This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 15 titles deal with the following topics: (1) Robert Kennedy and the American press; (2) objective reporting, muckraking, and the "New Journalism" from 1950 to 1975; (3) the coverage of welfare by the New York press; (4) the socialization of scientists in China as revealed in "People's Daily" editorials and in research papers published from 1949 to 1981; (5) the reporting of the Iran hostage crisis to Americans; (6) a model of journalism ethics instruction; (7) the success and failure of new consumer magazines in the United States from 1979 to 1983; (8) the elements that most determine newspaper subscribership; (9) journalism and the race question during the Progressive Era, 1900 to 1914; (10) science issues, journalism, and Q methodology; (11) contributions of German photojournalism from Black Star Picture Agency to "Life" magazine from 1933 to 1938; (12) the effect of newspaper endorsements and party identification on voting behavior; (13) freedom of the student press at Southern Baptist colleges and universities; (14) the federal government's investigation of the black press during World War II; and (15) perceptions by administrators, educators, and media professionals of factors determining mass communication curriculum development. (FL)