This second annual encyclopedia summary updates the American Library Association's (ALA) evaluation of 10 sets and analyzes the deletions and additions made to each encyclopedia within the context of each publisher's revision plans. The board looked specifically for significant changes in purpose, arrangement, content style, general quality, and…

This paper describes a study of 639 advertisements in the personals section of one newspaper in order to compare what females and males include in these advertisements. Results indicated that most advertisers described themselves rather than the person they would like to meet but that some differences did occur between male and female generated…

Investigating persons viewed on local television news (other than anchors and reporters), a study examined 810 local television news stories from 1986 to 1987 from a national sample drawn from the files of a news consultant, and 543 stories (34 newscasts) from Cincinnati, Ohio, network affiliate newscasts in the summer of 1987. The unit of…

Even though readability formulas are being used more widely than ever before in schools, libraries, businesses, newspapers, and government, there are critics who argue against their use. Criticism includes blaming the formulas for the "dumbing down" of textbooks, for being poor writers' guides, and for not taking into account the background or…

A content analysis instrument was developed to help gain better insight into perceptions regarding terrorist violence and its power over mass media and to determine whether media coverage of such incidents encourages subsequent incidents. The first 3 days of coverage of two terrorist events as reported by the "New York Times" and the…

Part of a series of statistical surveys on public broadcasting based on data supplied by public television and Corporation for Public Broadcasting qualified public radio stations, this report provides details of public radio program content for fiscal year 1982. The chapters include information on the following: (1) definitions and categories; (2)…

Results show that no clear pattern of coverage can be discerned in newspaper column inches alotted to the fatal shootings of white students at Kent State and black students at Jackson State and Southern University. (RB)

Analyzes the contents of an anonymous high school yearbook to show the misuse of freedom of the press through irresponsible and distasteful captions. (RB)

Suggests that current trends in high school publications as well as community and consumer interests in entertainment make singers, actors, writers and other artists excellent topics for interviews, features, opinion polls, and reviews. (RB)

Discusses the importance of illustrations in children's books, and analyzes some of the problems when the illustrations reveal prejudical attitudes or contain scenes that cause nightmares. (RB)

Discusses the reasons for adding a magazine as part of the high school's publications, offers suggestions for planning a school magazine, and presents some of the advantages of having a magazine. (RB)

Concludes that while blacks appeared in approximately 25 percent of the news in a given time period, the majority of the time they were seen but not heard in television newscasts. (RB)

On the premise that a gap has developed between the newsworthiness of the national political party conventions and the television network resources allocated to cover them, the three major networks' coverage of the 1980 Democratic and Republican national conventions was analyzed to document patterns that influence the networks' portrayal of party…