Concludes that journalists and sources share notions about what aspects of a bureaucratic process are worth their attention and that journalists select information in a patterned way, with that pattern determined by the frames of reference of the sources. (FL)

Shows that two of three videotex services had substantially more stories than their companion newspapers, and that all three tended to get stories earlier than the papers. (FL)

Discusses how the use of unregulated mass media to convey the health risks of smoking is severely limited by the tobacco industry's power, via advertising dollars, to minimize the coverage of the negative health aspects of smoking in the editorial content of these media. (JD)

Analyzes the press coverage of the Finkbine abortion case in 1962. Concludes that it brought about a marked changed in the way the press reported and the public viewed abortion. (FL)

Concludes that thanks to Nigeria's 1979 Constitution and to its independent courts, the press in that country has escaped serious mauling in spite of political and human frailties. (FL)

A study conducted analyses of metro and regional daily newspaper penetration in 87 Minnesota counties and examined readership for metro and regional daily newspapers and small-town weekly and semiweekly papers in 28 communities. Among conclusions reached was that in outlying communities, education was associated more with reading the metro paper…

Reports that editorial page editors and cartoonists agree on most aspects of the cartoonist's role, but differ on the amount of freedom allowed the cartoonist. (FL)

Proposes an analytical framework that can be used both to compensate for incomplete evidence and aid in the interpretation of existing data on colonial women printers. Tries to answer important questions about Mary Crouch by noting ways in which key aspects of her career differed from or were similar to the patterns of other colonial printers. (FL)

Finds substantial agreement among major media as to the mix of various news topics but substantial disagreement as to which specific stories should be used. (FL)

Concludes that newspaper business section editors have more favorable attitudes toward capitalism than do members of the general public. (FL)

Concludes that the news media report less favorably on deviant political groups but not less prominently. Suggests the findings support the theory that the media act as agents for social control. (FL)

Reveals that most newspapers are devoting as much or more space to editorials today as in 1957 and that more are endorsing political candidates. (FL)

Examines (1) whether previous research has actually measured the information content of ads; (2) how such content should be measured; and (3) trends in factual content of general magazine ads for 1958, 1968, and 1978. Concludes that while most ads contain nonfactual claims, most also have factual claims. (FL)

Finds that the percentage of favorable, neutral, and unfavorable statements about the three Kennedy brothers in two national news magazines was similar and that both magazines published proportionately more favorable statements about John Kennedy than about either of his brothers. (FL)

Examines pictures used in "USA Today" and its readership data and concludes that it is edited primarily for men. (FL)