Two members of the Department of Mass Communications at the University of Denver report on the results of a survey studying the amount of time individual educational television stations devoted to the 1968 election campaign. (LS)

Uses the Vietnamese War as a metaphor for student and instructor approaches to language in composition classes. Explores George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" in its relationship to the rhetoric surrounding United States intervention. (MM)

Reports data that link media use to knowledge of public affairs and this knowledge to voter behavior in local elections. (FL)

Reveals that the amount of space given to foreign affairs in editorials during the 1980 presidential campaign was slightly greater than that given in the four previous campaigns, but that the number of issues discussed was smaller. (FL)

Explores how individuals evaluate political issues by using various inputs of political information (conceptual differentiation) and how they organize ideas and information in terms of abstract or ideological constructs (conceptual integration). (Author/DB)

Studies the composition of Roosevelt's fourth inaugural address from its inception to its delivery on January 20, 1945. Clarifies the confusion about authorship and analyzes the speech drafts to determine which thoughts were FDR's and which were contributed by speech writers. Includes verbatim transcript of the address. (PD)

Analyzes the forensic and deliberative strategies employed by attorneys in the 1972 trial of Angela Davis. Integrates the findings with studies of legal rhetoric. (PD)

Presents an activities package designed for teachers to use in teaching elementary or secondary students about political processes in an election year. Includes topics such as voting procedures, political parties, political campaigns, issues, and rating the candidates. (CK)

Discusses problems of achieving balance and objectivity in dealing with the energy crisis, and suggests guidelines for unbiased film selection. (CMV)

Discusses a study which examined the effect of an introductory course in microeconomics on the college level on student attitudes toward liberalism and conservatism. The sample consisted of students enrolled in courses in microeconomics, psychology, and sociology at North Texas State University in 1978. Findings indicated that students who have…

Focuses on the problem of the U.S. president receiving gifts from foreign dignitaries. The reproducible letter from President Lincoln to King Rama IV of Siam in which he accepts two gifts and graciously declines proffered elephants serves as center for discussion of the problem. Suggestions for teaching and a crossword puzzle are included. (KC)

This article reports that the Political Action Committee of the New Jersey Education Association has voted to support the Carter/Mondale ticket in the 1980 presidential election. As justification, it lists Carter's and Reagan's views on educational and social issues of concern to educators. (SJL)

To help high school students understand their political world, particularly in an election year, the article describes a teaching approach based on a comparison of political terminology to the transmission shift on an automobile. (DB)