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Peer reviewedKennamer, J. David – Written Communication, 1988
Claims that the long list of traditionally accepted news values can be replaced with a single concept, vividness, and that vivid information may not be the best information. Blames much of the alleged deficiencies associated with journalistic practice such as sensationalism and preoccupation with conflict on the journalistic practice of writing to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Conflict, Expository Writing, Information Sources
Peer reviewedGreen, David W. – Written Communication, 1986
Outlines two hypotheses about the reasons for obscurity in expository writing and notes that neither accounts for the general results of an exploratory study of the writing of postgraduates nor for the individual cases presented. Argues that a crucial factor is a person's implicit model of expository writing. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Expository Writing, Higher Education, Learning Processes
