Stanley J. Baran

The Audience of Public Television: Did Watergate Make a Difference?.

This study assesses the effect on the audience, programming, and finances which resulted from covering the Watergate hearings.

Impact of Media

Dennis K. Davis and Stanley J. Baran, Mass Communication and Everyday Life: A Perspective on Theory and Effects (Belmont, Ca.: Wadsworth Publishing, 1981—

The Regulation of Televised Violence

7.95, paper) James B.LOmert Does Mass Communication Change Public Opinion After All? A New Approach to Effects Analysis (Chicago: Nelson-Hall Publishers, 1981—

Mass Communication Theory: Foundations, Ferment and Future

17.95/8.95) Annual Report 1978/79. 1979/80 of the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation (50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10020—free on request, paper) Emile McAnany, Jorge Schnitman, and Noreene Janus, eds. Communication and Social Structure: Critical Studies in Mass Media Research (New York: Praeger Special Studies, 1981—price not known)

Introduction to Mass Communication: Media Literacy and Culture

A comparison of government action in the areas of broadcast violence and sexually offensive materials can provide the basis for stricter control of that televised violence. The Federal Communications Commission has been reluctant to deal with violence, citing First Amendment considerations, but historically has shown little such concern in the regulation of “sexually offensive” materials. Precedents and arguments are offered and examined and the stricter control of violent and aggressive program content is urged.