Compares Gannett newspapers and a matched set of other dailies, revealing that Gannett may be practicing a systematic elimination of marginal circulation. (FL)

Concludes that 10 leading newspapers in the United States devoted more editorial space to economic issues in the last days of the 1980 presidential campaign than to any other issue. (FL)

Reports that in its 10 years of existence, the Minnesota News Council has issued 42 determinations providing ethical guidance for the media of that state. (FL)

Details a study showing that copyeditors working on newspapers that have had video display terminals for at least two years edited more slowly, but made fewer errors than those who edited on paper. (FL)

Reports that newspaper readers rated precision journalism articles no better than traditional news articles on several dimensions of credibility. (FL)

A survey of 210 Texas residents revealed a preference for local and independent ownership of newspapers, although the quality of independent and group-owned papers was rated about the same. (GT)

Reviews primary sources that dispute the claim of the Associated Press as the first wire service. Argues that that distinction belongs to the New York State Associated Press. (FL)

Reports the findings of a study of four newspaper markets which showed that age and income were significantly related to readership as well as to satisfaction with a newspaper. (Author/FL)

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)

Reports that many daily newspapers are staffed with environmental reporters whose allegiance to environmental protection transcends obeisance to environmental organizations; who try to overcome barriers presented by reporting conventions, editors' constraints, and publishers' controls to keep environmental reporting alive; and who construct…

Reveals three core areas of "most desirable" communication behaviors that are important to broadcast journalism graduates entering the field: "personal character,""assertiveness," and "crusadingness." (FL)

A survey of 132 newspaper publishers revealed that only 15 percent had a full-time ombudsman on the staff but that there appeared to have been a broadening and strengthening of ombudsmen's responsibilities between 1967 and 1977. (GT)

Examines the structure of television pictures as based on the theory of field forces and suggests a series of hypotheses, experimental designs, and statistical treatments to be used in empirical investigations. Various theoretical concepts of composition (field forces) are discussed. (Author/JEG)

Cites the first comprehensive proposal for an institutional approach to modern media research in Germany. (MH)

Codes 1038 magazine advertisements spanning 1940 through 1950 for mode of address in the child's body, face, eyes, and other areas. Indicates, regarding mode of address, significant rotating image trends toward a more direct address in the eyes and face of the child in the postwar period--trends that were absent in prewar and war years. (PA)