A study was conducted to determine how minority news executives, assistant managing editors or higher, had gotten started on their newspaper careers, what their experiences had been as minorities in the newsroom, and what suggestions they had for improving the population of minority newsroom executives. Subjects, 42 minority news executives whose…

To analyze listening in relationship to other communication modes, to investigate the relative utility of four models for communication theory building research (national, psychological, organizational culture, and situational), and to examine the relationship between organizational change and the modes of communication, a study examined the…

Despite the pervasive presence of popular music in society and the continued controversy over its effects on children and teen-agers, the recording industry has received only fragmentary (though increasing) attention from mass media researchers. To gain evidence of the level of literacy of today's music critics, a study examined the tastes,…

In view of the recent deregulatory developments in the United States' telecommunications industry, it is useful to reassess the issue of consumer videotex, especially as it relates to the implementation of electronic directory services. The success of the French videotex network Minitel relies on 10 principles: (1) cost of terminals; (2) no-frills…

A study explored whether public relations practitioners in one-way environments (press agentry/publicity and public information) and in two-way environments (asymmetric and symmetric) have different general attitudes toward research and whether they use social science techniques differently. A mail survey of 200 randomly chosen public relations…

A survey was conducted of 102 active quality circle members drawn from five organizations to determine how quality circle participation affected communication, as perceived by members themselves. The survey consisted of two parts. The first part contained ten open-ended questions inquiring about the respondent's personal experience in quality…

A study was conducted in summer 1982 by Project REA to provide employment skill training operators and educators in Illinois with information about the reactions, attitudes, and beliefs of employers toward various forms of accreditation of training, i.e., academic credit, nonacademic credit, certificates, degrees, diplomas, and licenses. The study…

To explore the subjective dimensions of public relations practitioner orientations toward their profession in the context of the organizational roles they play, this study combined characteristics of both large-sample survey research and indepth, intensive inquiry. Membership lists of the Public Relations Society of America, the International…

This report presents a summary of the results of the first phase of a two-phase study of the condition and needs of the live professional theatre in America since the mid-1960s. Data contained in the report were collected and analyzed on the following aspects of the theatre: activity, audience, earnings, employment, facilities, finances, labor…

This report describes the first phase of a two-phase study of the condition and needs of the live professional theatre in America since the mid-1960s. Data contained in the report were collected and analyzed on the following aspects of the theatre: finances, productions, performances, facilities, labor force, and employment. The first chapter…

The study focuses on some of the correlates of workplace mobility of male workers aged 15 to 17. Results suggest that the early stages of a young worker's process of occupational socialization are of importance in determining his future career decisions. (Author)

Reported is an investigation of the social origins of American scientists and scholars. Exhaustive data, gathered over a 40 year period, were reviewed and were gathered from sources reflecting geographical, baccalaureate, and social class variations. To a significant extent these variations were associated with the kind of a religious-ethnic group…

A new measure of intensity of employment of human resources was developed for this rural-urban comparative study and utilized to assess the productivity of small town and low-income urban family units and their individual members. (MW)

Analyzes the future employment opportunities for engineering graduates of the next decade based on statistics on employment demand and manpower supply. Indicates that the widespread involvement of engineers in all areas of employment will provide engineering graduates withan advantage in the competition for jobs. (CC)

A typology was used to organize Census data about people's aspirations, and the results of vocational assessments made with and without norms for men and women at two educational levels. Results indicate that kinds of employment differ for educational levels and between the sexes. (Author)