Two kinds of jurisdictions are compared and contrasted to help identify what is--and is not--distinctive to dimensions of the political process. Areas where research is needed are identified. (PN)

Reveals that political advertisements in newspapers covered more issues than did their counterparts in either radio or television in the 1978 gubernatorial campaign in Alabama. (FL)

Analyzes the questions posed by reporters and the answers given by President John F. Kennedy in his formal press conferences. Concludes that questions that followed the rules for interviewing set forth by experts produced better answers than those that did not follow rules. (FL)

In November 1979 the author, a teacher of political communication courses, participated in the production of a series of political television commercials for a congressional candidate in the Southwest. This report describes his observations. (PD)

Summarizes existing literature on speech writing. Examines areas of agreement and disagreement among scholars and the implications of speech writing for the communications scholar and practitioner. (PD)

Presents the first part of a glossary of new social and political terms. Each entry is followed by a paragraph defining its meaning and origin, and by one or more quotations, where the word appears in unusually extensive contexts. Quotations are taken mostly from the news media. (MES)

This essay summarizes the differences between the anthropological view and the folk (cultural) view of the law. The anthropologist focuses on individual relationships while the lawyer emphasizes institutional arrangements. The author argues that these distinct underlying assumptions lead to divergent conceptions of the role of law and the…

Discusses President Carter's televised address on the Panama Canal Treaties in terms of five "topoi" for a rhetoric of retreat: timeliness, urgency, value, advantage, and shrewdness. Compares his failure to employ the commonsense arguments that a policy of retreat requires in the televised speech with his more successful impromptu…

Analyzes news reporters' efforts to sustain both a "presidential" and "press" definition of the presidential press conference by balancing deference for the president with critical confrontation. (JMF)

Examines the metaphoric networks created by a presidential hopeful and a pope. Argues that what is significant about the rhetoric of each is not the recurrence of a single metaphor but rather the appearance of clusters of related metaphors which reveal the rhetor's projected relationship with his audience. (JMF)

Suggests ways in which documentary films can help students in political science courses on the college level understand the current economic difficulties in the United States. (Author/DB)

Includes materials from major speech publications and scholarly publications sponsored by other disciplines. Covers the history, practice, and theory of argumentation; scholastic forensics; experimental studies; interpersonal conflicts; political campaign communication; and articles of general interest. (PD)

School system improvement via legislation such as P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) involves changing three control systems--structural units, decision making procedures, and role and work orientations in the school. Legal statutes can control three aspects of the educational system--resource allocation, rule making, and…

An examination of bilingual education in Colorado Springs (Colorado) reveals that the program has become as much a political as an educational issue. (Author/WD)

Profiles Kathleen Brown Rice (sister of California governor Jerry Brown) and her role on the Los Angeles city board of education. (IRT)