Takes a new look at the importance and the oddity of John Donne's "The Exstasie" through a feminist critical perspective. Discusses certain major elements in the poem: the situation, the the persons, and the images that carry key meanings. (EL)

Provides a historical chronicle of events associated with the first 4 years of Counselor Education and Supervision. Describes the setting for counselor education and supervision in the turbulent 1961 to 1965 period to provide a background for understanding the content of the journal during its infancy. (Author/ABB)

Presents a history of editorial policies for "Rural Sociology" since 1936. Discusses the role of editors and financial life of the journal. Finds continuing themes of articles center on how to develop scientific knowledge of rural life and how to use that knowledge to solve rural problems. (LFL)

An instructional design theory, based on direct empirical validation from a programmatic line of instructional systems research, is presented. Concept learning is viewed as a two-phase process: (1) formation of conceptual knowledge and (2) development of procedural knowledge. (Author/LMO)

Examines the coverage given to sociobiology in 37 introductory psychology textbooks. Results indicated that most books provided some discussion of sociobiology, but it was typically superficial and there were often significant errors in the interpretation of theory. (Author/JDH)

Identified three client typologies (vocational-educational, physical-environmental coping, and personal-social) based on the expressed concerns of 217 rehabilitation clients. The typologies were found to differentiate the interpersonal styles of 45 counselors in terms of their use of counseling interview subrole behaviors and levels of…

Found that, after Argentina, Indonesia, Korea, the Philippines, and Turkey hired U. S. public relations consultants, their news image in the "New York Times" improved in positive coverage and portrayal as more cooperative nations. (PD)

Concludes that coverage of Blacks in five newspapers remained high even after the civil rights movement had subsided. (FL)

Shows how production formats can be compatible with ideological statements without explicitly intending to be so. (FL)

Adult guidance and discussion are two elements necessary to transform children from passive consumers into active critics of the social world presented by television. Ways in which teachers can help students scrutinize what they see on television are discussed. (CB)

A content analysis was performed on 30 stepparenting articles published during the years 1961-1982 in five major parenting magazines. No significant shifts in the number, content, and type of stepparenting articles appearing in the magazines were found. The popular literature dealing with stepparenting may be dependent on professional research for…

Reviewed popular literature (self-help books, magazines, adolescent fiction) that identified stepfamily strengths. Potential strengths of stepfamily life were identified in all three sources. The primary focus of self-help literature and magazine articles, however, was on stepfamily problems. Concludes that adolescent fiction may be used to good…

Offers case studies of the newspaper coverage of similar events--the strife in Cambodia and East Timor and elections in El Salvador and Nicaragua--to illustrate that a propaganda framework is frequently applicable to media coverage of important issues, resulting in a possible absence of diversity of opinion. (PD)

Reports on a study that (1) investigated the validity of the accusations that American television networks displayed an anti-Israeli bias in reporting the invasion of Lebanon and (2) analyzed the quality and quantity of network news coverage of the event. Concludes that CBS had the most assertions unfavorable to Israel. (FL)

Examines 82 journal articles that dealt with an event or trend in the past to explain the past, classifying each as using a conventional or unconventional approach to the subject covered. Concludes that while articles were generally conventional in approach, there was more experimentation than previously thought. (FL)