The authors present a picture of contemporary man torn by conflicting forces, caught in a psychic house divided against itself, a victim of war between media and machines. Machines, they state, represent the rationalistic tradition which has brought man to the brink of psychic and social disaster. The media they see as offering hope--true…

Information technology is the collection, storage, processing, dissemination and use of information. This report is an effort to contribute to the formation of a more comprehensive American view of the implications of information technology and to provide a basis for assessing its future impact. The authors of contributed papers discuss…

The implications for American politics, public affairs broadcasting, and new reporting under different sorts of cable television (CATV) systems are considered in detail by this report. The authors believe that a contract carrier system is the most desirable, since it makes broadcast time most freely available and prevents the cable franchise owner…

Drawing on examples from England and Russia, the author discusses three issues involving politics and education: 1) what proportion of society's resources are to be allocated to education, 2) how and by whom shall this allocation be determined, and 3) should control be centralized or decentralized once resources are allocated. (Author/RM)

The authors discuss the results of a survey which collected data on female candidacy for city council offices and on election victories. Questionnaires were mailed to 838 U.S. cities with a population of 25,000 or more. (Author/RM)

Discusses the formation of the Committee on Mass Communication and Political Behavior by the Social Science Research Council in 1974. Describes the committee's proposal to alleviate the need for broad-gaged coordinated studies covering the entire process and range of the media-political spectrum. (MH)

The views of noted historian Herbert Baxter Adams on the nature of historical inquiry, theory, and use are described. Emphasis is placed on his view of history not as politics but as the record of man's total experience in organized society. (DE)

Discusses the history of the influence of Marr's linguistic theory in France. (AM)

Examines the principal student organizations of the late 1930s and 1940s to see how militant student groups operated in an environment of political affiliation and instrumental programs, how they responded to the demands of external political groups, and how their policies and programs related to changing social and political conditions. (Author)

The article discusses what political strategies have been used by politicians to get the Spanish speaking population to help in the presidential elections. (NQ)

Provides a brief analysis of educational policymaking processes in terms of how they underscore the political basis of educational decisions. Examines four approaches to explaining collective decisions--rational decisionmaking theory, pluralist theory, systems analysis, and cybernetic theory--to explore how each might relate in quite different…

Suggests a need to deal with class distinctions when teaching lower class students about art and poetry. (DD)

The career of Jules Leroux, refugee to America in 1866 and a "Christian, philosopher, and communist," is recounted. (Text is in French.) (DB)

Finds that "low-energy information seekers" of differing values are favorably oriented toward direct reference--or attacking--political and commerical advertisement. (KS)

Intended to introduce librarians to social science concepts relevant to the future of librarianship, this essay explores Birdsall's thesis that librarians belong to a special class of professions that share knowledge with their clients, and that the problems of these professions are political as well as social and economic. (EM)