A survey of "Journalism Quarterly,""Gazette,""Public Opinion Quarterly,""Journal of Broadcasting," and "Journal of Communication" reveals that the early research on international news flow or coverage emphasized two aspects of news: (1) how the United States was portrayed in the media of other…

The rhetorical appropriateness of two of Shirley Chisholm's persuasive speeches on women's liberation were assessed using Afrocentric criteria for speech criticism developed by Molefi K. Asante (1979). The speeches addressed the controversy of whether the women's liberation movement was appropriate for women of minority cultures in the United…

A study was conducted to examine the differences in language usage between males and females in the specific moral domain of conflict resolution and rationales for decisions. The subjects, 39 female and 21 male college students, were given an imaginary conflict scenario to resolve, asked how the conflict should be resolved, what the rationales…

This teaching guide, written for elementary school teachers and librarians, combines drug education for fifth grade students with library skill development. Following a preface to the guide, the affective model upon which the program is based (development of positive self-image and self-concept, and communication and coping skills) is presented.…

To identify possible changes in the social functions of the Chinese educational system, content analyses were performed on selected national, Chinese language, primary school reading textbooks (First Edition, February 1978, Beijing People's Educational Press, Vols. I and II). Frequency of reference to each of the 10 regulations for children in…

A study was conducted to examine how newspapers from both northern and southern states handled news photographs of the homecoming of Lieutenant Robert Goodman, a black Air Force pilot who was captured and then released by Syria. This report focuses specifically on the newspapers' presentation of Lt. Goodman's interracial marriage. The study sought…

As increasing numbers of undergraduate students in higher education are engaging in online group discussions as part of their course work, there is a need to gain insights into the nature of the experience of learning in this new context. Previous studies have reported benefits for students who engaged in online discussions, but few describe these…

In this article, I examine the potential roles of reflective writing in ESOL teachers' learning and professional renewal. I demonstrate its importance with insights from aspects of a study on the accounts ESOL teachers construct when they do write about teaching.

The purpose of this study was to develop a content analysis and a taxonomy of codes of ethics in educational administration. In order to establish a statistical basis for the proposed taxonomy, a content analysis of ten codes of ethics in educational administration was undertaken. The final process was the formulation of a five-category taxonomy…

An instructional system that is both efficient and effective should present information so that it is easily processed by learners and so that the cognitive structures resulting from instruction correspond to the structure of the content to be learned. This paper presents a discussion of methods for describing content structure and cognitive…

In order to determine the content of an organizational communication course, this study examined 26 textbooks in that field, according to the frequency of discussion of a topic and the number of pages devoted to a topic. The findings from that examination indicate that topics in organizational communicaton can be outlined under three course types:…

Using a detailed example, the article shows how fictitious texts can be used to train students in the critical reading of newspapers and magazines. A key feature of the procedure is the comparison two or more texts written about the same event. (FS/WGA)

Presents design, collected data, and findings of study that deals with students' exposure and improving information-gathering procedures on students' knowledge bases in political science. (Author/ND)

A major avenue for dissemination of information among members of a profession is via the professional, scholarly literature published in the major journals within a field. If the role of the school psychologist is changing, this change should be reflected in the current literature. An earlier study traced the published issues and concerns…

To provide information concerning television and its impact on reading, a study was conducted to determine if the programing on a commercial television network would reveal a low number of positive references to reading. Programing was observed from 3:00 p. m. until 9:00 p. m. daily and from 9:00 A. M. to noon on Saturdays for a period of three…