Presents the idea of awakening'' and growing up''--a leveling off from tensions and disruptions of past years as the theme for the 1971-72 William and Mary yearbook. (Author)

Suggests ways for yearbook staffs to capture the mood and spirit of a school through photojournalism and design. (RB)

This paper investigates automatic resolution of ambiguities from natural language text. By learning from a series of inputs and its own errors, the system is able to construct resolution rules automatically. Results show success in disambiguation. (8 references) (Author/KE)

Concludes that pricing equilibrium for advertising space is not present in metro editions of national magazines. (FL)

Presents an introduction to and a critique of E.O. Wilson's new science of sociobiology, which focuses on explaining the social behavior of species as diverse as ants, apes, and humans. Suggests that Wilson has gone beyond his data in claiming that complex human behaviors such as altruism are caused to any extent by genetic, as opposed to…

Reports analysis of five journals: "Commentary," the "Nation," the "New Republic,""Saturday Review," and the "Atlantic Monthly." Commonalities include exaggeration, moral indignation, and complex analysis with simple solutions. Concludes that these journals exist to persuade an educated, affluent, and influential readership that a certain kind of…

In critiquing the first 14 years of the "Educational Administration Quarterly" (EAQ), the author examines the nature of the articles, whether the articles have changed, the ways the articles relate to other professional literature, the value the field attaches to EAQ, and the subscription history of the EAQ. (IRT)

Shows that "The New York Times" devoted a significant portion of its television-related articles to personality features from 1949 to 1977 and that only recently has this trend showed signs of changing. (FL)

Codes 1038 magazine advertisements spanning 1940 through 1950 for mode of address in the child's body, face, eyes, and other areas. Indicates, regarding mode of address, significant rotating image trends toward a more direct address in the eyes and face of the child in the postwar period--trends that were absent in prewar and war years. (PA)

Examines two Milwaukee, Wisconsin newspapers' coverage of homicides. Finds that the newsworthiness of a homicide is enhanced when whites are suspects or victims, males are suspects, and victims are females, children, or senior citizens. Concludes that status deviance and cultural deviance are important components of newsworthiness and that…

Provides a content analysis of the New York "Times," Chicago "Tribune," and Los Angeles "Times" for 1955, 1965, 1975, and 1985. Finds that all three papers emphasized politics and government most in all periods, with economic activity a distant second. (MG)

Examines the front pages of a national sample of dailies in the United States, describing their use of news attributes and determining if any news-use patterns are evident. Finds three news-use patterns: hard news, interpreter news, and prominence news. Identifies timeliness as the most important attribute for front-page news. (RS)

Discusses the history and evolution of the Journal of Cooperative Education and includes information about style and format, contributors, titles of articles, and references. (JOW)