Presents an introduction to and a critique of E.O. Wilson's new science of sociobiology, which focuses on explaining the social behavior of species as diverse as ants, apes, and humans. Suggests that Wilson has gone beyond his data in claiming that complex human behaviors such as altruism are caused to any extent by genetic, as opposed to…

Reports analysis of five journals: "Commentary," the "Nation," the "New Republic,""Saturday Review," and the "Atlantic Monthly." Commonalities include exaggeration, moral indignation, and complex analysis with simple solutions. Concludes that these journals exist to persuade an educated, affluent, and influential readership that a certain kind of…

In critiquing the first 14 years of the "Educational Administration Quarterly" (EAQ), the author examines the nature of the articles, whether the articles have changed, the ways the articles relate to other professional literature, the value the field attaches to EAQ, and the subscription history of the EAQ. (IRT)

Shows that "The New York Times" devoted a significant portion of its television-related articles to personality features from 1949 to 1977 and that only recently has this trend showed signs of changing. (FL)

Codes 1038 magazine advertisements spanning 1940 through 1950 for mode of address in the child's body, face, eyes, and other areas. Indicates, regarding mode of address, significant rotating image trends toward a more direct address in the eyes and face of the child in the postwar period--trends that were absent in prewar and war years. (PA)

Examines two Milwaukee, Wisconsin newspapers' coverage of homicides. Finds that the newsworthiness of a homicide is enhanced when whites are suspects or victims, males are suspects, and victims are females, children, or senior citizens. Concludes that status deviance and cultural deviance are important components of newsworthiness and that…

Provides a content analysis of the New York "Times," Chicago "Tribune," and Los Angeles "Times" for 1955, 1965, 1975, and 1985. Finds that all three papers emphasized politics and government most in all periods, with economic activity a distant second. (MG)

Examines the front pages of a national sample of dailies in the United States, describing their use of news attributes and determining if any news-use patterns are evident. Finds three news-use patterns: hard news, interpreter news, and prominence news. Identifies timeliness as the most important attribute for front-page news. (RS)

Discusses the history and evolution of the Journal of Cooperative Education and includes information about style and format, contributors, titles of articles, and references. (JOW)

Investigates to what extent advertisements in women's magazines (traditional and nontraditional) reflect the goals of the second feminist movement. Explores whether advertising and the feminist movement are incompatible. Performs content coding of advertising images in women's magazines from the years 1959, 1969, 1979, and 1989. (SR)

Analysis of popular magazine articles published from 1900 to 1989 revealed that the definition of fathering has alternated over the century between fathers as providers and fathers as nurturers. Interest in fatherhood throughout twentieth century was found to have fluctuated rather than increased. Found evidence for increased interest in…

Finds that, over the past century, stories in American newspapers have grown longer; include more analysis; expanded from specific locations to broader regions; place more emphasis on time frames other than the present; and name fewer individuals and more groups, officials, and outside sources. Notes that these trends affect coverage of three…

Examines the issues in adjudicating disputes between critics and experts over quality in children's literature. Finds that critics look for the best work, and popularity is irrelevant to them, while the "expert" looks for books that define the time that the expert lives in. Explores one critic/expert debate over Katharine Tozer's…

Provides an overview of content analysis, a powerful data reduction technique. It is a systematic, replicable technique for compressing many words of text into fewer content categories based on explicit rules of coding. The technique extends far beyond simple word frequency counts, but requires careful definition of categories. (SLD)

A reply to Frede V. Nielsen's, "Didactology as a Field of Theory and Research in Music Education" is presented. According to Nielsen, the principal question concerning Didaktik is What is the essential content in music education? The author of this article, however, argues that this is a philosophical (as well as a legal) issue concerning the aims…