The Status of Women section of the Proceedings contains the following 8 papers: "Coverage of Mars Exploration: Media Messages about Women Scientists" (Karon R. Speckman and Lois A. Bichler); "The Case of President Clinton and the Feminists: Discourses of Feminism in the News" (Dustin Harp); "Liberal Feminist Theory and Women's Images in Mass Media: Cycles of Favor and Furor" (Sandra L. Ginsburg); "Reporting the Birth and Death of Feminism: Three Decades of Mixed Messages in 'Time' Magazine" (Carolyn Kitch); "The Women's Suffrage Movement through the Eyes of 'Life' Magazine Cartoons" (J. Robyn Goodman); "Displaced Persons: Race, Sex and New Discourses of Orientalism in the U.S. Mass Media" (Meenakshi Gigi Durham); "Gender and Cultural Hegemony in Reality-Based Television Programming: The World According to 'A Wedding Story'" (Erika Engstrom); and "Portrayal of Women Using Computers in Television Commercials: A Content Analysis" (Candace White, Katherine N. Kinnick, and Kadesha Washington). (RS)