This content analysis examined the use of framing techniques found in the New York Times, Time, and Newsweek's coverage of the women's movement. Coverage of both women who organized to promote and deter the movement was studied. Results showed that both groups were not considered important. The strongest evidence for framing techniques was the delegitimation of feminists. This included reporting aspects of the women's appearance, using quotation marks around such words as "liberation," and emphasizing dissension within the movement. Conversely, the antifeminists were described as wellorganized and attractive. The movement's goals were rarely mentioned, while surface details were commonly presented.

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This inquiry examines the portrayal of family relationships in domestic comedy. Participants were randomly assigned to view and evaluate samples of nine programs selected for the study on the basis of their popularity during the period 1954-1994. Subsequent analysis suggested that both parent-child and sibling relations have developed in relational frameworks defined by changing levels of conflict, cohesiveness, and socializing, although role similarity was not a powerful discriminator between the families. More specifically, the experience of television children appears to have deteriorated across time. In the present study, the general relational environment was rated more conflictual and less cohesive in modern families, and modern families were rated as less able to manage day-to-day life and less able to socialize children effectively. Moreover, compared to parent-child relations, those between siblings were judged more hostile and less cohesive and, in modern families, were seen to involve less effective socializing.