A study analyzed children's compositions from grades 1-4 in Slovenian schools. Children described real places within the framework of an experientially provable world, which is empirically available to them within the limits of their abilities and possibilities. Irreal places were described inventively without the support of experience, although…

Despite accumulating evidence of the importance of college student-faculty interaction to student retention and satisfaction, little work has focused on out-of-class (OCC) communication. The present study examines 93 student descriptions of OCC with a faculty member, content analyzed to categorize the nature, length, location, and initiator of the…

Over the past several decades, both health researchers and communication researchers have worried about the degree to which media seem to legitimize, glamorize, or otherwise encourage a variety of health-related risk behaviors, and conversely, the degree to which media can be used to help prevent these behaviors. These behaviors have ranged from…

In a replication and extension of a 1984 study by M. A. Ferguson to investigate the status of theory building by public relations scholars, 748 abstracts and/or articles published in "Public Relations Review,""Journal of Public Relations Research," and its predecessor "Public Relations Research Annual," since their inceptions through the year…

The following report represents the findings from the qualitative portion of the News for a New Generation project. This data provides information about what kinds of news is available for young people, why producers create youth-oriented news the way they do, and what young people say they really want in news. The combination of textual analysis,…

Discusses the contents of children's literature and textbooks written for children which perpetuate sexual stereotypes of females. (RB)

An initial portion of this paper discussed instructional stages, the content of art learning, and a conception of the teaching-learning situation that interrelates instruction and evaluation. Author also described several classroom situations and indicated how evaluation might contribute to improved instruction. (Author/RK)

Discusses freedom of the high school press and the responsibilities student reporters have in presenting accurate information. (RB)

Presents the results of a survey conducted at Colorado State University, examining student and faculty responses to campus newspaper content. (RB)

Research supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Science Foundation. (DD)

Research supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation to the University of Texas at Austin. (DD)