Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

While treating the tragedy with good taste, propagandists showed great inventiveness in picking out facts and opinions to support the Party line. They now assign to President Johnson the task of living up to their image of JFK.

Difficulty in penetrating the market of Greater Los Angeles was the primary reason for the demise of the New York Times' Western Edition. The rival it could not defeat: the Los Angeles Times.

This experimental study focused on the encoding behavior of news photographers. Significant agreement was found on such stylistic elements as number of lights, light contrast, print density, background tone and camera angle.

Grover Cleveland used George F. Parker's skills as press aide to win re-election in 1892, then failed to name him to the post of presidential press secretary. Parker later was a partner of Ivy Lee.

Led by Roy Emerson Stryker, the Historical Section of the Farm Security Administration was probably the first unit of the government to make use of photographic documentation to arouse public opinion.

The six U.S. dailies examined in this study are not much easier to read than they were in 1872. Readability of “responsive” papers actually has declined since the days of yellow journalism, while the “stable” papers have improved.

Students who disagreed with a hypothetical editorial policy leaned over backwards in writing news stories and editorials. Their stories were the most one-sided and their editorials the most partisan.

Even in one of South America's most highly literate capitals, a majority appears to regard radio more highly than the press. Audiences for different media tend to “overlap,” much as they do in the U.S.

Exposure to news through the print media is closely linked to development of political awareness and participation by Costa Rican university students. Many do not conform to the Latin American “militant” stereotype.

The Mexican press is handicapped by lack of professionalism, government pressures, meager circulation and advertising and poor equipment. The author reviews its history and present status in this summary.

Confronted with meager mass communication facilities, low educational levels and political instability, the Congolese government has found that a “managed information” policy is the only practical solution.

The number of schools offering international courses has risen from 30 in 1955 to 44 in 1963; course enrollment has doubled. Faculty appreciation of the value of such courses also has shown a marked increase.

Stereotypes of teaching as a profession seemed to influence both teachers and non-teachers among the 46 students studied. Downgrading of teaching by the prospective teachers points to a need for corrective action.

This department is devoted to shorter reports on research in the communications field. Readers are invited to submit summaries of investigative studies interesting for content, method or implications for further research.

This report for the Council on Communications Research lists, with annotations, 35 doctoral dissertations completed during 1963; 34 titles approved for doctoral candidates, and 228 completed master's theses.