Hearst played an important role in liberalizing the Democratic party, but his vitriolic style kept his own ambitions from realization. (Author)

Compares how the Carter and Reagan administrations are portrayed in Canadian editorial cartoons. Finds that the Carter administration was treated more favorably than the Reagan administration. (RS)

Reveals that independent international gazettes provided coverage of major crises and had an important impact on the events of the late eighteenth century in Europe. (FL)

Examines Lorena A. Hickok as a journalist and assesses her influence on Eleanor Roosevelt's relationships with the press, particularly women reporters, in the period immediately before and after Roosevelt's election as president in 1932. (Author/GT)

Concludes that the notion that the media provides a newly elected president with a "period of grace" is oversimplified. (FL)

Suggests that while endorsements seem to sway a few voters, the effect is so small that such endorsements are unlikely to influence the outcome of an election. (FL)

Summarizes research dealing with: (1) the first daily newspaper in English, (2) ownership trends in cable television, (3) how women's magazines cover living alone, (4) city/regional magazines, (5) developing criteria for a farm magazine, and (6) media coverage of political events and issues. (FL)

Analysis of the 1976 Carter-Ford debates shows that Carter initiated more topics, spent more time discussing self-initiated topics, and spent slightly more time discussing image-related topics than did Ford. (GW)

Tells how Duff Green obtained editorial and financial control of the "United States' Telegraph"--the primary organ for promoting the 1828 election campaign of Andrew Jackson--and how he expanded the role of partisan journalism. (GW)

Concludes that the news media report less favorably on deviant political groups but not less prominently. Suggests the findings support the theory that the media act as agents for social control. (FL)

Reveals that most newspapers are devoting as much or more space to editorials today as in 1957 and that more are endorsing political candidates. (FL)

Concludes that for voters highly dependent upon political commercials, an independent sponsor is more trustworthy and affects candidates' images more than a party or candidate sponsor. (FL)

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)

Reports that television news coverage of a gubernatorial campaign was relatively light in part because television newspersons were skeptical of the news value of many campaign events. (FL)