Reports on a study of the number, type, and source of photographs featured in major metropolitan daily newspapers. (GW)

The Flesch readability formula was used to analyze 192 100-word samples from selected matching issues of "Time" and "Newsweek." It was hypothesized that "immediate-reward" types of news, such as sports, social, and human interest events, would be significantly more readable (fewer syllables per 100 words and fewer…

Finds that the percentage of favorable, neutral, and unfavorable statements about the three Kennedy brothers in two national news magazines was similar and that both magazines published proportionately more favorable statements about John Kennedy than about either of his brothers. (FL)

Concludes that liberal opinion magazines have far more mobilizing information than do either conservative opinion magazines or news magazines. (FL)

Analyzes the coverage given to two major science-related stories by three leading weekly newsmagazines. Concludes that of the three, "Time" provided the most comprehensive coverage. (FL)

Reports that during the week of the 1979 crisis at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, the "New York Post" gave less factual information than "The New York Times" in both its main headlines and subheadlines; also notes that the information the "Post" did give was more sensationalized. (GT)

Reports that editors and readers could agree on "worst" newspapers, but concludes that editors may not share reader criteria concerning what constitutes the "best" journalistic product. (RL)

Reports that across the sites studied and across the different types of news items newspapers varied markedly in their coverage of Mexican-Americans. (FL)

Analyzes the extent of coverage, total year's publishing output, time lag between publication and review date, length of review, amount of actual criticism, reviewers, and policies of 30 publication reviews chosen from the 1972-74 lists of Notable Children's Books. (Author/CMV)

Compares the dress of adult models in magazine advertisements in 1964 and 1984. Finds that nudity is more prevalent in magazine ads in 1984 than in 1964. (RS)

A study was conducted to analyze religion news coverage in three metropolitan newspapers. While no formal hypothesis was tested, it was thought that coverage would reflect the general news policy at each particular paper to the extent that the religious beat has lost its stigma as a second-class beat. Twenty-eight religious stories from the…

A study was conducted to compare "Time" and "Newsweek" magazines' fairness and coverage in the various presidential campaigns of the three Kennedy brothers. Researchers examined every story the two magazines published about John Kennedy's primary campaign, beginning January 1, 1960, and ending with his nomination at the…

Among the possible results brought about by the reduction from 1970 to 1980 of the overseas staffs of American newspapers were (1) increased reliance upon official or state media as news sources; (2) a nation underinformed despite its heavy worldwide political, economic, and cultural involvement; and (3) a lack of coherent reporting of the…

Reports on a study of the way in which three newspapers covered the Supreme Court decisions of the 1974 term. (Author/GW)

Concludes that the kinds of stories about native Alaskans are similar in general circulation and native operated newspapers, but that the emphasis is much less in the general papers. (FL)