Reviews the contents of eight journals from 1970 to 1981 to evaluate the coverage of women's issues during the "second wave" of feminism. A slight increase in the profession's attention to women's issues was evident in the 1970s. Urges continued practice, research and writing by and for women. (JAC)

Reports on a study that examined 15 randomly selected issues of a newspaper to determine if the readability scores for stories written in different writing styles are consistent when assessed by different tests. (HOD)

Concludes that (1) the message structure of highly creative television commercials tends to differ from that of television commercials from the general population of television advertising and (2) there is a difference in the message structure of highly creative commercials across cultures. (FL)

Reveals that most newspapers are devoting as much or more space to editorials today as in 1957 and that more are endorsing political candidates. (FL)

Examined the 74 issues that comprise volumes 1-20 of the "Journal of School Psychology" (JSP) to determine the number of articles (N=709), the name and number of authors and coauthors (N=910), and the number of separate references (N=6,722) that appeared. (LLL)

Reviewed 26 marriage and family textbooks for content about stepfamilies. Many authors did not include the topic or included it in only a cursory fashion. Stepfamily information could be categorized as factors related to successful functioning, source of stress, and recommendations. Concluded that stepfamilies have been relatively neglected. (JAC)

Examines (1) whether previous research has actually measured the information content of ads; (2) how such content should be measured; and (3) trends in factual content of general magazine ads for 1958, 1968, and 1978. Concludes that while most ads contain nonfactual claims, most also have factual claims. (FL)

Finds that the percentage of favorable, neutral, and unfavorable statements about the three Kennedy brothers in two national news magazines was similar and that both magazines published proportionately more favorable statements about John Kennedy than about either of his brothers. (FL)

Examines pictures used in "USA Today" and its readership data and concludes that it is edited primarily for men. (FL)

Concludes that liberal opinion magazines have far more mobilizing information than do either conservative opinion magazines or news magazines. (FL)

Five groups--second year students, psychiatric inpatients, incoming students, mothers, and relocated women were tested with verbal samples to examine the effects of cognitive anxiety as a construct implying a reaction to being unable to anticipate and integrate experiences meaningfully. The measure used was found to be valid. (Author/DEP)

A method of analyzing textual learning materials is described. Using data from student questionnaires, the method reveals the underlying structure of concepts in the materials and can pinpoint the location and cause of student difficulties.

Demonstrates that Alan Purves's "Elements of Writing about a Literary Work" can be used to generate insights into literature. (DD)

This study involved a content analysis of 25 episodes of "Barney and Friends," a popular children's television series by the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). The study examined the literacy elements of "Barney and Friends" through the perspectives of emergent literacy theories. The purposes of the study were: (1) to find out…

Following a content analysis, 85 children's programs were assigned a pacing index derived from the following criteria: (1) frequency of camera cuts; (2) frequency of related scene changes; (3) frequency of unrelated scene changes; (4) frequency of auditory changes; (5) percentage of active motion; (6) percentage of active talking; and (7)…