Examines the case of Dr. Karl Muck, conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra who was accused of espionage in 1917. Suggests that the espionage charge was a fiction created by newspapers, beginning with "The Providence Journal." Concludes that Muck admitted to being a spy rather than reveal the name of the woman with whom he had an…

Highlights the social setting and the psychological changes that trigger identity crises and moral conflicts in adolescents. Illustrates "tests of character" that adolescents face in Robert Cormier's novels. Describes potential outcomes and educational implications of these tests. (RS)

Analyzes minority representation in housing display ads in 30 metropolitan daily newspapers (the biggest newspapers in the most diverse cities). Finds only a third of those papers complying with the Fair Housing Act, while the other papers do not meet the legal standard for minority representation in housing ads even halfway, and seven papers had…

Explores how the form of print versus television media influenced the autonomy of coverage during the Gulf War. Examines levels of support and criticism of President Bush's policy in the media and the diversity of sources evaluating that policy. Finds that television news was more supportive of the official government line than was print media.…

Analyzes postassassination newspaper editorials eulogizing John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy. Argues that they fulfill four rhetorical functions: providing a public space for symbolic catharsis, celebrating individual virtues and mythic constructions of those virtues, attempting to reknit communal bonds, and calling…

Defines purposes for a book appraisal and notes the following criteria for determining if an appraisal should be done: age, content, illustrations, place of publication, publisher, condition, marginal notes, and previous owners. Discusses items that may be donated to a synagogue or center library, including English-language Judaica, Hebrew and…

Examines the relationship among the advertising industry, the actual "reality" of working women, and sociocultural constructions of female gender identity immediately before, during, and immediately following World War II. Finds that advertisers returned to prewar versions of social reality immediately after the war. (SR)

Presents results of a content analysis of 46 postsecondary reading textbooks to assess the texts' incorporation of features that enhance learning. Describes the use of a modified version of Singer's Friendly Text Inventory to analyze the texts in terms of organization, explication, conceptual density, metadiscourse, and instructional devices. (DMM)

Describes Information Mapping, a methodology for the analysis, organization, sequencing, and presentation of information and explains three major parts of the method: (1) content analysis, (2) project life-cycle synthesis and integration of the content analysis, and (3) sequencing and formatting. Major criticisms of the methodology are addressed.…

Discusses the "Regressive Imagery Dictionary," a computerized content analysis technique for evaluating primary process thought in natural language texts. Describes its use in evaluating the King James Bible. Reports that findings are consistent with a fifth degree polynomial function, as suggested by one model of spiritual development…

Searched articles (n=387) in German magazines with highest circulation rates for attitudes about alcoholism. In 55 percent of articles, alcohol dependence was described as illness, but only 4 percent included definitions of condition. Found articles about alcohol dependence were so simplified reader could mistake condition as being self-inflicted…

This content analysis of library and information science (LIS) research from 1965 to 1985 was conducted to determine the distribution of topics in research articles and the research methodologies that have been used. Results indicated that information storage and retrieval was the most popular topic and that empirical strategies predominated. (20…

Reveals conclusions of an analysis of developmental psychology textbook information about television and children. Reports variability in the amount and type of information presented. Suggests that the amount of information presented has declined in recent years. Expresses concern for the textbooks' scant coverage of the effects of television on…

Explores communication strategies and styles used in television advertising by female U.S. Senate candidates for the 1986 elections. Finds that they focused on issues and stayed away from negative advertising in their ads, tending to highlight their competency as political officials and their past accomplishments. (SR)

Conducted content analysis of 27 undergraduate marriage and family textbooks published from 1988 to 1993 to examine presentation of abortion and adoption in those texts. Abortion received greater coverage and was formally recognized at macro level as pregnancy resolution option and social issue. Adoption was addressed at micro level as option for…