Arranged by subject categories and authors, the more than 4,400 abstracts in this cumulative index provide information on doctoral dissertations and master's theses in the field of journalism. The 28 subject areas are as follows: advertising; audience analysis; communication and national development; communication theory, process, and effects; communicator analysis; community journalism; content analysis; courts and law of the press (media); criticism and defense of the press (media); cross-national studies; editorial policy and methods; education for journalism; foreign press and international communication; government and the press (media); history and biography; industrial journalism; magazines; media management and production; miscellaneous; personnel and labor relations; pictorial journalism; public opinion and propaganda; public relations; radio, television, and films; research methods; special minorities; typography and graphic arts; and visual communication. (MAI)