The health and environmental issues section of the proceedings includes the following 10 papers: "The Interplay of Journalistic and Scientific Conventions in Mass Communication about AIDS" (William F. Griswold, Jr. and Cathy Packer); "Refocusing Science News to Reach a Specialized Audience: AIDS Coverage, Mobilizing Information and Teen Magazines" (Kathleen L. Endres); "Network News Coverage of AIDS: A Thematic Analysis (Steven Konick and Steve M. Barkin); "Alcohol Advertising in a Public University Newspaper: An Ethical Response to a Legal Dilemma" (W. Robert Nowell III); Information Sources and Drug Abuse: A Test of Mutz's Model of Issue Perceptions and Their Political Consequences" (David Weaver and others); "Information Processing of News about Environmental Risk: An Exploratory Study" (Lee Wilkins); "Risk-Taking Predispositions: Concern and Information Seeking about Environmental and Health Risk Situations" (M. A. Ferguson and J. M. Valenti); "Fishing Paradise: Mass Communication, Culture, and Environmental Relationships in the Quetico-Superior Wilderness of Ontario and Minnesota" (David Backes); "Communicating Risks of Oil Spills to the Public" (Jinling Lee); and "Ideology and the Environment: U.S. Media and Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia" (Jacob Bendix and Carol M. Liebler). (SR)