Commonwealth Media

THE MILITARY AND THE MEDIA by Alan Hooper (Brookfield, Vt.: Gower Publishing, 1982---$38.00)

GOTCHA! THE MEDIA, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE FALKLANDS CRISIS by Robert Harris (London: Faber & Faber/New York: Harper & Row, 1983---$5.95, paper)

THE THIRD AGE OF BROADCASTING edited by Brian Wenham (London: Faber & Faber/New York: Harper & Row, 1982---$5.95, paper)

CHOICE BY CABLE: THE ECONOMICS OF A NEW ERA IN TELEVISION by C.G. Veljanovski and W.D. Bishop (London: The Institute of Economic Affairs, 1983---£2.50, paper)

From the London-based Centre for the Study of Communication and Culture, Robert A. White reports to us on the following recent British studies:

MEDIA LAW IN AUSTRALIA: A MANUAL by Mark Armstrong, et al. (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1983---price not given, paper)

MAKING A TV SERIES: THE BELLAMY PROJECT by Albert Moran (Paddington, New South Wales: Currency 'ress, 1983---A$14.95, paper)

TELEVISION IN THE EIGHTIES: THE TOTAL EQUATION by Rex Moorfoot (London: BBC Publications/Elmsford, N.Y.: Pergamon Press, 1983---$19.95/9.50)

CANADA'S VIDEO REVOLUTION: PAY-TV, HOME VIDEO AND BEYOND by Peter Lyman (Toronto: Lorimer and Co., 1983---$16.95/7.95)

INFORMATION SOCIETY PROGRAM PAPERS (Gamma, Faculty of Management, McGill University, 1001 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Que. H3A 1G5---priced as noted, paper)

AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF CULTURAL STUDIES (School of English, Western Australian Institute of Technology, Bentley, W.A. 6102---A$15.00 per year/twice yearly)     

Practical Communication Methods

Television Graphics from Pencil to Pixel by Douglas Merritt (New York: Van Nostrand, 1987—$31.95, ISBN 0-442-26469-0)

Footage 89: North American Film and Video Sources (Prelinger Associates, 430 West 14th St., Room 403, New York, NY 10014— $95.00, paper, ISBN 0-927347-01-6)

Modern Radio Production by Lewis O'Donnell, Philip Benoit, and Carl Hausman (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1990—price not given, ISBN 0-534-11622-1)

Stereo Sound for Television by Francis Rumsey (Stoneham, MA: Focal Press, 1989—$24.95, paper, ISBN 0-240-51288-X)

Directing Television and Film by Alan Armer (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1990—price not given, ISBN 0-534-11616-7)

The Use of Microphones by Alec Nisbett (1989, ISBN 0-240-51291-X, 184 pp)

Continuity in Film and Video by Avril Rowlands (1989, ISBN 0-240-51290-1, 161 pp.)

Basic TV Technology by Robert Hartwig (1990, ISBN 0-240-80051-6, 156 pp.)

The Copy Workshop Workbook by Bruce Bendinger (Copy Workshop, 2144 North Hudson, Chicago 60614—$35.00, paper, ISBN 0-9621415-0-X)

Elements of Newspaper Design by Steven E. Ames (New York: Praeger, 1989—$75.00/$19.95, ISBN 0-275-92330-4 hard, 0-275-92464-5 soft)

The Publicity Process edited by Christine Friesleben Goff (Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1989—$19.95, paper, ISBN 0-8138-1316-6)

The Self-Publishing Manual: How to Write, Print and Sell Your Own Book by Dan Poynter (Para Publishing, P.O. Box 4232, Santa Barbara, CA 93140—$19.95, paper, ISBN 0-915516-66-7)     

Common Carrier

50 TEARS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS REPORTS (Telecommunications Reports, 1036 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045—$100)

THE NEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS ERA AFTER THE AT&T DIVESTITURE: THE TRANSITION TO FULL COMPETITION (Practising Law Institute, 810 Seventh Ave, New York 10019—$40.00, paper)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS & PUBLIC POLICY by Alan Bauchcum and Gerald Faulhaber (Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1984—price not given)

BILINGUAL DICTIONARY OF INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS: 2. TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT by Andy Lauriston and Jocelyne Le Neal (Teleglobe Canada, Language Service, 680 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2S4—$70.00 in Canadian funds)

CELLULAR TELEPHONES: A LAYMAN'S GUIDE by Stuart Crump, Jr. (Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Tab Books, 1985—$9.95, paper)

COMPUTER CRIME, ABUSE, LIABILITY AND SECURITY: A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY 1970-1984 compiled by Reba A. Best and D. Cheryn Picquet (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1985—$33.00, paper)     

Individual effects on biomechanical variables during landing in tennis shoes with varying midsole density

The aim of this study was to determine whether individuals responded uniquely to three different pairs of tennis shoes that differed only in midsole hardness. Kinematic and kinetic data were collected while the subjects (n = 3) performed a stereotyped lateral movement wearing each of the three pairs of tennis shoes. The results were analysed statistically for each subject separately. Variables were identified as discriminators between shoes for individual subjects based upon the results of separate discriminant analyses. After these analyses, a multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used for each subject to determine whether the discriminator variables differed significantly between shoes. A scoring system was devised that used the results of the MANOVA to assign scores to shoes for each variable. Cumulative scores for shoes (for each subject) were compared to determine which shoe was best for a subject. The results indicated that each subject responded uniquely to the shoes, and each demonstrated a preference for a particular pair of shoes. A need for single-subject designs exists when evaluating variations in athletic shoes.     

The study of academic department performance

The paper proposes a systems model of academic department performance and reports an empirical test of the model in a set of 20 departments. Departmental input and process variables related to eight departmental outcomes were identified: (1) student satisfaction with their overall learning experience, (2) student satisfaction with faculty, (3) student satisfaction with academic advising, (4) student graduate school admissions ratio, (5) student employment in field ratio, (6) faculty satisfaction with departmental research quality, (7) faculty job satisfaction, and (8) degrees conferred per faculty member. The eight departmental outcomes were found to be largely independent of one another and predicted by relatively unique patterns of departmental characteristics. Salient among the correlates of departmental outcomes were faculty workload, tenure pattern, and disciplinary differences.Presented at the Nineteenth Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research, San Diego, California, May 1979.     

The forensic science needs of law enforcement applicants and recruits: A survey of Michigan law enforcement agencies

Many colleges and universities offer forensic science courses ranging from a single introductory class to majors. Previous research has not addressed how valuable these courses are to undergraduate criminal justice students who aspire to enter the law enforcement field. A random sample of law enforcement agencies in Michigan were surveyed. Seventy-eight percent of respondents agreed that knowledge of forensic science was important and 46% preferred that applicants have a forensic science background prior to hiring. The knowledge areas deemed most important were interviewing techniques, crime scene documentation, evidence collection, and latent fingerprint analysis.