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UNCLASSIFIEDDOC REPORT BIBLIOGRAPHY SEARCH CONTROL NOs /ZMML7AD-613 60OMICHIGAN STATE UNIV EAST LANSING COLL OF COMMUNICATIONARTSARGUMENTATIVE THEMES IN CIVIL DEFENSE: (1) A CONTENTANALYSIS OF THE NEW YORK TIMES. (U)DESCRIPTIVE NOTE: COMMUNICATION RESEARCH RLPT,,JUN 64 75P BETTINGHAUSERWIN Pe 1UNCLASSIFIED REPORTDESCRIPTORS; (*CIVIL DEFENSE SYSTEMS. PUBLIC OpINION)t(*NEWSPAPERS# CIVIL DEFENSE SYSTEMS)s NUCLEAR *ARFAREtSHELTERS, COSTS. HISTORY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, UNITEDSTATES GOVERNMENT, ATTITUDES, SURVIVALo DISARMAMENT (U)IDENTIFIERS: FALLOUT SHELTERS, NEW YORK TIMES (U)THE REPORT PROVIDES THE COMMUNICATION RESLARCHER ORTHE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST WITH A CATEGORY SCHEMEFOR DESCRIBING THE MATERIALS TO BE FOUND IN ToE CIVILDEFENSE FIELD. IT ALSO PROVIDES AN APPENDIX WHICHATTEMPTS TO RECONCILE TfO DIVERGENT REPORTS ON4 CIVILDEFENSE MATtRIALS, ONE REPORT, ENTITLEDARGUMENTATIVE TmEMES IN CIVIL DEFENSE# ISCOMPARED WITH CIVIL DEFENSE AND SOCIETY BYJERI NEmNEVAJSA AND HIS COLLEAGUES AT THEUNIVERSITY OF PITTSdURGA, THE COMPARISONINDICATES THAT THE TWO REPORTS ARL NOT INCOMPATIBLE.ALTHOUGH THE CATEGORY SCHEMES USED IN THE T*O SEEMQUITE DIFFEKENT, THE REPORT SUGGESTS THAT THERE ARESIXTEEN GENERAL AREAS INTO WHICH CIVIL DEFENSEMATERIALS CAN BE PLACED, THE CATEGORIES ARE ONLYRELATIVELY INDEPENDENT, BUT CERTAINLY SERVE TODISTINGUISH VARIOUS PfSITIONS IN THE CIVIL DEFENSEDIALOGUE* THE REPORT ALSO OFFERS THE FOLLOWINGTENTATIVE CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THE FREQUENCY OFMATERIALS APPEARING IN THE NEW YORK TIMES FORTHE PERIOD CITED: (1) THE GREATEST PERCENTAbE(39,'I) OF ALL ARGUMENTS IDENTIFIED REFERRED TOFALLOUT SHELTERS; AND (2) THE LARGEST PERCENTAGEOF ALL STORIES ('4.82) *ERE FOUND TO BE FAVORABLETO OCD POLICIES, AND$ WHEN THE NEUTRAL ARTICLES AREREMOVED FROM CONSIDERATIONs THE PERCENTAGE RISES To999•o(U)46UNCLASSIFIED/ZMML7