Beginning with the official exchange of letters between Secretary of State Shultz and Unesco Director-General Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, this forum continues with responses from 28 international critics and supporters. Also included are two background pieces on the New International Information and Communications Order. (PD)

Describes the issues and interests to be discussed at the World Administrative Radio Conference in September, 1979. Includes definitions of principles for the use of the frequency spectrum, rights and duties of users, reallocation of frequency bands, and the need for principles to guide international cooperation. (JMF)

This study of jury selection and verdicts is a part of a symposium on legislative and judicial communication. (CH)

This study of juror decision-making is part of a symposium on legislative and judicial communication. (CH)

Expresses the opinion that the electronic media has emancipated man from natural law and, thus, enabled him to be dispensed from the moral law. (JMF)

Discusses the results of two surveys among newspaper editors and readers about newspaper attributes and readers' interest. Results indicate a compromise caused by the marketing approach. (JMF)

Summarizes the arguments against the use of the term "mass" in communication research based on confusions which relate it to the theses of mass society theory or the notion that the term is too simple for the complex nature of communication. (JMF)

Critiques Neil Postman's book, "Teaching as a Conserving Activity," which focuses on television's transformation of the information environment and the implications of this development for educational policy and practice. Points out some serious flaws in Postman's argument. (JMF)

This study of juries' attitudes toward unattractive defendants is a part of a symposium on legislative and judicial communication. (CH)

Describes the characteristics associated with the left and right hemispheres of the brain and relates the rise of phonetic literacy and logic to left hemisphere dominance and the viewing of television to right hemisphere dominance. (JMF)

Reviews the legal and economic factors surrounding the film industries in the European Common Market member nations. Relates these factors to the inherent difficulties in fostering cooperation among members. (JMF)

Examines the interactions between the physical and social aspects of the telephone. (JMF)

Suggests a method of measuring the impact of women's views on US public opinion. Social, political and educational issues are emphasized. (MH)

Reviews a study indicating that articulate deviates expressing themselves within the context of informal group discussions are capable of exerting considerable influence on the opinions of others. (MH)

Argues that policy development in the United States is not dealing adequately with changes in the nature of international telecommunication conferences. Warns that possible agreements regarding frequency allocations demand reexamination of U.S. positions. (JMF)