The scope, functions, significance, and implications of "Yuben," an early twentieth century Japanese magazine on oratory, are examined in this case study in intercultural rhetoric. The first section of the paper provides information about the magazine's genesis, including a discussion about its originator, Noma Seiji. The second section…

This bibliography identifies eighty-eight documents, books, and papers deemed of interest to those engaged or interested in participatory research. Emphasis is placed on original papers by persons who are engaged in a participatory research process in order to facilitate communication among practitioners. Entries include bibliographic information…

The purpose of this paper is to provide magazine journalism educators with an update on current trends in the field of company publications. The first part of the paper outlines the development and growth of company publications, traces the evolution of the traditional goals and objectives for them, and illustrates how these goals and objectives…

An examination of the coverage of Latin America during 1977 by "Newsweek,""Time," and "U.S. News and World Report" was undertaken to compare the number of stories and the amount of space devoted to that region with that afforded other areas of the world. The results showed that of the major areas of the world, only…

This paper investigates the media attitudes and behaviors of black adults toward four types of print media: majority, black entertainment, black establishment, and black nonestablishment. The relationships of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, subjective orientations, and media attitudes and behaviors are empirically examined.…

This first annual bibliography of mass communications literature of Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden includes documents published from 1970 to 1975. The Document List contains arbitrary entries for 758 books, periodicals, and publications of untraditional form--e.g., duplicated and mimeographed materials and working papers. Arranged by…

This second annual bibliography registers and indexes all literature on mass communication publications in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden for 1976. The Document List is an arbitrary register of 880 bibliographic references arranged by country of publication. Books, journal articles, duplicated and mimeographed materials, and working papers…

This publication is a bibliography of available periodical literature on specific aspects of energy and today's technology. The Applied Science and Technology Indexes were searched for articles that related to these specific areas: (1) Energy control systems; (2) Maintenance of Energy Systems; and (3) Energy storage. The articles and papers…

Three news magazines ("Time,""Newsweek," and "U.S. News and World Report") and three opinion magazines ("The Nation,""The New Republic," and "National Review") were assessed with regard to their coverage of Africa. Analysis of the magazines' contents indicated that, on an overall basis,…

An alphabetical index by author and subject area, this volume indexes both popular and scholarly periodical and book literature published about the American Indian for the year 1973. The volume covers 88 subject areas and 119 periodicals. Periodicals in existence for less than a year and newspapers are not included. Among the subject areas are:…

This publication has been prepared for government personnel, research workers, librarians/documentalists, teachers, and students. Contained within the directory are materials published in the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) region on population-related topics. The publication is arranged in four sections. The user's…

"A Psychological Study of Flexibility in Reading," the first in this collection of four articles, attempted to determine how flexibility in reading develops from elementary to junior high school. The results indicated that children in every grade in this experiment were flexible in reading, that is, they changed their speed of reading…

Early American materials in non-book formats available at Washington University's John M. Olin Library are listed. Microform materials include: books, pamphlets and broadsides printed between 1636 through 1800; 700 rare volumes from the colonial, revolutionary, and federal periods from the University of Virginia; American plays from 1714-1830; and…

This book studies communications in agriculture, focusing on the American farm press. As defined here, a commercial farm periodical is directed to farmers and supports itself through the sale of subscriptions or advertising. It includes local as well as regional and national periodicals. A 90-year analysis, from 1880 to 1970, was chosen because…

This thesis provides a format for the use of newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and movies in the secondary school classroom. It attempts to inform teachers of what materials are most appropriate to the interests and informational needs of high school students, and it attempts to provide a method to teach students how to systematically…