Reports the opinions of publishers and editors of city magazines concerning the positioning of the magazines in the media marketplace, factors leading to success, audience composition, and problems facing the industry. (GW)

Suggests that students need to become aware of the relationship between one's writing and one's intended audience and presents a way for students to make this analysis. (JM)

Cites books and chapters, theses, articles, and reports relevant to the study of Chicano involvement in the mass media. (KS)

Discusses general findings reported in the literature of use and citation studies on the use of citation counts as found in "Journal Citation Reports" for identification of periodical titles for cancellation in a university library. Principal reasons for retention of little-cited journals are noted. Twenty-one references are cited. (EJS)

The types of documents (unpublished documents, conference and seminar proceedings, periodicals, and books) used to disseminate research in higher education are described, focusing particularly on those concerning higher education in Europe. (MSE)

This article focuses on some contributors to the journal, "The Seven Arts." These essayists and photographers were able to rise above the cultural and political thought of their times to become social critics. They opposed war and welcomed new immigrants to the United States at times when these views were unpopular. (VM)

The study evaluated research quality and journal outlets in special education. Both data-based research and reviews of the literature from special education and non-special education journals were compared on such criteria as research sophistication and citations of articles of review board members. A general lack of research sophistication was…

The authors make a brief assessment of the state of the art in research in adult and continuing education. They conclude that the amount of research in adult education appears to be increasing and improving in quality, and in order for the field of adult education to mature properly, more of its work must have a research base. (CT)

Explores the importance of sport history as it reflects the social and cultural history of the United States. Discussion covers the various sport history materials that are available in microform, including the Spalding Collection, twentieth-century microfilm sources, and sports and social history (Sports Periodicals microfilm series). (EJS)

This study consisted of a random sampling of professional readers' assessments of selected health education journals. The sample consisted of 250 college-affilated health educators evaluating seven journals. (Author/LMO)

Bibliometric analysis techniques applied to 1,839 journal articles (1969-1983) on education of the hearing impaired revealed growth and scatter of the literature. High frequency terms used in indexing (N=217) were also analyzed to illustrate general content and identify themes. (CL)

Provides a historical chronicle of events associated with the first 4 years of Counselor Education and Supervision. Describes the setting for counselor education and supervision in the turbulent 1961 to 1965 period to provide a background for understanding the content of the journal during its infancy. (Author/ABB)

Analyzes changing information values of journal article titles (measured by counting total number of words, number of keywords, and computing proportion of substantive words). Use of linear regression to determine change patterns for sample of titles from four selected journals, six library journals, and six miscellaneous journals (1951-1980) is…

Introduces a new department within the National Society for Performance and Instruction which will examine applications of performance technologies in the nonindustrialized areas of the world, including different subject areas and techniques. Reports on the experiences of different performance technologists will be presented each month. (MBR)

Presents steps for a writing class project in producing thematic magazines that parallel the writing and literature themes of the course. Includes a 25-day schedule. (HTH)