Reviews the concept of thematic analysis, discusses its strengths and limitations, and explores the applicability of the concept to the literature of information science through an examination of articles from volumes 16-27 of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science. A 16-item reference list is attached. (JL)

Concludes that next-day weather forecasts given by television stations are usually accurate and that stations seldom change their forecasts between the early evening and late evening newscasts. (FL)

Reports on an analysis of more than 200 high school newspapers which showed that only nine papers included humor on a regular basis. Uses excerpts from those nine newspapers to illustrate how humor can be used. (FL)

Compares newspaper readers' estimates of the incidence of specific crimes with the amount of news coverage that crime received and the readers' fears of being victimized with the crime news available to them. Suggests that newspaper emphasis upon relatively infrequent violent crimes may contribute to fear of criminal attack. (JMF)

Examined elementary school spelling textbooks in order to determine the nature of current spelling instruction. (Author/MP)

Analyzes the contents of the award-winning "Riparian" of Broad Ripple (Indiana) High School. (RB)

Analyzes the contents, especially the layout, of an effective student yearbook. (RB)

In 19 of 21 magazines, coverage of objectors was favorable, with coverage of those who refused to serve only in Vietnam the most favorable and of evaders and deserters the most unfavorable. (KS)

The authors contend that innovative, controversial, minority interest programs were not chosen by the PBS Program Cooperative when placed up against "the safe, cheap and the known" programs. (BD)

Discusses content-based image retrieval systems that effectively utilize information from image databases, and provides a taxonomy for approaches to image retrieval. Highlights include image retrieval architecture that supports query operators; conceptual issues; and two application prototypes. (100 references) (Author/LRW)

Finds that nature as a theme is completely absent in 80% and the outstanding theme in only 1.7% of television programming; not only less frequent, but separate from the dominant themes in prime-time; and treated as a sociopolitical "issue" (like "politics,""science,""religion," and "education").…

Discusses work-related documents in organizations that can be useful to performance analysts and evaluators and provides an overview of three types of document analysis useful to performance technologists: tracking, content analysis, and case study aggregation analysis. Describes the advantages and limitations of document analysis and how it is…

To date there has been no content analysis undertaken of the "College Student Affairs Journal." Therefore, this study was conducted to answer questions regarding the journal's trends over the last 20 years. Results indicate that the journal has become more professional in appearance, the breadth and depth of topic coverage has increased, and a…

The purpose of this study was to review all research published in four major school psychology journals during the decade of the 90s for diversity content. Results indicated that 10.6% of the articles have diversity as a focus, and that assessment continues to be the area that has the greatest number of diversity articles. (Contains 12 references…

Discusses digital content management in higher education. Highlights include learning objects that make content more modular so it can be used in other courses or by other institutions; and a system at Ohio State University for content management that includes the creation of learner profiles. (LRW)