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Herubel, Jean-Pierre V. M. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 2007
For English-speaking researchers, French doctoral dissertations can represent a "terra incognita." For this reason, a retrospective bibliometric study of French dissertations in press and media studies offers a useful profile of available research to researchers concentrating in studies of the press and other media. The present study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Dissertations, French, Interdisciplinary Approach
Haas, Eric – Peabody Journal of Education, 2007
This study explores the use and presentation of information and research on education by the news media. Using content analysis, this study compares four types of think tanks--contract research, academic, advocacy, and mixed academic and advocacy--and shows how the news media represented each one as a source of research, facts, and figures on…
Descriptors: Lobbying, Content Analysis, News Media, Educational Policy
Beale, Tyson J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study explored the family dynamics of persistent African American college men. These students were typical Black males, not those pre-categorized as high-achieving or unprepared for college. The stories of participants revealed their strength, ambition, and intentions to successfully gain a baccalaureate degree. In general Black males are…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Academic Persistence, Social Sciences, Adjustment (to Environment)
Picard, Robert G.; Adams, Paul D. – 1989
To explore characterizations of acts of political violence and their perpetrators, a study considered the most frequently used characterizations in the "Los Angeles Times," the "New York Times," and the "Washington Post" for the years of 1980-1985, and considered whether characterizations differed depending on their…
Descriptors: Characterization, Media Research, Newspapers, Terrorism
Pilgrim, Tim A.; Simpson, Roger – 1988
The Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 is frequently viewed as a legislative device for averting the failure of a competing metropolitan daily newspaper and is said to create, for the formerly competing newspapers, a monolithic management unit which enjoys advantages over the two publishing units it replaces. A study examined one of those…
Descriptors: Advertising, Journalism, Media Research, Newspapers

Lumby, Malcolm E. – Journalism Quarterly, 1976
Descriptors: Media Research, Newspapers, Public Opinion

Pasadeos, Yorgo; And Others – Newspaper Research Journal, 1987
Indicates that nearly all of the newspaper advertisements examined contained at least one information cue and that one-third contained four or more cues, with an average of 2.8 per ad. Suggests that newspaper advertisements are more "informative" than television and magazine advertisements. (JD)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Media Research, Newspapers

Hoyt, James L. – Journal of Broadcasting, 1970
Descriptors: Aggression, Audiences, Media Research, Violence

Smith, Edward J.; Fowler, Gilbert L., Jr. – Journalism Quarterly, 1979
Reports on a study of group magazine publishing in the United States revealed that a substantial portion of the nation's magazine industry is controlled by group owners, despite the inherent diversity of the industry. (GT)
Descriptors: Media Research, Organizations (Groups), Periodicals

Busterna, John C. – Journalism Quarterly, 1988
Updates trends in local newspaper ownership. Finds the number of cities with competing dailies and jointly owned dailies declining. Finds that the number of chain-owned papers and the size of chains have increased. (RS)
Descriptors: Media Research, Newspapers, Trend Analysis

Fowler, Gilbert L.; Mumert, Tommy L. – Journalism Quarterly, 1988
Examines how corrections are handled for both daily and weekly Arkansas newspapers. Finds that, although most papers publish corrections, less than one fourth have written correction policies. (RS)
Descriptors: Editing, Journalism, Media Research, Newspapers
Cornbleth, Catherine – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: This project is framed by a critical pragmatism, which is evident in the questioning of how social conditions and events outside schools influence classroom practice and in exploring the question of who benefits, collectively and individually, socially and politically, as well as pedagogically. Purpose/Objective/Research…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Media Research, Terrorism, Educational Change
Price, Aaron; Gay, Pamela; Searle, Travis; Brissenden, Gina – Astronomy Education Review, 2007
"Slacker Astronomy" is a weekly podcast that covers a recent astronomical news event or discovery. The show has a unique style consisting of irreverent, over-the-top humor combined with a healthy dose of hard science. According to our demographic analysis, the combination of this style and the unique podcasting distribution mechanism allows the…
Descriptors: Informal Assessment, Astronomy, Handheld Devices, News Reporting
Warnick, Bryan R.; Burbules, Nicholas C. – Teachers College Record, 2007
Background/Context: Media comparison studies aim to compare the relative effectiveness of different media at promoting educational outcomes. While these types of studies remain popular, they have been under attack for more than two decades. Critics of media comparison studies claim that continued studies are unhelpful because a great number of…
Descriptors: Research Design, Research Methodology, Educational Objectives, Figurative Language
Spitzer, Dean R.; McNerny, Timothy O. – Audiovisual Instruction, 1975
Author defines what visual literacy is and consequently how it should be measured. (Author/HB)
Descriptors: Definitions, Measurement, Media Research, Visual Literacy