Forty-eight high and forty-eight low dogmatic subjects received neutral information about fictitious countries from sources who were positive, unbiased (neutral) or negative toward the country. It was concluded that closed-minded people react to surface indicators of validity whereas open-minded people use the characteristics of a description to…

Supports the hypothesis that exposure to nonmediated information that conflicts with information gained from a media source would cause an increase in media skepticism. Suggests that media skepticism may be a useful construct for future research in communication processes and effects. (NKA)

Examined formal and informal help-seeking behavior in which college students engaged to address academic difficulties. Of 612 college students surveyed, 573 expressed some degree of need for help with courses or general study skills. Results indicated that informal sources of help were used more frequently than were institutional sources.…

Lists eleven organizations that offer educational resources on Asia and the Pacific. Includes both Asian and North American organizations and provides ordering information for each organization. (GEA)

Lists addresses, telephone numbers, and contact persons for each state data center plus those in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Describes available rural data and services (mostly free): informational assistance, computer tapes and printouts, maps, assistance using data, and information on new products. (NEC)

Examines preferred media sources for four categories of special news--medicine, science, business, and consumer economics. Found that respondents ranked the media in the following order as preferred sources of specialized news: (1) local television affiliates, (2) local newspapers, (3) magazines, (4) radio, (5) cable networks, and (6) national…

Concludes that more than half of the stories on network newscasts contained anonymous source attributions. (FL)

Concludes that journalists and sources share notions about what aspects of a bureaucratic process are worth their attention and that journalists select information in a patterned way, with that pattern determined by the frames of reference of the sources. (FL)

A survey was made of Scottish parents who requested that their child attend a school other than the one which the child would normally attend in order to explore parental characteristics and explanations. Also investigated were the sources of information on which parents based their decisions. (Author/MT)

This article describes principals' centers and the principals' center movement, identifying key issues raised by them. Future directions and persistent questions for the principals' center movement are developed. (MT)

The Computer Chronicle Newswire Network (for Inter Learn, Inc.) offers an electronic newswire service modeled on United Press International (UPI) and Associated Press (AP) specially designed to help young people publish their own local versions of an international newspaper. The network is described, with information on how to join provided. (JN)

Discusses a study to determine how past and future consumers of household energy-saving features perceive Extension as a source of energy information. Results indicate that they should continue to view Extension as a leading source of energy information. (JOW)

Discusses: (1) geologists and the history of geology; (2) American historians and the history of geology; (3) history of geology in the 1980s; (4) sources for the history of geology (bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, periodicals, public/official histories, compilations, and books); (5) research opportunities; and (6) other…

Examines the history of biology in the United States by considering: (1) general trends about the nature of American biology; (2) sources of information; (3) biographies; (4) biological institutions; and (5) disciplinary studies. Indicates that the field is dominated by internalists who focus on particular persons and topics. (JN)

Finds substantial agreement among major media as to the mix of various news topics but substantial disagreement as to which specific stories should be used. (FL)