This study examined the paralinguistic behavior of three presidential candidates in on-camera and on-mike speeches made during their campaigns. Using tape recordings, a detailed micronotation was made of candidates' paralinguistic patterns, both while speaking on-camera and on-mike and while speaking under circumstances that were not for a mass…

Questionnaire responses from 259 college students were employed to determine how eight media were used in the satisfaction of ten needs. It was found that television was the most generally satisfactory medium, averaged over the ten needs, and that film was the most need specific. Television and radio paralleled each other in their ability to…

Provides empirical verification for Bormann's Dramatistic Communication Theory and suggests that the utility of Bormann's theory of rhetorical vision goes beyond its use as a descriptive schemata for critiquing rhetorical communication. (MH)

Reports news analysis material presented on a radio foreign affairs program between 1975 and 1979. Compares this report's findings with propositions generated by gatekeeper studies of international newsflow. Discusses how results do not sustain the argument that news offers an unchanging and unchangeable "world at one with itself." (JD)

Examines news media activities during five natural disasters. Shows how the media and local officials often cooperate and sometimes conflict in accomplishing their respective goals and how this process affects the public's understanding of the disaster event. (NKA)

Compared the results of five surveys conducted in the United States, Australia, England, and Israel on the knowledge and beliefs of ninth and tenth grade students on environmental issues. Results indicated that students' beliefs tended to be stronger and more positive than their factual and conceptual knowledge. (TW)

Discusses the relationship of fidelity and learning in computer simulation. Highlights include a review of previous research; a discussion of transfer of learning; a taxonomy for fidelity analysis with four different types of computer-based instructional simulations; and implications for instructional design and research. (41 references)…

Examination of how far research work on the design of printed text can inform research on the design of electronic text centers on three areas: the layout of instructional text, the role of typographic cueing, and the presentation of graphic materials. Future research needs are discussed, and 101 references are provided. (LRW)

Discusses a persistent concern in research on social change--the impact of the availability of knowledge on relative degrees of power and influence. Emphasizes that changes in media structure may have far-reaching consequences not only for the amount of information that gets distributed, but for who gets the information. (JD)

Concludes that models in American magazine ads are older than those in Korean ads and are more likely to be smiling. (FL)

In a long-term health intervention campaign, researchers tested the proposition that consistency among people's knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors is contingent on high levels of involvement with a given subject. (DF)

Explores the relationship between fantasy and media use by examining the fantasy styles of college students and the kinds of movies they attend, recorded music they listen to, and books they read. (PD)

Investigated the persuasive impact of a national crime prevention campaign in the context of past and contemporary media efforts. Found that the campaign had marked influence on citizens' cognitions, attitudes, and behaviors regarding crime prevention. (PD)

Offers summaries of research dealing with (1) judges' perceptions of the fair trial-free press issue, (2) ethical journalism, (3) media agenda setting with environmental issues, (4) local predictors of basic and pay cable television subscribership, and (5) restaurant critics. (FL)

Concludes that members of the Public Relations Society of America want to participate in company decisions and have clear concern for the public interest. (FL)