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It is argued that the use of social science perspectives & methods by journalists in the US is not a recent phenomenon, but one that began to develop long ago within the dominant humanistic philosophy of professional journalism. Changing definitions of news in recent times, however, are likely to enhance the role of the social sciences in both professional journalism & journalism education, especially as some journalists seek to move beyond the reporting of specific, isolated events to providing a context that gives them meaning. If journalistic & social science methods are to become more closely wedded, one very important condition, in addition to interest by editors & availability of talent, is financial support from those who own & control mass media. AA.

In Brazil, as in Spanish America, poor public libraries and rich private libraries are mutually reinforcing phenomena. The researcher who must rely on public institutions usually spends much of his or her available time scurrying from one library to another in (often fruitless) search of materials. To the extent that one needs theoretical works and foreign publications, rather than works about, and published in, Brazil, the chore becomes more onerous.