Analysis of 147 articles from "Adult Literacy and Basic Education" and "Adult Basic Education" from 1983-1992 determined that the most frequent contributors were from Penn State and Northern Illinois Universities. Among the 11 content categories, 20% addressed instructional strategies; 62% were qualitative. Male and female authors published in…

Shows how Kaye Gibbons's novel for young adults "Ellen Foster" parallels in many ways the story of Cinderella and so touches on themes of neglect and abuse. (SR)

Articles from Career Development Quarterly (n=791) and Journal of Vocational Behavior (n=1,062) over 20 years were classified by areas of research/practice, author, institution, and leading contributors. CDQ focused on lifespan career development and career interventions; JVB on the person-environment perspective and vocational behavior assessment…

Discusses the life and work of Stephen Schwandt, a mystery writer who incorporates elements of the mystery genre into his nonmystery novels. Suggests that the major strength of his novels is the characters. (RS)

Discusses the many ways in which high school newspapers covered the Persian Gulf War, ranging from a serious analysis to satire in the form of a Cliff Notes summary. Compares two editorials from "The Little Hawk" (Iowa City, Iowa), one supporting the war and the other against. (PA)

Develops a quantitative content analysis of local news of three network television stations in Birmingham, Alabama. Assigns relatively high scores for local news, objectivity, and production, but gives relatively low scores for ambition for all three stations. (SR)

Concludes that where there are sweeps periods, there may or may not be more sex, depending on which network is analyzed. Notes that ABC cut its number of sexual behaviors per hour by almost half, while Fox more than doubled its rate per hour. (SR)

Applies social construction of reality example to explain why and how media reports facilitated denial of death in Gulf War. Conducted content analysis of war-related stories in "New York Times" for duration of Gulf War, giving special attention to direct and indirect references to death and killing. Analysis revealed four themes.…

Reviews popular drug education textbooks and curricula. Finds most juxtapose physiologic effects of licitly manufactured drugs under headings representing illicitly prepared drugs, ignoring literature reporting that illicit drugs contain adulterants and substitutes. Concludes that one cannot extrapolate results of licitly pure drug lots…

The objective reality (syntax) of the written text should be interpreted (semantically and pragmatically) in an intersubjective manner with regard to the context, the analyst's knowledge base, and the documentary objectives. The contributions of semiolinguistics (textual), logic (formal) and psychology (cognitive) are fundamental to the conduct of…

Measured the amount of copy devoted to appearance, home, male-female relations, and self-development in "Seventeen" magazine in 1961, 1972, and 1985. Male-female relations decreased, and self-development increased in 1972, at the height of the women's movement, but by 1985 coverage had reverted to the 1961 proportions. (DM)

Used Erikson's and Gilligan's theories of adolescent development to conduct content analysis of depiction of adolescent development in sample of Newberry Medal winners and honor books. Found some diversity among major characters, although white males were overrepresented. Many characters underwent identity crisis. Themes of separation and…

A panel of experts identified 13 seminal literature contributions in the area of educating persons with severe disabilities, and the 13 works were then rank ordered by a self-identified panel. The study also conducted content analyses and examined the particular journals publishing the classic articles. (Author/JDD)

Examined institutional affiliations of authors published in three major journals of school psychology ("Psychology in the Schools,""Journal of School Psychology,""School Psychology Review") and two additional journals in the field ("Professional School Psychology,""Journal of Psychoeducational…

Notes that Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" is not only a masterpiece of modern literature but also a work that exemplifies many ideas of structural family therapy. Examines how Kafka's novella embodies concepts such as parentified children, enmeshment, intergenerational boundaries, coalitions and triangles, structural dysfunction, and…