The Communication Theory and Methodology section of the proceedings contains the following 18 papers: "The Continuing Question of Motivation in the Knowledge Gap Hypothesis" (Tom Weir); "Memory Decay and the Agenda-Setting Effect: An Examination of Three News Media" (Wayne Wanta and Melissa J. Roy); "Open, Closed, or Both: Expanding the Flexibility of Question Formats in Survey Research" (Paul S. Voakes); "Telling the Truth: Respondent Accuracy in Mass Media Polling" (James Simon and others); "Cultivation Theory Revisited: Another Look at the Theory and Implications for Future Research" (Shinichi Saito); "The Influence of Severity, Vulnerability, and Response Efficacy on Information Seeking and Behavioral Intention" (Kurt Neuwirth and others); "Cultivation and the Influence of Media in Public Opinion Homogenization" (Kimberly Neuendorf and others); "Measuring the Ideological Center in Press Coverage of Election Campaigns" (Tien-tsung Lee and Anthony Y.H. Fung); "The Role of the Self in the Third-Person Effect: A View from Cognitive and Motivational Perspectives" (Li-Ning Huang); "Community Newspapers, Community Pluralism and the Local Impact of Non-Local Groups" (Douglas Blanks Hindman); "Redefining 'Know Nothings'" (Dixie Evatt); "A Spatial Model of Ideology and Political Communication: Voter Perceptions of News Reporting" (James W. Endersby and Ekaterina V. Ognianova); "Family Communication Patterns and Family Functioning: A New Look at an Old Construct" (Joan L. Conners and Lewis R. Horner); "Agenda Setting Reconsidered: The Process at Work in Music Radio" (Joseph E. Burns); "Call-In Media Exposure and Strength of Candidate Preference: An Analysis of the 1992 NES Pre-/Post-Election Survey" (Erik P. Bucy); "Schematic Frames and Reader Learning: The Effect of Headlines" (Glen L. Bleske); "The Influence of Presidential Agenda-Setting on the Mass Media's Coverage of the 'Information Superhighway'" (Lisa A. Beinhoff); and "Reconsidering the Theoretical Linkage between Risk Communication and Relative Personal Invulnerability: A Path Analysis" (Yu-Wei Hu). (RS)