Media education forms part of the National Minimum Curriculum of England, Malta and Germany. Teacher training courses differ greatly in how teachers are prepared to teach media education. In this paper we shall investigate the attitudes of a sample of teachers trained in England, Malta and in Germany towards their perceived importance of media…

Discusses a British journalism professor's efforts to introduce journalism education into British universities, and his use of American journalism schools as models. (HTH)

The Miscellaneous section of the proceedings contains the following four papers from the Media and Disability Interest Group, Public Relations Division, and the Visual Communication Division: "Technology and the Knowledge Gap: Two Barriers to Distance Education for the Person with a Disability" (Jeffrey Alan John); "Hoddle's…

Compares "computer based learning" in Europe with "computer assisted instruction" in the United States, noting that, in spite of the connotations of the names, the teacher is the primary beneficiary of software in Europe while the student is the primary beneficiary of software in the U.S. (HTH)

Describes the career preparations of three aspiring young British journalists to illustrate the structure of British journalism training. Notes that British colleges and universities do not give degrees in journalism but that journalism training is tightly supervised by the National Council for the Training of Journalists. (GT)

Explores the antagonism between the theoretical and practical aspects of journalism education in Australia. (HTH)

The International Communication Division of the proceedings contains the following 18 papers: "Spy or Scapegoat: A News Framing Study of the 'New York Times'' Coverage of the Wen Ho Lee Case" (Jia Lin & Junhao Hong); "Individual Perceptions of International Correspondents in the Middle East: An Obstacle to Fair News?" (Dina…

Female students in a graduate journalism program in Britain failed in a common attempt to counter sexist treatment during their training in this male-dominated profession resulting from the priorities of the school and demands of the program. (DM)

Parody is a form of imitation with the added elements of comedic twists, turns, and exaggerations. To create a parody of something, one has to understand it before beginning to alter it for humorous effect. Parodies are used by teachers of writing, music, and art as a method of educating and evaluating students' understanding of the styles of the…

The History Division of the proceedings contains the following 13 papers: "Repositioning Radio: NBC & the 'Kitchen Radio Campaign' of 1953" (Glenda C. Williams); "The 'Poor Man's Guardian': Radicalism as a Precursor to Marxism" (Eugenie P. Almeida); "Magazine Coverage of Katharine Meyer Graham, 1963-1975" (Mary…

The History Division of the proceedings contains the following 18 papers: "Woman as Machine: Representation of Female Clerical Workers in Interwar Magazines" (Jane Marcellus); "'So Vivid A Crossroads': The FCC and Broadcast Allocation, 1934-1939" (James C. Foust); "Cattle Barons Vs. Ink Slingers: The Decline and Fall of…