant portion of its television-related articles to personality features from 1949 to 1977 and that only recently has this trend showed signs of changing. (FL)

Concludes that, while group ownership of newspapers and television stations continues to grow, common ownership of a station and a newspaper in the same market is declining. (FL)

Reports the findings of a survey conducted to determine the level of understanding of the news business by the general public in a midwestern community. Concludes that the respondents knew more about television news than about newspapers. (FL)

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…

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:…

In a study of the effect of crossownerships of newspapers and television stations on citizen access to mass media for the discussion of public issues, information was analyzed about television circulation, advertising costs, and market sizes for 208 crossownership market areas. Results were as follows: crossownerships are all located in the larger…

Finds substantial agreement among major media as to the mix of various news topics but substantial disagreement as to which specific stories should be used. (FL)

Campaign workers paid significantly greater heed to both newspaper and television advertising of political candidates than did the voting public. (RB)

A telephone survey of 1,487 adults in 91 nonmetropolitan areas of Tennessee was conducted to determine the nonmetropolitan newspaper audience, the exposure and effectiveness of nonmetro newspaper advertising, and the complementary relationship of advertising media, particularly newspapers and television, in nonmetropolitan markets. The results…

Analyzes media effects during the 1972 general election campaign and concludes that agenda-setting is indirectly effected by voters prior dispositions. (MH)

Data from 19 Minnesota communities show that daily newspaper readership is lower, and television viewing higher, in communities with a weekly rather than a daily newspaper; that the type of medium covering a community is related to media preferences; and that community differences are more important to readership patterns than is educational…

Finds that persons interviewed by newspaper reporters gave shorter and more serious replies than persons asked the same questions by radio and television reporters. (GW)

Describes a survey of news sources' judgments of three television stations' accuracy in reporting. (KS)

Results indicated that television is perceived to be a more credible, truthful, and important news source than the newspaper. (KS)