Formulating design requirements involves an interaction between the potential user and the designer. Often this interaction is complicated by additional interested points of view, such as those of politicians, administrators, builders, and nonuser publics. With public works, and often with private ventures as well, this interaction occurs by political transaction in which information is exchanged and values established. To test validity, a time-lapse movie camera was set up unobtrusively to record the population in the same playground at one-minute intervals. Comments about the most preferred uncontrived play environments indicated that the adults believed they were "exciting and interesting places to play." On the other hand, children seemed more concerned about personal safety than about whether it would be a fun place to play. One of the principal purposes of the play environment is to provide the child with enjoyment. But even if the functions are more technically concerned with physical or mental education.

A major part of the interaction between man and his surroundings is the reception and processing of sensory information. The physical environment should be controlled so as to harmonize with human requirements. This chapter inquires into the way people receive sensory information and respond with preferences. The human being can be thought of cautiously as a discriminating process which receives information about its surroundings and computes satisfaction. Some aspects of the preference process consist of genetically-controlled physical mechanisms or "hardware," to use computer jargon, which is part of man's "standard" physical structure. The chapter suggests a strategy for organizing conceptually man's very complicated feelings about his visual environment.

Corporations serve as an important news source for journalists. Media relations have long been considered a key facet of public relations (PR). This study presents scientific literature on businesses and news media published between 1963 and 2013 and models what corporations say to journalists, how they present what they say, the relationship between PR professionals and journalists and what journalists report about corporations and consequent effects on the public. A total of 217 empirical studies are categorized and synthesized into a corporate framing mediated-moderation model, which considers both the mediating factor of relationships between PR professionals and journalists and the moderating factors of culture, the sector and the PR profession.

The methodology was developed to aid in the provision of better public service systems for Appalachia, a developing area of the United States, although it could be applied elsewhere. A conceptual model is proposed within which a county or similar political jurisdiction can evaluate its fire protection facilities and which allows local decision makers to have an impact on resource allocation.

Economic InquiryVolume 5, Issue 2 p. 122-140 A FIRM'S SHORT-RUN AND LONG-RUN DEMANDS FOR A FACTOR ROBERT L. BISHOP, ROBERT L. BISHOP MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYSearch for more papers by this author ROBERT L. BISHOP, ROBERT L. BISHOP MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYSearch for more papers by this author First published: March 1967 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7295.1967.tb01945.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume5, Issue2March 1967Pages 122-140 RelatedInformation

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