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Fielder, Virginia Dodge – 1976
This study investigated the priorities for coverage of law enforcement news, of three groups: 146 citizens from the St. Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area, 60 of the 68 police officers serving their communities, and 33 media personnel from the area. Subjects from all three groups were asked to rank stories about law enforcement in terms of their…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Doctoral Dissertations, Information Dissemination, Journalism
Barney, Ralph D.; Baker, Don M. – 1977
The task of the journalistic pluralist is one of presenting alternatives so that audiences may exercise personal freedom in choosing among them. It has been held generally that the more publications there are--the more sources of information--the more the idea of pluralism will be served. However, with the consolidation of media ownership and the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Futures (of Society), Information Dissemination, Journalism
Thorn, William J. – 1978
Although Frederic Hudson's "Journalism History in the United States from 1690 to 1872," the first major survey of American journalism, has been a major reference since its publication in 1873, an examination of book reviews that appeared in the New York press following the book's publication reveals surprisingly sharp criticisms of the…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Historiography, Journalism, Literary Criticism
Henry, Susan – 1978
Although Hannah Watson had had little printing training prior to her husband's unexpected death, she assumed his job as publisher of the "Connecticut Courant" newspaper, a vehement advocate of the patriot cause, for 16 months during the Revolutionary War. In spite of problems such as wartime printing shortages, the burning and…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Females, Freedom of Speech, Journalism
Lee, William E. – 1977
This paper examines several United States Supreme Court decisions to evaluate the Court's stance on an individual's right to privacy when that right conflicts with the press right to freedom of expression. Particular attention is paid to the Court's "Rosenbloom" and "Gertz" decisions. The paper concludes that the Supreme Court is trying to…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Freedom of Speech, Justice
Hesse, Michael B. – 1975
The main objective of this constituency study was to determine the level of awareness and corresponding opinions of constituents with regard to three issues. Thirty-three Wisconsin state senators served as subjects along with 1,650 Wisconsin citizens who were interviewed via telephone regarding their views. The political public relations…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Government (Administrative Body), Higher Education, Mass Media
Wilcox, Dennis Lee – 1974
This dissertation is a descriptive, comparative study of press-government relationships in the 34 nations of independent Black Africa south of the Sahara. Excluded from consideration are territories under European administration and those nations that have white minority governments. The 34 sovereign states are analyzed and systematically…
Descriptors: African Culture, Censorship, Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations
Siepmann, Charles A. – 1970
Written to accompany the television course "Communications and Education," this guide consists of 30 units to accompany each of the 30 programs. Subjects covered include: democracy, communications, freedom of speech and of press, privacy and the right to know, censorship and obscenity, propaganda, the comprehensive high school, education,…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Censorship, Communications, Court Doctrine
Nasser, Munir K. – 1974
This paper examines the Arab press under Israeli occupation and presents two hypotheses: freedom of the press under occupation serves both Israeli interests and the Arab population, and freedom of the Arab press under occupation is "relative" and "controlled." By allowing freedom of expression, the Israelis achieve several…
Descriptors: Arabs, Communication (Thought Transfer), Freedom of Speech, Higher Education
McLeod, Jack M.; And Others – 1973
It is widely accepted that the news media, especially in specific expressions of press opinion, have the effect of setting the agenda of issues in many political campaigns. The nature and extent of such agenda-setting is not yet established, although a study of two test newspapers tends to define further this effect. An analysis of the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Beliefs, Bias, Content Analysis
Murray, Alan – Interchange, 1976
Colored press coverage of the Ontario government's "Secondary-Postsecondary Interface Report" has distorted public comprehension of the report's findings concerning the relationships between colleges/universities and the public school system, and methods to remedy the shortcomings that actually exist in contrast to those that the public…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries, Information Utilization
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Rowland, Robert C. – Central States Speech Journal, 1986
Examines the arguments that dominated the decision making before and after the Challenger accident. Concludes that the relationship between the public and technical spheres is more complicated than has been realized previously. (NKA)
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Decision Making
Sellers, Jim – American School Board Journal, 1984
For favorable relations with news reporters, school board members are advised to be friendly, approachable, available, responsive, visible, active in suggesting story ideas, prepared for interviews, clear, "on the record," ready for cameras, and calm in correcting press errors. (MJL)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews
Jordan, Vernon E. – Vital Speeches of the Day, 1973
Speech delivered at the 33rd annual convention of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, Houston, Texas, June 21, 1973. (RJ)
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Education, Black Institutions, Civil Rights
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Weintraub, Samuel; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1972
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Content Analysis, Mass Media, Press Opinion
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