Librarians are in an excellent position to conduct media research that could better inform us of transactions'' between books, films, tapes, and students. They need to actively create and promote programs that attract a larger community, especially the nearly invisible disadvantaged who can be found everywhere. (Author/NH)

This model is an attempt to relate Marshall McLuhan's approach to media to the field of student personnel work. (Author)

To focus upon identity, high school students were exposed to the group process. The youngsters had an opportunity to function within groups while viewing themselves and others as well as the functions of the group through the use of integrated media. (Author/BY)

The focus of this paper is on consumer learning processes, processes by which adolescents acquire skills and attitudes relating to the consumption of goods and services. It examines intrafamily and mass media communication as they affect consumer learning processes, and describes some demographic predictors of consumer learning. (Author/VW)

Argues that the rights of viewers to news coverage were sacrificed to commercial interests in the federal court decision concerning the ABC television network's refusal to grant a request of a television station to broadcast short clips of a local event to which the network had exclusive broadcast rights. (FL)

Reports on the Nigerian Supreme Court's struggles with the problems of interpreting colonial sedition laws while protecting democratic freedoms. (FL)

Examines current research on the impact of radio on adult basic education in Western European countries, and discusses questions of the target audience, the effectiveness of reaching target audiences, and the achievement of program objectives. (JJD)

The traditional conception of pluralistic culture is contrasted with a new, separate form of culture: mass media culture. Its components are noted: medium, message, "mosaic," and strategy, and methodology for its study is discussed. (MSE)

A cross-media comparison of television and radio indicated that elementary students' recall of explicit story content was equivalent across media; however, recall of details was improved with a television presentation. Recognition of expressive language was facilitated by a radio story, whereas picture sequencing was augmented by a television…

Tests the traditional two-part hypothesis that partisan predispositions motivate a person to be selectively exposed to political campaign communications, which in turn serve to reinforce those original predispositions. Draws inferences about differences in these processes that exist between adolescents and their parents. (PD)

Concludes that federal courts subpoena reporters less often and uphold subpoenas less often than do state courts. (FL)