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Breno Arsioli Moura – Science & Education, 2024
In 1752, the American polymath Benjamin Franklin supposedly flew a kite near the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to confirm that lightning had the same properties of common electricity that electrical machines produced and Leyden jars served to store. Illustrations, vignettes and paintings frequently portray the famous experiment, showing…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Experiments, Illustrations, Content Analysis
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Barkin, Steve M.; Levy, Mark R. – Journalism Quarterly, 1983
Reports that the New York "Times" and the Washington "Post" correct relatively few mistakes and that most corrections are of objective mistakes. (FL)
Descriptors: Editing, Error Patterns, Journalism, Media Research
Click, J. W.; And Others – 1982
Two studies were conducted, the first to determine reader response to newspaper front pages with modular format and color, and the second to examine source perception and reporter response to errors in news stories. Results of the first study revealed that respondents in three cities preferred modular front pages to other modern format pages and…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Layout (Publications), Media Research, News Reporting