Concludes that newspapers outdistance television as sources of state government news and that those selecting newspapers are more knowledgeable. (FL)

Brief research reports discuss (1) the Greek mass media, (2) media use and student knowledge of current events, (3) brand credibility in advertising, (4) the accuracy in news magazines' forecasts, (5) camera bans in court rooms, (6) education reporting in the Los Angeles "Times," and (7) loneliness, depression, and the uses of…

Compared attitudes before and after students read press clippings describing two separate terrorist incidents. Found that students exposed to press coverage tended to consider the event more noteworthy and to call for a solution. Concluded that press attention enhances the status of the people, problem, or cause behind a terrorist event. (PD)

Examines the problems encountered in engaging teachers in the specification and selection of media options in the instructional design process. Present inadequacy is traced to: (1) specific theoretical deficiencies in available models, (2) the evolutionary state of research, and (3) the reluctance of teachers to commit themselves in this area.…

Summarizes research reports dealing with newspaper and television as news information media, media agendas, and political participation; the dimensions of advertiser credibility; the correlation between media variables and birth rate; reader comprehension of verb and subject headlines; media credibility; and New York reporters' coverage of J.…

This study of children's responses to television advertising employed personal interviews to determine a family group's consumer teaching orientation and viewing habits and patterns, and participant observation to study the formative aspects of children's interaction with the content of television commercials in the family group viewing situation.…

Outlines opposing theories of the role of the commercial mass media in national economic development; reports on a survey of the attitudes of 636 adult residents of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, with respect to consumption, advertising, and national development, and shows how the results relate to the theory proposed by Daniel Lerner. (GT)

The author presents ways in which media, especially television, effects social processes in early adolescence (ages 10 to 15). Research is reported which substantiates social characteristics which may emerge as a direct result of media influence. (Editor/KC)

Shows how one medium-size daily newspaper operation in Louisiana has set up a viable polling system at modest cost. Points out some of the problems involved. (RL)

A Florida experiment demonstrated that cameras can operate in a courtroom without causing the disruption experienced in previous courtroom cases. The more difficult question--whether the more subtle effects of the camera hamper a fair trial--is open to debate. (GT)

An experiment was conducted to examine the effects of presentation mode, picture content, and serial position upon the recall of brief television news items. Fifteen items were presented in either video- or audio-only mode to 40 subjects. The results are discussed in terms of various imagery hypotheses. (Author)

Presents a study examining current network television newscasts to determine the extent to which "helplessness" models are depicted. Concludes that there is little variation between the networks and that, in some ways, the rendering of the story rather than the event itself produces the "helplessness" model. (JMF)

Briefly describes the results of experiments using the ATS-6 Satellite in the delivery of social services in several geographic areas: Appalachia (education and Veterans Administration education), the Rocky Mountain region (education), the Northwestern region (medical endeavors), and Alaska (medicine and education). (JMF)

A survey of 481 individuals from a major southwestern metropolitan area suggests that a newspaper audience is not monolithic but rather a collection of numerous subsegments with different attitudes and needs regarding newspapers. (GT)