This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 12 titles deal with the following topics: electronic newspapers; the influence of local information on daily newspaper household penetration; source credibility; a taxonomy of editorial content for internal publications; the evolving status of newswomen; street photojournalism and personal space; sexism in local and network television news; freedom of speech in school-sponsored student newspapers at the secondary school level; style, structure, and content of news and current affairs broadcasting in Israel; the location and definition of cognitive switching styles in the processing of televised newscasts; the organizational nature of news; and information overload in the newsroom. (FL)