Reports results of a time-series analysis of daily newspaper circulation trends in South Africa for the years 1958 through 1977; notes that the significant finding is that newspaper circulation has barely kept pace with population growth. (GT)

The relative saliency of social comparison and anxiety reduction as motives for interpersonal affiliation was examined in nearly 100 Chicano and Anglo adolescents. The experiment's failure to replicate the findings of Darley and Aronson was probably due to lack of functional equivalence across cultural groups. (Author/GC)

Considers how the changed ecological conditions confronting human societies challenge sociology. Concludes that sociology stands in need of a fundamental alteration in its disciplinary paradigm. Suggests a 'New Ecological Paradigm' which may better serve the field of sociology in light of the current recognition of ecological realities. (Author/DB)

Describes a study which attempts to link micro and macro approaches in the study of societal multilingualism while introducing a diachronic perspective. The sociolinguistic profile of Senegal is used as a point of departure followed by an outline of sociohistorical factors which contributed to language use. Discusses the social implications of…

In this paper, data from the Catholic Americans study is used to test the hypothesis that there is a powerful ethnic factor in intermarriage and thus that considerable intermarriage will lead only to the emergence of new ethnic boundaries enclosing culturally and socially similar nationality groups. (Author/EB)

The changing public attitude towards "total wellness" creates pressure for health educators to desert the basic problem-oriented research programs in favor of nebulous, unmeasurable, but conspicuous targets such as "holistic health." (LH)

A study of the mythological elements attendant upon professional baseball reveals the complex social and cultural beliefs contributing to the current American world view. (LH)

Reviews past research which demonstrates that neither Black corporate pride nor Black ethnicity is a recent phenomenon in American life. Rather, Black ethnogenesis was inspired by the same structural conditions as the development of ethnic identity among White ethnic populations. (Author/KC)

This paper discusses a previously unidentified turn-allocation technique - third person reference. When such a reference is used, participants are orienting to the solution of a practical organizational problem: how to keep at least one of their number from talking, while preserving the right of all others to talk. (Author/CFM)

Data from a South Wales study (n=1,104) and British adult learner survey (n=5,885) found little clear evidence supporting the economic imperative for lifelong learning. Policies have not resulted in increased training opportunities. Many employers are not supporting work-based learning; participation is largely predictable from individuals' social…

Endeavors to make students aware of similarities between today's movie culture and the theater of the 18th century; parallels between a traditional drama and a movie script; and Schiller's understanding of the sublime. (36 references) (Author/CK)

Two articles focus on explaining how researchers make use of narratives to uncover students' and teachers' understanding of the meaning they hold for significant events in their lives. (Author/VWL)

Explores the confluence of cultural and technological changes that led to the transformation of soap into a ubiquitous and well-used object. Picks up the timeline for the development of soap in the early American republic when soapmaking was a householder's task. Traces the rise of the American cleanliness movement and correlates the rise to…

A case study of a science-technology major illustrates the thinking and praxis changes that occurred in cooperative work placements. He became enculturated to research science through his experience in communities of practice. (Contains 30 references.) (SK)

Explores how Carnot's and Monge's mathematical endeavors responded to social, political, and technological developments in French society; how these concerns were reflected in the education reforms that they carried through; and how absolutely essential the new educational arrangements were for the reception and transmission of the conceptual…