Compares television phone-in polls to random sample polling. Finds significant differences between the two types of opinion indicators. Shows that persons with strongly held opinions and a pro-change, activist stance are more likely to respond in phone-in polls. (SR)

Reports that the media were perceived by the public as having considerable influence on community affairs in comparison to a number of other groups in the private sector. (FL)

Public opinion and communication in Ghana share four characteristics typical of totalitarian Communist societies. (RB)

Concludes that high media users consider themselves less informed, view themselves as less serious, and prefer less personal solutions to problems. (RB)

Reports on an investigation focusing on the interrelationships of certain media and nonmedia variables (including newspaper, television, and candidate image variables) that appeared to be operating in a way that influenced the outcome of 23 Texas mayoral races. (Author/GT)

Describes an urban mass media campaign that had a direct impact on changing public opinion regarding the privacy issue. (GW)