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This is an exceptional study of the ways in which those attending a social science convention acquire and use the information obtained there. The authors also pinpoint the information most interesting and useful to the ample of convention attendants, and the impact of this information on scholarly productivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the impact the paper "The Missing Feminist Revolution in Sociology," written by Judith Stacey and Barrie Thorne in 1985, had on the study and teaching of sociology. The paper argued that sociology, in contrast to other social sciences, had warded off attempts by feminist scholars to transform the field's theoretical and conceptual frameworks. A discussion of a study of the paper, which took place at the 2005 meeting of the American Sociological Association is presented.

AFTER months of preliminary work by its Preparatory Commission, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization was brought into being by UNESCO's first General Conference last December. One of the Organization's main purposes is to "collaborate in the work of advancing the mutual knowledge and understanding of peoples, through all means of mass communication." Presented below is that portion of the Preparatory Commissions report which served as the basis for the Conference's deliberations on mass communication. The program for 1947 which was actually adopted by the Conference will appear in the next issue of the QUARTERLY. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]