Reports on a study indicating that veiled attribution occurs in approximately three-fourths of news stories in both "Time" and Newsweek," and that the attribution phrases used emphasize partisan ties, suggest expertise, and tend to personalize, to add apparent scope to a story, and to be especially vague in international stories.…

Conclusions resulting from a content analysis of United States and Canadian newspapers are that Canada devoted 49.5 percent of foreign news space to United States news, that the United States press devoted 2.3 percent of foreign news space to Canadian news, and that Canadian newspapers are very dependent on United States news sources for their…

The use of the Delphi technique is demonstrated in conjunction with activity analysis to obtain consensus on and clarity of objectives and activities of full-time members of an academic medical department. The results show which activities contributed to the department objectives and which areas have a divergence of objectives. (Author/LBH)

Investigates the role of television in the satisfaction of various psychological needs in the viewer. Through the Q-sort method and subsequent factor analysis, six viewer typologies are identified. (JVP)

The article corrects discrepancies in the literature on the founding of psychology laboratories in the United States before 1900. Previous reports omitted established laboratories and created disputes as to founders and dates of establishment. A review of literature and a list of laboratories are provided. (KC)

The author discusses the "theory of logical types," which forms the cornerstone of the "double bind hypothesis." The crucial term "metacommunication" is defined to be consistent with logical-type theory. This paper was presented as a plenary address at the Second International Congress of Family Therapy, Jerusalem,…

The history of standardized testing is examined, and various problems with test content, testing processes, and statistical applications of test results are discussed. (MJB)

Reports on an examination of confusion, conflicts, and actual errors in accounts of six events in four major Canadian newspapers. (GW)

Cites and discusses each usage of the term "elective affinity" in the writings of Max Weber and relates Weber's usage of the term to literature, chemistry, and philosophy. (Author/DB)

Examines the federal administration's overall position toward lifelong learning. Presents an analysis of fiscal 1979 budget recommendations for some of the major federal programs supporting lifelong learning. Includes a review of the congressional legislative process and a chart of selected funding recommendations. (MF)

A variety of resources providing specific guidelines for setting broad educational goals--some of which are not included in previous review documents--have been identified. A format for analyzing the skill content of these and similar resources has been developed. (Author/IRT)

A study of 34 composition texts with sales of over 100,000 reveals that only seven demonstrated an awareness of recent theories and discoveries about writing. (DD)

This paper suggests a variety of practical strategies which can be used in qualitative analysis of participant observation programs. (JR)

Reports on a comparison of coverage of the Democratic and Republican parties by 12 Ohio metropolitan newspapers in the 1971 Ohio municipal election campaigns. (GW)

A study of news writing styles of male and female college students indicated that some discernible differences in lexical habits do exist between the sexes. (GW)