Scholastic Journalism Division
High School Student Newspapers in U.S. Youth Culture: From Gossip to Politics to Social Issues; From Vocational Education to PR Tool, to Forum for Expression and Back Again • Dane S. Claussen, Georgia • Scholastic journalism studies are almost entirely limited to students’ First Amendment rights; principals’ and teachers’ knowledge of, or attitudes toward, scholastic journalism (including why they think students should work on publications); publication content and design analyses; trends in female and minority staffers; publications’ finances; and newspapers’ use in teaching English or for school PR. Drawing on extensive existing literature, this is first known work focusing on why students have worked for and/or read student newspapers.
Students’ Use Of E-Mail In An Undergraduate Public Relations Course • Tom Kelleher and Julie E. Dodd, Florida • The study examined the use of e-mail between the students in an introductory public relations class and their instructor. E-mail use was parallel to the use of face-to-face communication, with students reporting that they used office time and e-mail primarily to ask questions about quizzes, tests and assignments. Older students and students further along in school were less likely to use e-mail to contact their parents but reported greater enjoyment of and learning from e-mail contact with the instructor.
Analysis of High School Newspaper Editorials: Before and After Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier • Carol S. Lomicky, Nebraska at Kearney • In the fall of 1997 the principal of a Midwestern public high school informed the student newspaper adviser that an article about a new and controversial class scheduling plan would have to be cut or changed before it could be published. In fact, journalism educators at this school report that for the past 10 years administrators routinely preview that student newspaper before the publication is taken to the local printer.