A study analyzed the content of "Pravda," the major newspaper of the Soviet Communist Party and "Vremya," the main evening news program of Soviet television for changes that could be attributed to Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev's policy of "glasnost" (openness). The "Pravda" sample consisted of 18 editions drawn systematically from the first nine weeks of 1987, while the "Vremya" sample was limited to two weeks in January and the first two weeks of the regular World View service which began in February. Results indicated that the news broadcasts were more internationally attuned than "Pravda" and more reflective of "glasnost." The language of "Vremya" and "Pravda" was dull and burdened with ideological excess. Non-exceptional events--texts of speeches, greetings and toasts that fall under the category of protocol news--seemed the staple of Soviet reporting. Surprisingly, Western Europe was covered far more extensively than the Eastern Bloc. Based on these findings, researchers arrived at three tentative conclusions: (1) although there is some open and critical reporting, "Pravda" and "Vremya" remain more like they were in 1967 than like today's Western media; (2) the Soviet Union has shifted its attention from Eastern Europe to its competitors in the West, especially the United States; and (3) there is almost an obsession with equivalence between the two superpowers. These data indicated that talk of "glasnost" in Soviet journalism is clearly an overstatement. (Tables of data and three pages of references are included.) (AEW)