Compares how the Carter and Reagan administrations are portrayed in Canadian editorial cartoons. Finds that the Carter administration was treated more favorably than the Reagan administration. (RS)

Reports that coverage of preelection polls by the Israeli press has increased markedly since 1948, as has media sponsorship of them. (FL)

Analyzes press coverage of the 1979 British general election to determine if reporting concentrated on the "dramatic contest" aspects of the campaign or on issues. Concludes that while coverage of the "dramatic contest" aspects of the election increased as the campaign went on coverage of the issues remained the major focus.…

Reports that the subject of leadership ranked high, but party policy was not ignored in editorials in four major British newspapers during the 1979 British general election. (FL)

Reports on a study revealing that members of the Israeli Parliament elected after the 1973 Yom Kippur War showed a higher level of exposure to the news media, and a greater appreciation of the media's contribution to their knowledge of public opinion, than members elected before the war. (GW)

Reports that, for Dutch viewers, the televised debates between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter helped develop a presidential preference, regardless of the viewers' own political orientations, and that the debates may have benefited Carter. (GW)

Reveals a trend toward more emphasis on images and less on issues in political advertising and news. (FL)

Eight brief research reports concerning, among other topics, the world news coverage of United States and international broadcasters, the image of the adolescent in the English press, the content of Taiwan's English and Chinese press, and newspaper inaccuracies and readers' perception of bias. (FL)

Discusses the creation of national broadcasting services in Nigeria, their conflicting national and regional goals, and the subsequent establishment of rival broadcasting systems by regional governments. (GT)

Summarizes research in the following areas: political group viability as predictor of media attitude; newspaper agenda setting and community expectations; effects of the Gertz decision in one circuit; acceptability clauses and the writer's legal remedies; image of Greece in the American press; newspaper responsibility for errors in supplements;…

Deals with (1) libel and business executives, (2) roles portrayed by men and women in news photographs, (3) media-lawyer relationship, (4) American magazine coverage of Nazi death camps, (5) "New York Times" coverage of El Salvador's war, (6) news diffusion, (7) New Mexico newspapers and mayoral elections, (8) image of Italy in US…

Lists and annotates more than 200 articles on mass communication, grouped according to topic. Topics include advertising, broadcasting, courts and law, journalism education, history and biography, international, public relations, visual communication, and women and media. (GT)

Reviews research dealing with Canadian editors' views of Canada-United States relations, measuring audience activity, the effects of "Herbert v. Lando," agenda setting in the 1976 election debates, media use and political orientations of ethnic groups, the readability of tabloid papers, and the women's magazine short story heroine. (FL)