This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 30 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the Nigerian press under military rule; (2) the agrarian myth in eighteenth and nineteenth century United States magazines; (3) editorial opinion on education in three black newspapers; (4) the interrelationship of legislation, public opinion, and the press as reflected in the New York "Times'" reporting of the abortion issues; (5) prior restraint in the public schools; (6) journalism career preparation; (7) the video display terminal and the copy editor; (8) the limitations of investigative reporting as illustrated by "Cervantes v Walsh and Time, Inc."; (9) the training of science news reporters; (10) production costs of college newspapers; (11) magazines in United States culture; (12) the Chicago style of journalism; (13) sexism in children's magazines; (14) the role of the Iranian "emigrant" press in the development of Iranian journalism; and (15) the coverage of national and international religious news by two daily newspapers. (FL)