The experiment reported here was conducted to find out how commonly used makeshift screens compared with currently available commercially produced screens on clarity, brightness and cost." (Author)

Concludes that designer magazine advertisements contain more traces of nostalgia than do those in consumer magazines and that they tend to be more extreme in their fluctuation patterns. Notes that nostalgia increases in ads when public confidence is decreasing. (FL)

Concludes that pricing equilibrium for advertising space is not present in metro editions of national magazines. (FL)

Analyzes the amount of space six American and four European newspapers give to local, national, and international news. Concludes that all of the newspapers have a localized point of view, but that each displays significant differences in the components and scale of localization. (FL)

Compares Gannett newspapers and a matched set of other dailies, revealing that Gannett may be practicing a systematic elimination of marginal circulation. (FL)

Concludes that 10 leading newspapers in the United States devoted more editorial space to economic issues in the last days of the 1980 presidential campaign than to any other issue. (FL)

Reports that in its 10 years of existence, the Minnesota News Council has issued 42 determinations providing ethical guidance for the media of that state. (FL)

Details a study showing that copyeditors working on newspapers that have had video display terminals for at least two years edited more slowly, but made fewer errors than those who edited on paper. (FL)

Reports that newspaper readers rated precision journalism articles no better than traditional news articles on several dimensions of credibility. (FL)

A survey of 210 Texas residents revealed a preference for local and independent ownership of newspapers, although the quality of independent and group-owned papers was rated about the same. (GT)

Reviews primary sources that dispute the claim of the Associated Press as the first wire service. Argues that that distinction belongs to the New York State Associated Press. (FL)