Examines self-portrayal in fictional and nonfictional written discourse. Argues that two common terms for describing self-representation--ethos and persona--are often conflated but that there are good historical and conceptual grounds for maintaining a distinction between them. (MS)

Examines Chaim Perelman's new rhetoric, concluding that Perelman believes a rhetor linguistically creates a presence by first analyzing how the audience thinks and acts, referring to what the audience holds to be true, and then entering into communion with the audience by expressing the thoughts of the audience. (RAE)

Assesses the fundamental features of the pop music industry in Hungary by exploring the ideas of P. Tagg, M. Dardai, and J. Marothy. (JD)

Used the records of 426 Canadian hockey games to investigate the relationships between crowd size and density, and both player aggression and performance. Results showed crowd size was negatively related to aggression and performance of visiting teams while crowd density was negatively related to the overall performance of both teams. (JAC)

Urges that students be offered a wider range of writing modes and audiences and describes a program involving ungraded written exchanges among students. (DD)

The purpose of this study was to discover differences if any between ratings of general effectiveness of speeches and scores on audience tests of retention of material. (Author/MS)

Relates audience volume to the optimal conditions for the best television viewing, accuracy, and visual comfort. Appended are 21 references. (AA)

Examines the role of the media in establishing a sense of community in the urban milieu and in providing for the individual citizen a new sense of power in being able to effect change." (Author/AA)

Concludes that the answer to the question of whether viewers restructure their lives to accommodate television or whether television is made to fit into the existing structure of their lives is functionally related to the programing and the time period involved. (FL)

Describes the employment of surrogate speakers and examines their role in the 1980 presidential contest. Considers the advantages and disadvantages of their use and concludes that surrogates served the important needs of three groups--the candidates for whom they spoke, the audiences they addressed, and the surrogates themselves. (PD)

Argues that an audience is real rather than abstract and is necessary to the art of the theater. Demonstrates that audiences are too diverse to be described by an abstraction; audiences affect performances; and interchange occurs between actors and audiences. (See CS 705 537.) (PD)

Refutes several of Campbell's arguments that the audience is abstract rather than real. (JMF)