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On September 5 and 6, 1989, NBC aired a 2-part series called 'R.A.C.E., ' which stands for Racial Attitudes and Consciousness Exam. The programme--modeled on the National Driver Education Test--made extensive use of survey questions about racial attitudes in an effort to raise the consciousness of viewers. (SJK)

The 1985 ban on photographic and sound recordings by the South African government provided an opportunity to investigate 6 hypotheses concerning the effect of the ban on US media coverage of South Africa and on public opinion toward South Africa.

ABSTRACTA modification of Huxley's [3] mail response model is proposed. This new approach retains the simplicity and intuitiveness of Huxley's technique and leads to statistically valid conclusions. Using this model, a procedure is developed to find the optimal number of questionnaires that should be mailed in order to meet some prespecified target.

A report on two sets of findings related to interviewer effects, derived from a national sample of adults (N not given) The first of these concerns the effects of interviewer characteristics & expectations on overall cooperation rates; the second, these effects on item nonresponse & response quality. It was found that interviewer's age, size of interviewing assignment, & interviewer's expectations all had a strong effect on overall cooperation rates; the relation of experience to response rate was curvilinear in this sample. Age & education have consistent but statistically insignificant effects on item nonresponse. The effect of interviewer's expectations on responses within the interview resembles that in earlier studies, but is less pronounced & less consistent. 6 Tables. AA.