Synthesizes the history and research trends of the National Reading Conference (NRC) through a global analysis of 2,139 articles published in this journal (from 1969 to 1991) and the NRC Yearbooks (from 1952 to 1991). Includes recommended reading lists of NRC "firsts, classics, and oddballs." (RS)

Conducted content analysis of "Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development," reviewing 90 full-length articles published in the journal from January 1985 through October 1989. Findings suggest trends toward more balanced representation among institutional contributors, racial and ethnic groups studied, empirical versus…

Conducted systematic descriptive review of social support literature, outlining measurement problems, identifying nature of assessment inadequacies, and providing recommendations for future. Reviewed 262 empirically based articles published between 1980 and 1987. Designed system to organize data on sample characteristics, type of instrument,…

Presents a methodology based on the concept of "material rhetoric" that can help scholars avoid problems as they reclaim women's historical texts. Defines material rhetoric and positions it theoretically in relation to other methodologies, including bibliographical studies, reception theory, and established feminist methodologies. Illustrates…

Normalizes titles of 634 "Human Communication Research" articles using linguistic reduction, elimination of common words, and terms with indiscriminate meaning, and tokenization of phrases and compound concepts. Finds that concepts were grouped into five large clusters: media, family, conflict, and learning; culture, social organization, and self;…

Describes a content analysis of sexually explicit Internet material at three times (1995, 1996, and 1998), which found that material became more explicit between 1995 and 1996 but declined somewhat between 1996 and 1998 and that these sites had no barriers to access. Addresses implications for family-life educators. (SK)

Describes the Web presence in print advertisements to determine how marketers are creating bridges between traditional advertising and the Internet. Content analysis showed Web addresses in print ads; categories of advertisers most likely to link print ads with Web sites; and whether the Web site attempts to develop a database of potential…

Appraises the information content of Singapore television advertising, and makes a comparison with relevant United States findings. Research reported in this paper is a replication of two empirical studies of the informational content of television advertising in the United States from 1977. (Author/LRW)

Updates previous studies and provides the first comprehensive history of both male and female roles in Newbery winners. Identifies shifts in gender roles. Finds that gender roles in the Newbery winners are becoming increasingly balanced and that the parity between male and female main characters also has improved dramatically. Recommends that…

Discussion of desktop videoconferencing and its use for remote tutorials focuses on limitations in current methods for assessing video channel quality, which is thought to affect the effectiveness of the tutorial. Outlines a new scheme for tutorial content quality analysis and discusses results from tests with higher education students. (Contains…

Presents results of a content analysis of doctoral dissertations done in the field of educational technology from 1977 through 1998 that was conducted to determine the major themes of dissertations, how the themes have changed, how research methodologies have changed, what trends are evident, and what the emerging trends are. (LRW)

Approaches the study of emotions in organizations holistically, based on a proposed framework. Provides descriptive data that suggests the presence of the framework's major elements. States that future examination of emotions based on this framework should assist in understanding emotions, which are frequently ignored in a rational model. (PA)

Explains the use of instant lessons to quickly create an instructional module. Highlights include content for each type of knowledge needed; what makes a lesson complete; how to develop lesson elements, including motivation; and how to effectively combine lesson elements. (LRW)

Presents a content analysis of the depiction of abortion and adoption in 62 marriage and family textbooks. Findings show that books devote more attention to abortion than to adoption and cast abortion as a macro, societal issue while depicting adoption as a micro issue. (Author/MKA)

Examines articles in the Journal of Mental Health Counseling (JMHC) as an indicator of mental-health counselors' professional identity development. Content analysis of the first 15 volumes reveals a decline in the percentage of research articles published over this 15-year period, suggesting that the field has matured. (RJM)