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DOCUMENT aisung ED 119 198 CS 202 528 , AUTHOR Hall, William E. Ed. . .TITLE Journalism Abstracts: M.A., M.S., Ph.D., Theses in Journalism and 'Mass Communication. Vol. 13. INSTITUTION-. Association for Education im Journalism. PUB DATE 75 , NOTE 172p,; Not available in hard copy-due to marginal legibility of original document . - . AVAILABLE FROM Journalism Abstracts, Business Office, lssociation for Education in Journalism,. 431 Murphy 'Hall, . -University of iiinnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 ($6.00 paper) ,. . ERRS PRICE MF-$0.83 Plus Postage. HC Not Available from EDRS. DESeRIPTORS Abstraqts; Annotate& Bibliographies; Communication -(Thought Transfer); Content'Analysis; *Doctoral - Theses; Higher Education; *Journalism; *Mass Media; *Masters Theses; Media Research; News Media; NewspaperS; Radio; Research Methodology; Research Tools; Television 'IDENTIFIER Broadcast Journalism - ABSTRACT This annual compilation by the Association for . Education in Journalism describes master's theses and doctoral dissertations writen in schools and departments of journalism and communication in the United;States between July 1, 1974, and June 30, 1975:4 Th4 aim of the'book is to improve the flow of information about current research by providing easy access to,students and teacheiS,in journalism schools, to scholars in related diSciplines, and to professionals in the media of maps communication. It contains -287 abstracts submitted.from 40 colleges. and universities, including 49 doctoral dissertations and 238 masters theses. All abstracts were . prepared by th6 students or their advisors. The abstracts are . arranged, in alphabetical order under doctoral dissertations and master's theses. An author index and, a complete subject index are. included. (RB) 1 *****************************ic*****************************;(********** Documents acquired by ERIC include many infOrmal unpublished * * . . materials not available from other sources. makes every effort * "ERIC *,. to obtain tjie best copy available. Nevertheless, items of marginal * * reproducibility are often encountered and this affects the quality * * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available * * via `the ERIC Document Reproduction,Service (EDRS). EDRS is not * * responsible for the quality of the original docuient. Reproductions * * supplied by EDRS are the best_thaCcan be made from the original. * * *********************************************************************** ' U.S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WE FARE NATJONACINSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO.. OUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN ATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY Journalism Aibsracts Published by the Association for Ei ducation in Journalism Volume 13 t 1975 0 . Theses -in J ournalismandMass_ Communication_ Ph .D . M. A. , Editor: William E. Hall The Ohio State University, School of Journalism Columbus. Ohio 4321 . 2 Correspondence about editorial-and, business. matters should be addreised. to Journalism Abstracts, Business Office, Association for Education in Journalism, 431 Murphy Hall, University of Minnesota;Minneapplis, Minnesota 55455. Copies are available from the Busin'ess Office at $6.0 --- each. Special rate to studertts of journalism and members of the AEJ, $5.00. Checksshould.be made payable to JOURNALISM ABSTRACTS. to 4.1 rt 't PARTfCIPAT.ING 0 N S T T I N S Ball State University".' Murray State University _ California State-UniversityFresno University ofNorth Carolina' California State University, Fullerton North Tetras State University California'State University, korthridge Northern Illinoit University Central Michigan University' Ohio University East Texas State University Oklahoma State IlniVersity University of Florida University of Pennsylvania University orGeorgia Pennsylvania,State.University --University San Jose State Unive'rsity Indiana University South Dakota gtate Uni'versity University of Iowa , Stanford' University. Iowa State University Syracuse University University 'of Kansat Temple University Kansas State University ',University of Tennessee, University of Kansas University of0Texas Kent State University University of Washington. University of 'Maryland West Virginia.University University'of Mississippi Western Illinois University Univeitity of Missouri University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Montana University of Wyoming 411 4 V roe . <;;I a . For the :fourth year a very special vote _IBTRODUCTIOlg Journalism Abstracts is an annual compi- of thanks goes to Mrs. Ouita M Tomlin, sen- , lationby.the Association forpecation ior-publidatio;i4absinant, whose capable and ,41 Journalism of master's theses and doctoral conscientious, efforts'ire; iW,largepart, re- dissertations, written in schools and depart- sponsible for the almost error-free, quality' ments of journalism and communication in the ofqthe pUblication. She supervised ail.typ- 45 . United States. Thesaim of the book is to im- ing and compiled the tedious sub-indexes that proVe the flow of information about current hake it possible for the reader to find de- research to students and teachers in journal- sired topics quickly and with minimum effort., ism schools, to scholars in related di-1mi- Assisting Mrs. Tomlin with.the typing were arid' plines to professionals in the media of Mrs.'Harriet Allent:Mrs. Casey Elia, Miss mass communication Cherry Fahrenbruc4and Mrs. Barbara Tilley.. This book, Volume 13, containS*287 ab- Faculty membera',James D. Harless, Paul stracts submitted from 40 colleges and uni= V. Peterson and Galen R. Rarick again provid- versities. includes 49doctoral dieserta- ed invaluable assistance to the editor in in- tions as opposed to 65 last year;.and 238 dexihg abstracts by subject matter, a chore master's theses-as opposed to 297 last year. that provokes sharp differences of opinion. Comparisons become-more significant F. T. Gaumert alio of the Journalism faculty, e when :the reader goes baCk to Vqlume I (1963). again supervised printing arrangements. That book contained 158 abstracts, (17 dis- Ohio State is happy to be able again to -. render this service:to AEJ cplleagues. sertitions, 141 theses) collected from 27 It is a minor contribution to journalism education, schools. but we feel that it is an important one. 'The 1975 book includes those theses and --W.E.W. dissertations accepted*fromJUly 1, 1974 to June 30, 1975. In addition, a few abstracts Columbus that missed the,deadline, for, the previous August, 1975 'year's.volume'areincluded. All abstracts were prepared by the students themselves or by their advisers. ORGANIZATION While complete coverage is the goal.of . The abstracts are arranged in alphabeti- this series, a few schools and some students -., cal order for doctoral dissertations first fail to participate. However, on the basis and then for master's theses. of this year's response from 40.institutionst An author index appears in the Table of the editor estimates coverage is approaching Contents. A complete subject matter index its goal and that Volume 13 includes the vast begins oh page'156. Numerals used in the majority of those theses and dissertations subject matter index refer to the ABSTRACT accepted during the publication period. NUMBERS which precede each abstract in the book and not to page numbers. This system 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS allows eventual computerized automation of The editor first wishes to express his:. 4 the indexing process. appreciationtd all students and advisers whose cooperation' made this thirteenth volume possible. The-proMpt shipment here of first quarter or first semester abstracts duiing OBTAINING COMPLETE STUDIES the winter months again substantially reduced Many of the doctoral dissertationsde- laitminute pressures.." scribed in'this volume may be ordered on -Nexf year, Journalism Abstract's will microfilm or in Xerox copies from University move to a new hoMe after four years at The Microfilms, Inc., 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Ohio State School Qf Journalism. I would Arbor, Michigan 48106.' like to express a vote of *appreciation to my Master's theses usually may be borrOwed faculty and staff for their recognition of through the Inter-Library Loan Service from the value of this publication and for-their. the university library in which they are cheerful acceptance-Of inconveniences and in- shelved. -Most large libraries will provide 4 crea-aed work loads during its preparation. microfilm or Xerox copies on request. CONTENTS AND AUTHORINDEX Page No. - Page 49 Jerry L. Bayne 50 Mark A. Bedner 50,Thomas M. Belden Ph.D. Abstracts 51 Thomas R: Berg 51 Colleen .J. Birch 2 Eric Alan Abbott 52 Toby Bqnwit 2 Paul Douglas Adams 52 Ronald Wayne BoWes -3 Henry Alvah Anderson, Jr, 52 Robert Burgess Boyd 3 Lee B. Becker 53 Richard Byron Bronk 4 Sheldon Lary Belmar) 53 Jane Delano Brown -5 Melinda Thach Birchmore Jeanne Brownlee. Bonnie 54 5 John Harold Boyer H. Buipee DaVid 54 ,4 6 Jennings Bryant, Jr. Lane Burrows' Edward '55 7 Joanne R. Cantor -55,Robert Jose CaldWell 8 Glenna Gail Crotts 56-Snyder C. Caldwell , I 9 -James P. Crow 56 Beverly-Barnum Carden 10. Don Charles Dodson 56 Scott C. Carlberg 11 William D. Downs, Jr. 5 Bob A. Carroll' 12 Edna F. Einsiedel 57 JaMei 0,,2Castagnera 13 George Paul Evans 58 Richirgegson Chalfen 13 Patrice,Lynne French 58 Te-Cheng Chang . 14 Romeo H. Gecolea 59* Mei-Chin Chen 15 Rae Goodell ---59-Kevin-Mictsol-Connors -16-_Jeck Robert Hart 60 Kathleen K.Constanzi 17 Robert Parker Baykins 60 Mary Katherine Cook 18 William Herbert 60 Michael W. Cooney 19 Michael B. Hesse 61,.RoberfStephen Cross 19 Heather E. Hudson 62 Mary Anne Gillis Culpepper 20 Teresa Mary Hynes 62.Sindra Harriet Cutler 21 Miles-M. Jackson 63 Russell Edward Dealey 22 John Kelley Jennings 63 James LeRoy Deatherage, III 23 Cirl E. Johnson 64 Dwight 0. Deay 24 David William Jones, Jr, 64 James- joteph Desmarais 25 Marvin GordonKimbroggh 65'.Bakbara A. Diekhins 25 Fiancis.R. Lalor 65 Giclia E. Diliberto Sue McIntyre 65 Marilyn G. Dilley. 27'Charles B. Mailer. :66 Dennis R, Dimick 28 Charles, Henry Martin 66 Janet L. Dooley 28 Nikos Metallinos .67 Glenii Newton Dotter 29 Roy Leamon Moore 67 David M.Dozier Hwaq,Oh -67 Valerie Marttile Dueber 31:Frederick Michael O'Hara 68 Virginia Tebyrica Eaton 32 Harold-William Oxley .. 68' Anne Ediger 32 Donald Edwin Parente 69 Judith A. Ellison 33 Robert Fred Reisbeck sz. 69 H. Stuart El-Way 34 Patricia Elizabeth Robertus 70 Kathleen L. Endres_ 34 Susan Higley.Russell , 70,Richard D. English 35 Charles C. Self 71 Robert Hays Etnyre, Jr. 36 Roger. Allan Simpson 71-Lynne S. Farber 37 Ester Gottlieb Smith 71 Virgihie Dodge Fielder 37 Rohert.qouis Stevenson 72 Bobbie Arlene Fink ... 38 Stuart Anspacti Umpleby 73 Jack S. Fishman 39-John-W. Windhauser 73 Herbert Paul Ford 40 Dena Winokur 73 John Xllen Frair- 74 Sharon Lynn Stricker Frazier 74 Sharon M. Friedman 75 Rita Fujiki 75 Eddye S. Gallagher - M.A.eand M.S. Theses 76...Judy W. .Garret *76 Tommie Geveden 77 Jay Jerrold Goldberg 41 Salim Yousef Abdul-Rahim 77Toliglas Daniel Goldschmidt 41 Adebisi AkanniAborisade 78 Barbara Glenk Good 42 Michael Addis - 78 Karen Miller Goodman .42 John W. Ahlhauier 79 Peter Anton Goubert 42 Jerry W. Alien 79 Harriet H. Greaney 43 Robert Eugene Alshouse 79 Eleanor Gibson Hale 43 Beverly Saleeme Ammar 80 KirkEdward Hallahan 44 Dawid Wallace Anderson 81 W. Scott Handley 44 William R. Anderson' 81 Joseph McGarvey Harper 45 Russell W. Andrews 81 Nancy Kellogg Harper 45 William Mark Apllebaum 82 Candice Cecelia Harr 46 Howard Leigh Arenstein 82 Patricia' Dempsey Harris 46 Craig E. Aronoff 83 Carol,Waskin 47 James H.D. Audu ----47 Gerald Joseph Daldasty 83 Dufse A. Hayduk 84 Lincoln Murray Haynes 48 Joseph Lamar Baldwin 84 Donnetta Heitschmidt 48 John M.Barnum, Jr. 85 John Grant Heller 48 William C. Barrett - 0 'Page Page' Ne.A No. 123 Michael Ross Ruffner 85'Joyce Sydell Herring 124 Pamela Sue Sadowske 86 Helene C..Bourdon Higbee 124 Deanna J. Sands 86 Thomas Robert Holden 125' Marianne Sawicki - 87 Terrence R. Hustedt 125 Guy Scandlen- 87 Karl A. Idsvoog 126. Michael J. Sehelstrate 88 Natalie N. Inada 127 Robert G. Schildmeyer 88'Zahid lqbal 127 Carol P. Schmidt 89 Marilyn JaCkson-Beeck, 128 Wilson Schmitt 89 Robert JeSinkieWicz 128 Virginia Marie Schramm 90 Christie aelen 128 ,Marsha Sears 90 Edward Floyd John 129 Kay Elizabeth Canter Sharp '129 Wendy Kay Shelton 90 Sue Ann Luna Jones 130.John 127 91 Mary Ruth Luna Kahl 130 John Magic Shotwel -1 91 Sarah Ellen Williamson Kanervo 131 Nancy Hurley Smith 92,Judith' Ann Kates , 231 Ira Michael Southward 92 Jerry Lee Kern 13Byron John St. Diii4r 93 Vincent D. Kohler 132 James Russell Stanton 94 Patricia M. Korp 132 Robert Moi$e:Steeg 94 Donald John Kosterman . 133 Helen L. Steeves 94'Doiis Kreitlow 134 Clara W. Stewart a 134 CatherineRobinson Strong 96-Peter C. Lang 135 Peter Szekeres 96 Patricia .Ann .Larsen 135 Nancy Jane Taylor 97 Phyllis McElheney Lepke 136 Selina` A. Taylor' 97 Kathryn Levan 46 Nancy Signorielli Tedesco 98gharles Jacob Levine 137 Diane P. Teffte 98 Don W. Levy 138 Vadakkevedtil Alexander Thomas 14 Mary Jane Guitteid 1Rwaik 138 H. Roy Thompsbn .99 Jean Duran Lewin 139 Terril M. Throckmorton 99 Max I. Light 'op 139 Carol A.M. Thurston' 100 Jerome Lloyd 139 Jane ThOrntom Tolbert 101-Donald L. Lombardi 140 Hillard Robert Torgerson 101 Carl Floyd-Loomis' 140 Flavia Lucia COrree Torreao 101' David Wayne McAllister--_____ 141 Callix I.. UqOfia 102 Wanda Let McClusky 142 Joseph'Alan Ullian 102 Carolyn Cowger McCune 142 Sandra Helene Utt 103 Dwain McIntosh 1143 Kurt Van Der Dussen 103 James -M. McLaugHlin 143 John V. Vilanilam 104 Gordon Kay Magney 144 K. Usha Rani Vyasulu 105 Grace Enid Magney '145 Douglas X. Walker " "105 Cheryl C. Manney 145 John Charles Walmsley .105 Doreen Nelson Maronde 145 Karen K. Walsh 106 Caroline Meline . 146 Pamela M. Warwick 107 John Austin' Miller 146 Jennie Lou Wein 107 Larry Dean Miller 146, Steve Weinberg '108 Oscar Cecil Miller 147 James Flaxington Whitman 108 Sharron Smith Millwood 147 Susan McDarghphittaker 108 Paul Leonard Morigerato 148 Stephen T.'Wiegand 109 Luiz Gonzaga F. Motta 142 Stephen AllIn Wille 110 Richard S. Musser 148 Candy.Williams 110-Themas 12.0. Mwanika 149 James Rudell Willis, Jr. 112 Ronda'L. Mager 149 Jim Willis 112 Abigail Jones Nash - 150 VaidinS Wind 113 Judith Nickles1 '150,0icno ElizatJeth-golfe 113' Julian Stanley Nolbn 151 David L.. Womack 114 Bruce,A. Nygren-- 151 Kau-Kiang Woo 114 Thomas Patrick O'Hara 152 Deborah S.,Woodrow 115 Barbara..01enyik 152 Sharon L. Woodson .15 Joan M. O'Mara A153 Patricia Ann Woodward 116 Nanette Otto 153 Kenneth T. Wulfemeyer 116 William Quayle Parmenter 154 Robert Earl Yadon 117 George W. Pasdirtz 117 Robert G. Pedersen .154 Chain -Na' Yu 155 'Wil'li'am Thomas Zucca 118'Donna M. Peltier 118 Manjunath Pendakur 118 Michael Peres 0 '119 Marcia Rae Nichols Piepgrass 119 Michael A. Piscitelli 1.20 Dorothy Gallagher Prawat 120 David Lynn Pulford 120 Bill Rainbolt 120 Betty WaterS Rawlings 121 Constance C. Rebich ' 121 Airian Edward Richardson 122 Elizabeth Bronsdon Robertson 122.Jonn Os Robinson 123 Bruce Rotenhart 6 O 4 'Ph.D. Dissertations 9 1 1_ 4% which are required than to any deliberate in- tent on the part of local commissioners' or officials to dominate the outcome. When lo- cal opportunities are consftained and shaped CITIZEN-GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION IN THE CREATION OF A SANITARY by outside regulatory bodies,. genuine delib- DISTRICT IN WISCONSIN . eration of alternatives does not occur. The Eric Alan Abbott, Ph.D. case,,studies'demonstrate the effects of these University'of Wisconsin, Madison, 1974 constraints. Adviser: HerMan Felstehausen Citizens in the Koshkonong district-were not well informed about the project by usual This thesis examined the interactions o communication channels such as newspapers,' among citizens and public officials in assem- legal notices, or contact with friends.' This bling information and making decisions about . was due partially to the lack,of data appear- the organization and construction of a sani- ing in mass media, but also was. caused by the' tary system in southern Wisconsin. Specifi- fact that more than half the owners use the cally examined are.the.rules and'procedures area only on weekends or during the summer generated by or-'imposed on the commissioners Year.aroundowners receivtd local months. of the Copsolidated Koshkonong-Sanitary Dis- parArs, attended meetings and participated in trict (CkSD). --communiti'affairs much more than seasonal First, fermal rules affecting the organ- owners did. 14 direct mail letter-was tested ization and functioning of sanatory aisticts as one means of reaching lOcal and out=of: were examined. A survey'of state-sanitary state.resideqs with district information. district lAws.was conduced to identify legal The letter was significantly moreeffective constraints 'on local activity.'" Also included than any other information medium. Data are was an analysis of effects of changes in pop- provided indicating Use of various communicay ulation distLbution, expanding bureaudratic channels, tion for a wide range of media. , influence, increasing technical and adminis- Several implications are offered regard- trative complexity, and a system of law which ing the role of information in community con- substitutes published notices for personal . . tiol and decision making. notice. Next, all homeowners in the Koshkonong district were:surveyed by a mailed question: C naire to determine what the khevabout the project, how they obtained information, and to what degree.theyw6re involved in 2 decision-making activities., A content analy- POST-DECISION SELECTIVE sis of local newspapers was carried out to EXPOSURE TO THE MASS MEDIA identify information availableto citizens. Paul Douglas Adamsd Ph.D. Finally, 4 tOo-year case study of the University of Texas, 1114 decision - making activities of the CKSD com- Ernest A. Sharpe Adviser: 1missioners was conducted: Transactions of ' the commissionecs were logged by subject and Field research on selective exposure to type, and similar cases were grouped. Re- mass, communications generally has found that peated patterns of behavior allowed infer; after Making a decision, people seek informa- enoes to be made about the actual rules or tion which supports their Choice! In con- -procedures operating in each case. trast, laboratory', studj.es suggest that utili- Results indicated that the operation of coty is the more importaritincdntive fon selec- the CKSD is contrary to the intent of Jeffer- tivity. .Neither approach has attempted to sonian principles of maximum involvement and confirm the assumption that post-decision sb- knowledge of citizens. Instead, technical lectiviey actually champs from.that before and administrative processes exclude citizens the choice. It was hypotHesized that 1) the from,decision making. Reasons for this can expected supportiveness of inform.ation from be traced more to the host of state and fed- the mass media will be a stronger predictor, . eral.regulations and technical standards tpan its utility, of differences.in tnforma- ,v 2 4 f . 41 tion seeking before and after.a decisioh, and. bnd and 'fifth factors. The scores of these 2) post-decision changes in information seek- news-groups provide benchmarks for assessing ' ing will be greater among consonant, and 'less media attitudes of other groups in the soci- '.among dissonant, that...among neutral media. ety. O Senior students at, two high schools in the central Texas area were surveyed midway during the school year,-then undecided.stu7. dents;reinterviewedone'td two weeks before graduation. Measures were obtained of their - 4. expectations about mass media content rela- INFLUENCES.OF INTERPERSONAL tive tO each decisiOn alternative;-and their COMMUNICATION AND OTAER'PEER AND FAMILY decision-related exposure to each meditIm. VARIABLES ON CHANGE'IN AELIGIOUS VALUES AND BEHAVIORS DURING COLLEGE. For hypothesit one differences in pre- Lee B. Becker, Ph.D. 'itnd post - decision inforMatibn seeking were University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1974 predicted by multiple regression analysessin Adviser: Jack M. McLeod**. which independent variables. were ratings of - Q, the utility and supportiveness of mass media Research aimedt determining the impact ' information_about the choiCe and the rejected., A ' of the &Adige experience on students has alternatives.. In hypothesis two ;Individual produced.evidence,that ,:iparting student's changes in information seeking between conson7 generally are more open-minded, less dogmatic, ant and neutral and dissonant and neutral me- more religiously and'politically,litieral, and dia were.compared separately. mere intellectually oriented-than those en- tering the institutions of higher learning. t C ver, is deficient in ex- ifte'research,; ho plaining why th se changes take place. .. Theorists.studying change in college -f 3 have.generally relied on either a maturation- A SCALE TO MEASURE ATTITUDE ON al or a soCa learning perspective. The SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY'OF4HE'PRESS maturational sts stress the importance ofthe Henry'Alvah Anderson, Jr., Ph.D. individual in mediating Change; the learning Uniyertity of Texas, 1975 14ok to. the environment of tie in- Adviser: Ernest A. Sharper dividual understadd.change. The available f literatur, suggests that peer influences are 'theorists The 8'83eCtive of the study was to con- particul rly important deteiminants of chang- ,t, tribute quantitative aspect to therocial' es in t e attitudes-and behaviors of college Responsibility Theory of the Press which-will studen make possible explanation and.prediction:of Ilesearch id family settings has shown relationships between key elements of United the 9nportance of the structural constraints States society and thenews-oPinion,media. of p rent-cgild communication for understand- Thirty-one tenets pertaining to the relation- a .: ing adolescent,politicaf activity and knowl- °) ships ships were isolated and categorized. Using ed , academic performahce, and media use. these tenets, an attitude scale-of 42 items. le the constraints in family communication;k t on, social responsibility of the press was de- ve beenfound to result from the training veloped. These.Likert-type scale items were iven the child by the parents, simiear con- presented in a mailed questionnaire.to two traints alio could'surface peer grouP inpeer groups of daily newspaper city editors and -/ : . two groups of commercial broadcaif newl di- norms. To test the power.of peer group influ- rectors. .Analysis revealed the f011owing -factors: ences, a panel of students was studied at (1) Responsibility to Society, (2) Interaction, (3) Criticism of' Media, ' each of two institutions,' ore a small, reli- Government Participation,Pand (5) Serv- ,gidUs, liberal arts college and. the other a (4) large, public institution. ice to Society. 'Responses by the, newspaper Freshmen and groups produced the fiist four facfors,while sophomores at the small, college (n=95) com- television responses produced the first,sech. pleted questionnaires in the Fall ofe1972 and ti d % .4 IOW h ti 444 again a year later. Members of those two classes at the:' niversity 11)=100) were intec.7 viewedin the Fall-of 1971 and again two -° ea years: liter. 'The analyses focused On, changes 5 ip religious beliefs.and behaviors. THE IDEA OF COMMUNICATION In tile university sample changes in two IN THE SCICIAL THOUGHt' OF THE CHICAGO SCHOOL. l'religious'variabies were'significantly pr- SheldOn.Lary Belman,'Ph.D. dieted by three college peei variables: the University-of:711inois communication norms of Ehe individual's peer st DrbanaIChampaign, 1974' grpup, the diVersity of thepeer group Com-, James Q. ta2ey Adyieor: municition relative to religion, and the peer group norms regarding churcH attendance. The this dissertatiOn treats the idea of com- relgiouevariables were particullrism, de- munication as developed within the social fined as the degree to which an, individual, thought of the Chicagb School. The relevant, believes that kis or her owncreligioUs values scholarship of four of its:members--John'Dew- and behaviors are of spdcial worth in a(tiain= ey, Charles porton.Cooley Robert Ezra Paik, ing some goal, tail associational involvement, and ErnesE.Whson Burgess--is examined to re- . or,the degree of participation by the indi- yea). the general intellectual perspective of vidual in the formal gatherings of.a'church the Chicago School on communication. This faithful.^ Both variabfes.also showed Sig-. concept is.found to be a cLtral'and perva- nificant aggregate shifts away from'otradi- sive feature of three problematics-that doMi- tional.religious'positions during the'time of nate the scholarship of these representatiVe the study.. In the small college sample, only individuals. These problematics ere (i)'a associational involvement was significantly concern with'human nature and the origin o r predicted by the qollege peer variables;, in (ii) a Concern with contempo- .human society, additionr only involvement showed a signifi- rary Social change,-and (iii) a concern with; cant aggregate Shift during the time of the the nature of democracy and its viability in In both panels, differences in )studir. 'a modern setting. The theme of communication vidual backgrounds were.controlled; peer both as an interpersonal and technological variables were limtter predictors of change 'process is found to provide a Inity to the than were family training and baskgrouhd odiversity of problems raised ahri4solutidna variables. proposed within the intellectuid. perspective 'Additional analyses shobied-that Change Of the Chicago School. in the behavior variable, 'involvement, seems An attempt is made ea make sense of the to precede change in the belief variable, inception and specific nature of'these,ideas particularism. Change, in-the two religious aboutcommunication by settingtheir develop7 .variables. were found to'be relatively inde- ment within an historical account of the im- pendent of changes in beliefs, about politics pact upon nineteenth-Century society of the- .- and faMily relationships.. novel forms of communication technology. The' study, offered support for continued Summary Statement: The Chicago Sehool s I, examinaaon of the specific influences of the conception of communication is elucidated college environment, with particular atten- through an analysts of'the relevant scholar- tion to peer settings and d-Peer communication. 'ship of Dewey, Cooley, Park, and Burgess. Their concern with and particular perspective on communication is p4rtially actoatedefor. through an historical analysis of nineteenth- century modernization andthe role of new com- munications,wittiin it. I , ti It 4 o'

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