Reports on an investigation focusing on the interrelationships of certain media and nonmedia variables (including newspaper, television, and candidate image variables) that appeared to be operating in a way that influenced the outcome of 23 Texas mayoral races. (Author/GT)

Reports that no short term effects were found in children's physical or verbal aggression scores as a result of their exposure to violent comic books. (Author/FL)

Examines the role of the media gatekeeper--reporter, editor, or news manager--and the effect of this role on public service announcements. Discusses the Asbestos Awareness campaign and its effectiveness in demonstrating the importance of the media gatekeeper. (JMF)

Concludes that attention to the media during presidential campaigns accelerates the development of attitudes about candidates and thus facilitates making a voting decision; notes that less motivated individuals, who are likely to spend less time with the media, are slow in discriminating between candidates and more likely to report decision-making…

Future methods of communicating with alumni are summarized including the use of computers, video discs, cassettes, cable television, holography, and satellites. (JMF)

Among the conclusions of this survey of 150 schools is that mass media studies are not considered to be a basic component of the English curriculum by most teachers. (DD)

The immediate, direct effects of the mass media upon individuals are obscure but the indirect effects are substantial. (Author)

A content analysis of pretrial crime news stories in a national probability sample of newspapers found a rate of violation of American Bar Association guidelines of 1.13 per story, with violations occurring in 67.7 percent of the stories. (Author/GT)

Examines Kurt Lewin's theory of gatekeeping and the methods used by David Manning White in transposing Lewin's concept to communications situations. Reports on a study indicating that news magazine gatekeeping with respect to the population/family planning issue faithfully mirrors the perceptions of society. (GT)

Subjects were assigned randomly to one of four treatments: study guide only, summary audiotape, compressed speech audiotape, and no review. Groups using the first two techniques demonstrated significantly better retention than a nonreview control group; no significant difference was found between the group using compressed speech and the control…

Discusses the financing of Third World media projects that are designed for development, and reports on five main sources of funding--government sources, international agencies, advertising sales, private local support, and self-support. (Author/JEG)

The first experiment determined that verbal interference (shadowing) was detrimental to the subjects' memory of words and high similarity pictures; the second, designed to minimize the possibility that students would sort through the pictures, indicated that verbal interference did not decrease memory of high similarity pictures. (Author/JEG)

It was found that story relevant pictures help children recall stories, and the second graders in the study retained over a three day period. Although they had more to forget, children aided by pictures did not forget more than those in a control group. (Author/JEG)

An analysis of the coverage by ten newspapers of 20 United States Supreme Court decisions concerning freedom of the press and 20 decisions concerning freedom of speech revealed that the newspapers gave significantly greater coverage to the press decisions. (GT)

A survey of 266 adults supported previous findings that television is perceived to be a more credible, truthful, and important source of local news than the newspaper. (GT)