Examines how collaboration with clergy was viewed by mental health and other health care professionals outside the religious community. Seven themes were identified through a content analysis of health care journals, including the benefits of collaboration to each profession, the need to increase the clergy's knowledge about mental health, and the…

Discusses results of a content analysis of the "Journal of Distance Education", 1986-2000, that focused on item type, topics, research method, and biographical information about first authors. Topics include a comparison of the information with the aims and purposes of the journal and with other analyses of similar publications; and trends in…

Content analysis was used to assess the extent to which psychological theories and research about infants were communicated to parents from 1955 to 1984 in two popular publications, the "Infant Care Manual" and "Parents" magazine. Findings indicated that there was no singular relation between what experts knew and what was…

The data from this case study suggest a tendency for news personnel to give more news play to nonconsumer news articles than to consumer news articles and to devote attention to the traditional coverage of consumer news. Although USA Today had more nonconsumer-relevant than consumer-relevant news content, consumer news was pervasive. (JOW)

Examines the integration of advertising messages within early single-sponsor television programs from the 1950s. (MM)

Examined scenes taken from eight seasons of prime-time television programs beginning in 1976 which depicted incidents involving youth and drinking. Scenes were evaluated as to their appropriateness with respect to youth and alcohol. Results indicated that young people were seldom seen drinking, with the exception of troubled youths. Suggestions…

Analysis of 147 articles from "Adult Literacy and Basic Education" and "Adult Basic Education" from 1983-1992 determined that the most frequent contributors were from Penn State and Northern Illinois Universities. Among the 11 content categories, 20% addressed instructional strategies; 62% were qualitative. Male and female authors published in…

Shows how Kaye Gibbons's novel for young adults "Ellen Foster" parallels in many ways the story of Cinderella and so touches on themes of neglect and abuse. (SR)

Articles from Career Development Quarterly (n=791) and Journal of Vocational Behavior (n=1,062) over 20 years were classified by areas of research/practice, author, institution, and leading contributors. CDQ focused on lifespan career development and career interventions; JVB on the person-environment perspective and vocational behavior assessment…

Discusses the life and work of Stephen Schwandt, a mystery writer who incorporates elements of the mystery genre into his nonmystery novels. Suggests that the major strength of his novels is the characters. (RS)

Discusses the many ways in which high school newspapers covered the Persian Gulf War, ranging from a serious analysis to satire in the form of a Cliff Notes summary. Compares two editorials from "The Little Hawk" (Iowa City, Iowa), one supporting the war and the other against. (PA)

Develops a quantitative content analysis of local news of three network television stations in Birmingham, Alabama. Assigns relatively high scores for local news, objectivity, and production, but gives relatively low scores for ambition for all three stations. (SR)

Concludes that where there are sweeps periods, there may or may not be more sex, depending on which network is analyzed. Notes that ABC cut its number of sexual behaviors per hour by almost half, while Fox more than doubled its rate per hour. (SR)

Applies social construction of reality example to explain why and how media reports facilitated denial of death in Gulf War. Conducted content analysis of war-related stories in "New York Times" for duration of Gulf War, giving special attention to direct and indirect references to death and killing. Analysis revealed four themes.…

Reviews popular drug education textbooks and curricula. Finds most juxtapose physiologic effects of licitly manufactured drugs under headings representing illicitly prepared drugs, ignoring literature reporting that illicit drugs contain adulterants and substitutes. Concludes that one cannot extrapolate results of licitly pure drug lots…