The 12 papers collected in this volume were written by graduate students in a magazine publishing seminar conducted at the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Papers discuss a range of topics related to contemporary magazines and are of interest to editors, publishers, journalism educators, and students.…

In form of an interview with the editors and staff members of "BBC Modern English," goals and structures of this magazine for juvenile and adult language learners are outlined. The problems discussed include: linguistic progression, text contents and types of exercises. (Text is in German.) (IFS/MS)

Responded to a series of criticisms which appeared in the Spring issue of this journal and which claimed that the author had distorted John Dewey's position in educational history. Suggestions for further areas of exploration of the Dewey legacy are made and many quotations from Dewey's works are included. (Author/DB)

Five role-taking tasks were arranged in a task hierarchy on the basis of their content and structural aspects. These tasks were then presented to 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds and the data analyzed by scalogram and cluster analysis. The results supported the hypothesis and revealed a fundamental structural difference among tasks. (JMB)

Examines the divergent critical methods that have been used to unravel the complex aspects of television programing in an attempt to understand television in American culture. Proposes the analysis of television content as it relates to cultural history in order to discover "an ultimate sense of reality in America." (JMF)

Editors of 33 library journals were surveyed to identify the number of unsolicited manuscripts received and published annually, and to examine the process for selecting those to be published. The findings reveal a high rejection rate (77.3 percent) with little reliance on external judges to review potential articles. (Author/JAB)

Describes the benefits of cloze tests and content inventories as instruments for diagnosing reading ability. (DD)

Thirty-six assumptions are presented in this examination of clinical observation as a structure, i.e., as a systematic array of tasks for persons in defined positions with the intent of achieving instructional purposes. (MJB)

Outlines the general and specific approaches used by a group of researchers attempting to determine whether or not various adult-oriented, entertainment advertisements in a Las Vegas tourist publication constitute deceptive advertising practices. Discusses overall study results and suggests possible areas of review. (MH)

Describes the use of the Cloze Test measuring the difficulty of textbooks. After testing six English textbooks, a ranking for difficulty is given, the progression of difficulty within the text is described, and the relation between basic and supplementary texts is discussed. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Data indicate trends in the field of reading. (MKM)

The content of recent children's literature--especially works dealing with death, sex, old age, and homosexuality--is not an end in itself; the handling of that content and its ultimate meaning are crucial in selecting books for children. (DD)

Reports on an analysis of data in two Houston daily newspapers, which indicates that the distribution of crimes reported in the press is markedly dissimilar from the distribution of crimes reported to the police; concludes that newspaper readers are given a distorted view of the reality of crime. (GW)

Presents an introduction to the study of images of blacks in visual media and considers some of the problems involved in applying visual literacy ideas to the specific area of race and racism. (MH)

The essays of 480 children from 6 to 14 years of age were content analyzed along 21 dimensions of friendship expectation. Results supported an invariant-sequence interpretation for the 11 dimensions which increased significantly with age. (Author/JMB)