Contends that a comprehensive mass communication education program must include a consideration of theoretical issues such as the social influence of the media and offers a rationale for, and a description of instruction regarding such a theoretical issue. (MH)

Ideologizing is presented as the function of innate intrapersonal and interpersonal categorizing of experience. Ideologies flourish in open systems and decline in closed ones. Classical conceptions of science illustrate the process, to the end that an autonomous scientific ideology for the social sciences, including communication, is suggested.…

A rhetorical framework based on Burkean theory is used to analyze the relative success of leadership contenders in small groups in obtaining cooperation of the other members and resolving the struggle for leadership. The analyses reveal the importance of transcending symbolic divisions in leadership emergence. (JMF)

Investigates perceptions of the amount of interpersonal communication and attitudes towards communication frequency after the Trappist monk's rule of enforced silence and solitude was lifted in 1969. Concludes that increased interpersonal communication resulted in increased self-awareness and therefore more meaningful and effective silence. (MH)

Examines fourteen representative nonverbal behavior studies and identifies three significant conceptual problems. Proposes a new framework for nonverbal behavior theory development. (MH)

Seventeen consonants of Italian (including a syllable with no consonants) were scaled in relative sameness-difference in sound. The procedure was cross checked against one of identifying aural syllables. The outcome was in keeping with Scripture's observation that errors in speech perception tend to reflect confusions of similar sounding…

Discusses the characteristics of children's conversations, based on recording the conversations of three five-year-olds for a day, using radio microphones. (AA)

Outlines techniques for using group discussion and story dramatization activities to teach speaking and listening skills to elementary students. (GW)

Describes ongoing research into errors in spontaneous speech. (RM)

An investigation was conducted to determine the effect of vowel environment on consonant durations in the speech of 10 normal-hearing, 10 hearing-impaired, and 10 deaf adult male speakers. The deaf do not appear to learn the influence of vowels on consonant duration, as does a normal-hearing population. (Author/SW)

Presents a case study in which the use of intricate varieties of levels of honorifics in Japanese is more complicated than traditional sociolinguistics has shown. The buraku (Japanese barrio) treated here is situated in the west part of Honshu, Japan, and consists of 13 households. (CHK)

Eleven language teachers were videotaped teaching the same lesson to determine how they treated students' errors. Analysis showed types of errors treated and treatments used were similar; grammar errors seemed less important than incorrect meaning. Suggested alternative treatments are based on the importance to learning of contrasts, redundancy…