An analysis of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science (1970-84) examined (1) the nature of information science; (2) the relationship between information and library science; (3) whether information science is a new branch of science; (4) the relationship between information science and scientific information; and (5) whether a…

Claims all-news radio programming has appeal because it is monotonous, cyclically repetitive and expectable and that (1) the style encourages "habitual" and "automatic" listening with an economy of effort, and (2) the structure anesthetizes listeners by couching the news in familiar linguistic forms which subtly stabilize and…

A content analysis of the pictures in teacher training institutions' prospectuses was undertaken. The view of teaching conveyed was compared with primary school practice and found not to reflect the realities of contemporary classroom life. (Author/MT)

Discusses how current procedures for selecting/constructing equivalent texts may lead to error because of their specific limitations; proposes the utilization of micro-propositional analysis coupled with word-frequency lists and readability formulas for constructing "matching" texts; presents some procedures which researchers working in…

Reviews network coverage of Latin America, asserting that an orientation toward visually exciting crises without an adequate longitudinal awareness, encourages a lack of attention to social developments, with adverse foreign policy consequences. (MS)

Studies the fate of scientific observations as they pass from original reports intended for scientific peers into popular accounts aimed at a general audience. (FL)

A survey of over 1,300 newspapers shows major changes between 1979 and 1983 in content and layout. Several trends run counter to reader interests: (1) increasing the ratio of features to hard news, (2) reducing the balance of national/world news to local news, and (3) reducing the number of columns on specialized interests. (PD)

Suggests the possibility of combining aspects of a transformational generative theory such as deep structure case grammar with concepts from a nontransformational, nongenerative theoretical framework such as form content analysis, for practical application in the area of foreign language teaching. (SL)

Discusses the nature of cohesive relationships and the contribution of cohesion to comprehension in determining the role of cohesion in written text. (DF)

Examines the use of key words in two poems. (DF)

Introductory psychology textbooks were analyzed to determine what percentage of space they devoted to the following content areas: experimental/learning, physiological/biological, developmental, social/personality, cognitive, clinical, educational, industrial/organizational, tests and measurements, and other. Results showed a clear preponderance…

An content analysis of introductory psychology textbooks revealed that only 25 percent of the texts include a section on industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology and that another 25 percent fail to even mention the area. Such limited coverage of the I/O field may limit career alternatives that students consider. (RM)

Provides a thematic presentation of poems written for young readers during the First World War. Draws heavily upon the poems and articles that appeared in "The Boy's Own Paper," a British popular magazine of the period. (HOD)

Discusses the results from a content analysis of popular articles on stepfamily life from 1940-1980. Results showed that articles were primarily directed to women or general audiences, shared personal or professional experience and/or advice, viewed stepfamily life as optimistic, and saw most stepfamily problems stemming from the stepparent and…

Concludes that about 10 percent of stories in a basal series (grades one through eight) showed a character reading something for either information or pleasure, but seldom as an important part of daily life. Argues that basals could set a better model of the value of reading. (FL)