Compares the coverage of science in two groups of daily newspapers to see how the addition of a science news page influences coverage. Finds an increase in the number of science stories, more illustration, and a tendency to group basic science and technology stories in the special section. (RS)

Illustrates that the Moscow trials of 1936-38 tarnished the image of the Soviet Union in liberal American journals such as the "Nation" and "The New Republic." (RB)

Finds that weekly and daily newspapers tend to carry similar proportions of content, but differences in proportions of content are associated with circulation of the community newspaper. (Author)

Analyzes the way in which 28 women's magazines presented information on the Equal Rights Amendment in summer 1976. (GW)

Compares the newspaper coverage of three Florida Power & Light Company rate increase proposals with the size of the proposed increase. Finds that the variation in news coverage of electric utility rate increase is directly proportional to the variation in price increase. (MM)

Finds that coverage of the President continued to increase, but coverage of Congress did not over a 16-year period, based on a content analysis of the "New York Times" and the "Buffalo Evening News." (Author/RB)

Concludes that pricing equilibrium for advertising space is not present in metro editions of national magazines. (FL)

Shows that "The New York Times" devoted a significant portion of its television-related articles to personality features from 1949 to 1977 and that only recently has this trend showed signs of changing. (FL)

Provides a content analysis of the New York "Times," Chicago "Tribune," and Los Angeles "Times" for 1955, 1965, 1975, and 1985. Finds that all three papers emphasized politics and government most in all periods, with economic activity a distant second. (MG)

Examines the front pages of a national sample of dailies in the United States, describing their use of news attributes and determining if any news-use patterns are evident. Finds three news-use patterns: hard news, interpreter news, and prominence news. Identifies timeliness as the most important attribute for front-page news. (RS)

Investigates to what extent advertisements in women's magazines (traditional and nontraditional) reflect the goals of the second feminist movement. Explores whether advertising and the feminist movement are incompatible. Performs content coding of advertising images in women's magazines from the years 1959, 1969, 1979, and 1989. (SR)