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Examines women's scholarship in mass communications from 1965 to 1989. Content analysis of the percentage of mass media research published by female scholars in eight leading communication journals; Sex differences in research topics and methods in published literature; Growth of women's published research.

Presents job status of women in media professions in the U.S. Impact on the domination of percentage of male professional; Role of women in the newsroom environment; Functional way for female gatekeepers to deal with role expectations within the control environment.

Reports on productiveness of women in the newspaper industry in Capitol Hill. Comment of Ben Perley Poore on the indisputable right of the women to take place in the front ranks of news gatherers; Efficacy of the new rule that was added to the accreditation rules; Impact of the war on the advancement of women in journalism.

Focuses on a research about television newswomen in Texas. Demand for women journalists; Positions of women employed in broadcasting companies; Kind of coverage and features made by newswomen; Positive and negative comments of news directors on entry-level women reporters.

Presents several books on women and minorities in the media. "Boxed In: Women and Television," edited by Helen Baehr and Gillian Dyer; "Black in American Films and Television: An Encyclopedia," Donald Bogle; "Women of the World: The Great Foreign Correspondents," by Julia Edwards.

Reports on the change in the policies of the Southeastern Conference regarding women sportswriters in the U.S. Access to coaches and student athletes given to women reporters; Statement of Conference Commissioner Harvey W. Schiller regarding the policy.

Reports on the increase in the number of women employed by newspapers between 1970 and 1978 in the U.S.