A study examined whether structural features of radio elicit orienting responses in attentive and inattentive listeners. Subjects (college students enrolled in one of three telecommunications courses at a major Midwest university who received course credit for participation) listened to a 12-minute radio stimulus. Results showed that inattentive…

Offers an antidote for the widespread feeling among people of well-informed futility toward practical problems in society, including those relating to the environment. (TO)

Once used only to broadcasters, videotape now aids in counseling, therapy and training. A synthesis of research on these nonbroadcast uses and their effects on participant. (Author)

Study indicates Fog Index of eleven is normal for popular literature and suggests the readability levels have increased by two in the past twenty years. (RB)

Analyzes story use by both large and small papers published in Ohio in the nineteenth century and concludes that the smaller papers accepted the news definition of the larger ones, which was derived from wire service reports. (FL)

Reports on a study that assessed the degree to which newspaper distribution areas with competitive and noncompetitive dailies could be distinguished from one another. (FL)

Reports that coverage of preelection polls by the Israeli press has increased markedly since 1948, as has media sponsorship of them. (FL)

Concludes that most newspapers will reject letters to the editor that they consider to be libelous, but that many make efforts to rehabilitate those letters. (FL)

Indicates that the assumption that scientists have no experiences with the press is invalid. Concludes that most scientists surveyed would welcome contact with journalists. (FL)

Reports that coverage of civil rights issues increased in "Ebony" after the passage of the 1964 civil rights law. Notes that photoeditorials were the main means of advocacy. (FL)