Discusses issues raised in a content analysis of local television news, including (1) media definitions of community, (2) community in the narrative, and (3) the question of "boosterism." Claims that possible directions for research into local television news stem from a consideration of content. (JD)

This study assessed the degree of congruence of outdoor recreation activity dimensions among residents of three settings. Six activity dimensions were obtained by factor analyzing 26 outdoor activities for each of the settings; and the coefficient of congruence was used to assess the stability of the dimensions across the settings. (Author/MT)

Forest City, Iowa is a town that has 700 computers for 2,400 people who use them for everything from kindergarten lessons to cutting fabrics and tracking pork belly futures. These and other educational and home uses of the computers are discussed. (JN)

The concepts of "learning community" and "community of practice" may hold value to researchers, but questions exist as to how well they help in organizing and clarifying the type of critical thinking involved in investigative work. This paper approaches the problem from two directions. One is to deconstruct the two concepts…

The article uses the Israeli kibbutz of Degem as an example of community planning in an almost ideal setting, yet illustrates how the presence of special interest groups and factional groups complicates pursuing and achieving common objectives. (AG)

Discusses whether the values about place of residence, nature of home, and other housing related issues which are so different among social classes that socioeconomically mixed neighborhoods are viable or not. Review of studies showed that social class does not explain adequately the value differences that prevail in urban America. (Author/RJ)

Developments in the vocational agriculture program at Romeo, Michigan, are cited to illustrate the author's contention that a study of the local area is essential in planning programs related to the educational needs and employment possibilities of the community in which the graduates of the program will live and work. (SA)

Racial discrimination in the home mortgage lending market in Memphis, Tennessee, for the years 1977 through 1979 was examined. A regression approach was used to ascertain the effects of lending rates at the census tract level. Racial composition significantly influences lending rates. (Author/AM)

Examines how the Puritan religious outlook influenced relationships with the Indians and the form of New England towns. The form of Puritan towns in Massachusetts reflected the European ideal of the religious utopia. Misunderstandings about the concept of property rights led to conflicts with indigenous Indian tribes. (AM)

A network analytic approach to the community question is proposed in order to separate concepts which may or may not be closely associated. (Author/RLV)

Explains how John Dewey's theory of the public sphere supports a conceptual model that recognizes multiple publics and permeable borders between public and private. Notes that Dewey highlighted the role of communication in the formation and reformation of publics. Concludes that Dewey's view of communication is problematic to the extent to which…

Shifts the focus of poverty theory from individual characteristics to a more structural, community level. Defines and tests a measurement model of a structural conceptualization of poverty by applying confirmatory factor analysis to data on 5 poverty indicators from 881 nonadjacent nonmetropolitan counties. Contains 69 references. (SV)

Analysis of data on socioeconomic and demographic well-being in 77 Chicago (Illinois) community areas found a strong relationship between socioeconomic and demographic factors and child maltreatment rates. Pairing of socioeconomically similar areas with contrasting patterns of child maltreatment revealed greater social disorganization in high-risk…

Discusses the early developmental phase of Fluxus. Addresses the evolution of a Fluxus community and the development of a Fluxus performance sensibility. (RS)