Aspects covered include introducing the equipment, planning the movie, shooting the picture, editing the film, recording the sound track, and presenting the finished film to an audience. The steps involved in making an animated film are also outlined. (DLS)

Provides the school newspaper editor with tips for producing and writing a school newspaper. (HOD)

Addresses problems confronted by new yearbook advisers. (HOD)

Discusses negligence in defamation cases before the United States Supreme Court's decision in "Gertz v Robert Welch, Inc."; shows that courts have varied in what actions by reporters and editors they have considered negligent. (GT)

Reports that the purposes of writers of letters to the editor, as well as several kinds of unwritten editorial policies, accounted for the low level of mobilizing information in letters to the editor published by one daily newspaper. (GT)

Notes that technical communicators have developed different methodologies for evaluating the effectiveness of their work, such as editing, usability testing, and determining the value added. Explains that at least three broad value systems underlie the assessment practices: characteristic-based, task-based, and results-based. Concludes that the…

The new editors of the "Review of Educational Research" recognize their charge to be comprehensive in the process of review of educational research and to be of service to educators. They also acknowledge the challenge to be nurtured by the scholarship of the times and innovations in education. (SLD)

Presents and discusses results of a survey of editing instructors in the United States on the status of copy editing. Provides benchmark data on the state of copy editing instruction in accredited colleges and universities. Concludes that copy editing is generally healthy and respected in most programs but that it mirrors the industry in taking a…

Describes personal reflections on "Communication Education" between 1976 and 1978 under the author's editorship. Discusses reflections under three headings: events and experiences shaping the editor's views of the field of communication education; the transition from "The Speech Teacher" to "Communication Education,"…

Discusses hypermedia as an appropriate medium for supporting collaborative work and describes hypermedia systems in general and NoteCards in particular. Experiences of collaborators working with NoteCards are presented, the resulting development of two tools is described, and future developments for NoteCards and these tools are discussed. (17…

Examines whether information lost or altered in a communication chain can be reversed. Concludes that within the boundary conditions of this experiment, information loss is reversible; that some losses are more reversible than others; and that people reconstruct orderly parts and omit details that confuse connections among the parts. (JAD)

Suggestions are offered to campus editors on ways to make periodical article headlines more arresting. Stressed are the need for accuracy, appropriate length, use of poetics, and cleverness. Examples of good and poor headlines are offered and the need to devote adequate time to headline preparation is stressed. (DB)

After examining the related research, it is difficult to conclude with certainty that the use of word processors is always effective in improving writers' revising skills or that their use necessarily leads to the production of higher quality texts. Their effectiveness depends on other factors that psychologists are starting to measure. (110…

Examines whether the computer is an effective editing tool. Reports that a survey of 94 editors shows that 62.8 percent use computers in editing, and even editors who use them also depend on hard copy. Finds that the computer seems to increase the editors' responsibilities, but it remains just a tool. (PRA)

Reports students' perceptions of learning desktop publishing (DTP) systems. Finds that (1) students learned the foundations of DTP in under 60 hours of hands-on experience; (2) the incremental introduction of DTP functions and practice sessions before assignments were the most effective teaching strategy; and (3) use of DTP encouraged nonartistic…