1. Social science and the citizen

   Departments Pages: 2 - 4

2. Letters from readers

   • Arnold Beichman
   • Thomas O. Cushman

   Departments Pages: 5 - 5

3. Assessing academic achievement

   • Bert Briller
   • Steven Miller

   Television At The Crossroads Pages: 6 - 9

4. Facts, fantasies and schools

   • George Gerbner
   • Larry Gross
   • Michael Morgan

   Television At The Crossroads Pages: 9 - 13

5. Reading performance

   • Susan B. Neuman

   Television At The Crossroads Pages: 14 - 15

6. Dubious facts and real schools

   • Lilya Wagner

   Television At The Crossroads Pages: 15 - 16

7. Violence and aggression

   • David Pearl

   Television At The Crossroads Pages: 17 - 22

8. Researching television violence

   • Alan Wurtzel
   • Guy Lometti

   Television At The Crossroads Pages: 22 - 30

9. Defending the indefensible

   • Steven H. Chaffee
   • George Gerbner
   • Jerome L. Singer

   Television At The Crossroads Pages: 30 - 35

10. Smoking out the critics

    • Alan Wurtzel
    • Guy Lometti

    Television At The Crossroads Pages: 36 - 40

11. The changing workplace

    • Sar A. Levitan

    Special Feature Pages: 41 - 48

12. Free expression

    • Virginia Held

    Articles Pages: 49 - 56

13. Young germany

    • Walter Laqueur

    Articles Pages: 57 - 60

14. Party politics

    • Gerald M. Pomper

    Articles Pages: 61 - 67

15. Border blue

    • Ralph Payne

    Photo Essay Pages: 69 - 75

16. Social science books of the month

    Departments Pages: 76 - 76

17. Books in review

    • V. G. Kiernan
    • Robert Sobel
    • Stjepan Mestrović

    BookReview Pages: 76 - 88

18. Classified

    Departments Pages: 91 - 91