In recent years, increasing concern with newspaper accuracy and credibility has led some people to question whether newspapers should use veiled, non-specific, attributions in news reporting. This study contains a content analysis of a sample of newspapers to determine the frequency and nature of veiled attributions as they are now employed. The…

The author confronts the popular myth or false idea that Zen Buddhism is escape from reality through drugs and sex. (Author/DE)

Argues that journalism educators must use the tools of social science research to better prepare secondary journalism teachers. (RB)

Examines the effect of varying the quality of evidence in a persuasive message. Concludes that, while good evidence may not be necessary to persuasive communication, poor evidence is detrimental. (PD)

Suggests that from 1972-1974 there was little change in the representation of women as authorative voice-overs or as on-screen experts in television commercials without voice-overs. (MH)

Discusses hazards involved in providing so called "expect" estimates. Stresses that "ball park" estimates from credible sources will be accepted and disseminated as fact. (SL)

Concludes that expectancy-violation (when audience does not expect the position a communicator advocates) enhances persuasive effectiveness more than similarity or unexpected similarity. (RL)

Members of the Minnesota capitol press corps were polled concerning their assessment of their peers' knowledge about legislative issues and their interest in presenting the truth. (GW)

Assesses noncollege, Caucasian readers' perceptions of radical and neutral editorials, attributed to authors of varying sex and ethnicity. (KS)

Indicates that factors other than sex play the major role in determining employee response patterns. (KS)

Examines the functional relationship of source and message by testing the hypothesis that the impact of a message is a function of the strength of the message multiplied by the strength of the source. (MH)

Total of 103 cases of child sexual abuse in which offenders confessed to some level of abuse were examined for purpose of determining extent to which children's statements contained three widely accepted clinical criteria of a true sexual abuse allegation. Criteria were information about context of the sexual abuse, description or demonstration of…

Despite criticism because the author refuses to provide information about his methodology, "The Gourman Report" is used as an authoritative reference by prospective students and researchers in higher education. Deans, university librarians, and offices of institutional research were asked if they shared information with Gourman and they…

Counselor Rating Form - Short Version (CRF-S) was completed by college students (N=133) who rated their counselors (N=6) after an initial session at a college counseling center. Principal components analysis with direct oblimin rotation of the CRF-S yielded two factors, one composed of attractiveness and trustworthiness items and the other…

Argues that it is mandatory that counselors suspend any disbelief in their clients during the early stages of counseling because disbelieving interferes with counselor spontaneity and empathy. Offers suggestions for what can be done to develop appropriate levels of gullibility in counselors in training. (Author/ABB)