The Society and Mass Media section of the proceedings contains the following 16 papers: "The Relationship of Mass Media and Interpersonal Channels to Societal and Personal Risk Judgments" (Cynthia-Lou Coleman); "Freedom of Expression: How Much Will the Public Tolerate?" (Daniel Riffe and Charles F. Aust); "Economic Recession and the News" (Robert L. Stevenson and others); "Sources, 'Quotas,' and Civil Rights: The Press and the Civil Rights Act of 1990" (Carol M. Liebler); "News Sources and News Context: The Effect of Routine News, Conflict, and Proximity" (Dan Berkowitz and Douglas W. Beach); "Audience Recall of News Stories Presented by Newspaper, Computer, Television and Radio" (Melvin DeFleur and others); "Mass Media Salary and Status Surveys Fail to Reflect Magazine Research through 1989" (Sammye Johnson); "The Third-Person Effect and Support for Restrictions on Pornography" (Albert C. Gunther); "All the News That's Fit to Sell: Selection Bias in Commercial News Organizations" (John McManus); "The Cracked Mirror: An Imperfect Case of Press Self-Examination" (Fiona A. E. McQuarrie); "The Media and Covenant House: Did the Dream End in a Nightmare?" (Phyllis Zagano); "To Tell the Truth: Codes of Objectivity in Photojournalism" (Dona Schwartz); "News Council Complainants: Who Are They and What Do They Want?" (Louise Williams Hermanson); "Allegations about Sexually Explicit Materials and Attitudes toward Controversial Media Contents" (David K. Perry and Joseph Plumley); "Gender-Based Differences in Attitudes towards Stories: An Examination of Maryland Editors" (Donna M. Bertazzoni); and "On Naming Rape Victims: How Editors Stand on the Issue" (Samuel P. Winch). (PRA)