Stress and performance: An application of Gray's three‐factor arousal theory to basketball free‐throw shooting

The suitability of Gray's (1975) three‐factor arousal theory as a model of human performance under stress was investigated in a study of basketball free‐throw shooting. Free‐throw attempts, made by members of an NCAA Division I men's varsity team, were videotaped during one full season. On the basis of Gray's theory, we predicted that increased stress (assumed to be present in games as opposed to practices) would be associated with longer pre‐shot preparations and a greater incidence of overthrow shots. The prediction was confirmed by the results. Moreover, we found that free‐throws were more frequently overthrown when attempted during crucial rather than non‐crucial game situations. Further tests of the utility of Gray's theory are suggested.     

Academic Reference Centre access for UK universities

Describes the Academic Reference Centre, a collaborative project enabling universities on the JANET and SuperJANET network to access and search a selection of over sixty databases from within the university.     

Media Nostalgia

Frank Buxton and Bill Owen's The Big Broadcast: 1920-1950 (New York: Viking Press, 1972---$12.95)

Summers' A Thirty-Year History of Programs Carried on National Radio Networks in the United States (1958: reprinted by Arno Press, 1971---$10.00)

Hello Again (Mr. Jay Hickerson, 6 Koczak Court, North Haven, Conn. 06473)

Mary E. Bickel's George W. Trendle: An Authorized Biography (Jericho, N.Y.: Exposition Press, 1972---$5.00)

Joe Morella, Edward Z. Epstein, and Eleanor Clark's Those Great Movie Ads (New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1972--- $14.95)

Ron Goulart's Cheap Thrills: an Informal History of the Pulp Magazines (New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1972---$7.95)     

Popular Illustration

The Cartoon Connection: The Art of Personal Humour (London, and North Pomfret, Vt.: Hamish Hamilton, 1978—E5.50/$14.50)

The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics edited by Bill Blackbeard and Martin Williams (Washington/New York: Smithsonian Press/Harry Abrams, 1977—price not given but about $25/12.95 for the two formats)

Ring Lardner's You Know Me Al: The Comic Strip Adventures of Jack Keefe (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Harvest Books, 1979—$6.95, paper)

Erving Goffman's Gender Advertisements (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1979—$12.50)     

Law and Policy

THE LAW OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATION by Kent Middleton and Bill Chamberlin (New York: Longman, 1988—$34.95)

SEVEN DIRTY WORDS AND SIX OTHER STORIES: CONTROLLING THE CONTENT OF PRINT AND BROADCAST by Matthew Spitzer (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986—$15.00)

THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEREGULATION SOURCEBOOK edited by Stuart N. Brotman (Boston: Artech House, 1987—$60.00)

Besen, two Rand reports on intellectual property

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION: AN ENDANGERED RESOURCE OF THE ELECTRONIC AGE—THE FIRST ANNUAL STATE-OF-THE-ART INSTITUTE ( Special Libaries Assn, 1700 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20009—$21.75, paper)     

The Internet Defends Itself: The Network Neutrality Debate on the Web

This study examines the network neutrality debate, as represented online. The research begins by conducting network analysis to identify key websites, followed by retrieving the relevant documents and using content analysis. Results demonstrate that the online version of the debate skews heavily toward the pro-network neutrality side. The web debate also includes much higher proportions of voices from nonprofit sectors, especially nongovernmental organizations. Telecommunications companies and trade groups, which anchor the anti-network neutrality coalition, are relatively quiet online. These findings show groups that are less powerful making heavy use of online communication and, in light of the political history of the issue, they also suggest online mobilizing may help reshape the dynamics of issue advocacy.     

Joining up the DOTs: authentic teaching and learning in Design and Technology education

This paper reports on an innovative approach for teaching creativity in Design and Technology education based on the notions of authentic learning. Working with secondary schools in England and Ireland, the research team has been developing an intervention known as ‘Designing Our Tomorrow’ (DOT) which introduced students to the important principles of Inclusive Design (also known as Universal Design). Through interview and survey data, the team gained insights into students’ responses to the DOT intervention and they found that students’ creativity and empathy were enhanced following their engagement with the intervention materials.