Functions of Editorials and Letters to the Editor

0 t her Findings Where do the journals place their comments about the mass media? There is no uniformity. The formula of each journal is different. When all the references are compiled, they indicate the following: 30% are found in news stories, 33% in features, 21% in editorials and 14% in reviews. The significance of the comments? Onefourth of the references were source citations, which merely listed a medium from which facts were obtained. Onehalf of the comments were minor direct or indirect references to the media, usually of a sentence in