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IN ASIA, THE MOST POPULOUS REGION OF THE WORLD, THE COUNTRIES SUFFERING MOST FROM POVERTY AND ILLITERACY ARE ALSO THE POOREST IN COMMUNICATION FACILITIES. PROGRAMS ARE NEEDED TO DEVELOP NEWSPAPER AND PERIODICAL CIRCULATION, NEWS AGENCIES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, RADIO BROADCASTING, FILMS, AND TELEVISION. JOURNALISTS NEED TO BE TRAINED IN ALL THE INFORMATION MEDIA. LOCAL LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED, READER PREFERENCE IN MAGAZINES SHOULD BE DETERMINED, LOW-COST RADIO RECEIVERS SHOULD BE PROVIDED, HIGH PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO DEVELOPMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES, NATIONAL NEWS AGENCIES SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED AND SHOULD COOPERATE. GOVERNMENTS SHOULD ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN INDUSTRIES NECESSARY TO THE INFORMATION MEDIA. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AS 1605.B FROM NATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS OF UNESCO PUBLICATIONS OR FROM THE MASS COMMUNICATION CLEARING HOUSE, UNESCO, PLACE DE FONTENOY, PARIS-7E, FRANCE, FOR $1.50. (MF)

USING DATA FROM A STANFORD UNIVERSITY STUDY IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, A MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS WAS MADE OF 25 MEDIA USE AND INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIORS. SEVEN SOCIAL-PERSONAL AND THREE PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES WERE ALSO CONSIDERED. YOUNGER ADULTS WERE MOST LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN ADULT EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY VOCATIONAL COURSES AND EVENING CLASSES AND USE RADIO FOR MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT. OLDER ADULTS WERE THE ONES MOST LIKELY TO READ "READERS' DIGEST" AND RELY ON RADIO FOR INFORMATION. READING OF FICTION BOOKS AND OF DOMESTIC AND FASHION MAGAZINES (WOMEN), AND PARTICIPATION IN ARTS AND CRAFTS COURSES (MEN) AND LIBERAL ARTS (WOMEN) WERE BEST PREDICTED BY SEX. EDUCATION CORRELATED WITH READING OF BOOKS, NEWS MAGAZINES, AND PERIODICALS IN GENERAL AND WITH RECENT PUBLIC LIBRARY USE. INCOME AND EDUCATION WERE STRONG PREDICTORS OF NEWSPAPER USE. RECEPTIVITY TO NEW EDUCATIONAL MEDIA PREDICTED THE USE OF REFERENCE BOOKS, IMPERSONAL INFORMATION SEEKING, AND INDEPENDENT STUDY. MEMBERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS CORRELATED CLOSELY WITH INTERPERSONAL INFORMATION SEEKING, AND THE PERCEPTION OF PRACTICAL INFORMATION IN MEDIA WAS RELATED TO USE OF "LIFE" MAGAZINE, SERIOUS TELEVISION PROGRAMS, AND SPECIFIC INFORMATION SEEKING. ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION CORRELATED WITH NONFICTION READING. IMPLICATIONS AND ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES WERE SUGGESTED. INCLUDED ARE 52 TABLES AND FIGURES AND 28 REFERENCES. THIS PAPER WAS PRESENTED AT THE NATIONAL SEMINAR ON ADULT EDUCATION RESEARCH, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 11-13, 1968. (LY)

This Crisis Paper is thirty-third in a series which expands the analysis of the crisis under discussion to provide a multi-national view of the issue by quoting comment from a selection of newspapers and journals of several countries. A brief introduction outlines the history and background of the energy crisis, emphasizing the underestimated demand for oil and the overestimated amount of accessible oil outside the Middle East. Journal and newspaper articles from six countries--United States, France, West Germany, Japan, Egypt, and United Kingdom--follow, ranging in date from April to November 1973. A two-page commentary underlines major problems brought out in the articles and summarizes the political and economic implications which are analyzed in the comments. A list of four basic policy questions implicit in the energy crisis conclude the issue. (Author/KSM)

Discusses the standards of excellence student newspapers meet to win the George H. Gallup Award given by the Quill and Scroll Society. (RB)

This scorebook summarizes the fundamentals of journalism as they apply to student publications and outlines established practices and techniques essential in the production of a good newspaper. The Columbia Scholastic Press Association (C.S.P.A.) has reduced to a 1000-point scoring system the fundamental objective factors of basic student-newspaper and related publications. This book is intended for a judge's workbook as well as a scorebook. (Author/CK)

Research shows that a relationship bordering on separatism exists between those who teach and those who practice journalism in America. A 1972 AEJ Convention Report. (Author/RB)

Survey concludes that with a continuing growth in the number of stock holders, interest in business news and market quotations will increase. (RB)