Concludes that the ads of winners in state contests in Alabama developed issues more than did the ads of losers, but that in federal races, there was less difference in the use of issues. (FL)

Reviews sample of weekly news magazines from period 1968-1973 and concludes that topic of Vietnam did not dominate the copy printed. Magazines did not concentrate on American troops in battle, thus giving the American people constant pictorial accounts of the war, and coverage did not become more bloody between 1968 and 1973, thus causing a shift…

Concludes that most high school history textbooks have little coverage of major events in the history of journalism. (FL)

Explores the nature and scope of the student affairs profession's philosophy and analyzes the major documents that serve as a philosophy for the student affairs profession: The Student Personnel Point of View, and Student Development Services in Post-Secondary Education. (Author/JAC)

Presents a content analysis on profiles from a singles magazine to identify categories of exchange. Findings supported the traditional social exchange notion of dating for men but not for women. Men's profiles emphasized attractiveness of potential respondents, but women emphasized their careers, intelligence, and education. (JAC)

Describes the work of the Centre for Catalogue Research at the University of Bath (England), some of which deals with visual factors affecting the design and performance of library catalogues and indexes. (FL)

Presents two articles by the current and former editors of the School Guidance Worker, tracing the 40-year history of the journal. Describes challenges facing the editors, and reviews trends in counseling issues appearing in the journal. (JAC)

An introduction and overview to document analysis as a retrospective data collection technique are presented. (PN)

Analyzes persuasive strategies employed by 13 student orators in speeches delivered at Interstate Oratorical Contests from 1974-81 and published in "Winning Orations." (PD)

The author describes some films which can be used by secondary and college teachers to teach about major social and political themes. Things for a teacher to take into consideration when thinking about creating a course on film, such as funds needed and evaluation techniques, are also discussed. (Author/RM)

Tests were administered to obtain comparative data on the contentive verbal language of three-, four-, and five-year-old black children. (GW)

A computer-based technique for extracting the relationships between key concepts from factual text, from interactive tests, and from standard examinations. (Author)

Treatment characteristics and methods were analyzed for 103 empirical studies of reading therapy, or bibliotherapy, from the United States and Canada conducted over the past two decades and retrieved from the PsychInfo database. A content analysis was performed on each study, and quantified data was reported and compared within and between two…

A study determined whether or not current forensic judges provide critiques that meet F.P. Trimble's guidelines for improving interpretation ballots. From a randomly selected sample of 150 ballots, 79 ballots were critiques of interpretation events. Each ballot was analyzed as a unit. Results indicated that (1) few forensic judges divulge their…

A story told about soliciting comments and criticisms from students during a class one day reveals a number of disturbing techniques used in academic story-telling. Such story telling, which has become increasingly common in academic teaching/writing journals of late, creates the deceptive impression of sincerity and intimacy. In this case, the…