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Show IMPROVEMENT The Church Speaks On FREEDOM OF THE PRESS Mass media, of course, exert a vast power in the shaping of Contemporary walnut-framed table from Craft Associates public opinion. What people think on questions of public concern is often influenced by what they read in a newspaper, hear over tadio and television, or see at a neighborhood movie. In somecases, these are the chief sources for information on which people make moral, social and political decisions. It is no wonder, then, thatthe Church took a long and searching Tufted “op” print chair from Kroehler FURNITURE: NEW HAPPENINGS By ROSALYN ABREVAYA HE LINES were drawn at the recent home-furnishings market show in Chicago, It’s Mod (direct from Carnaby. Street) and Traditional vying for popularity. In between was the contemporary look, conceived aesthetically, without a trace of kookiness. 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Most revolutionary of all was the high incidence of wood-grain plastic components used to form expensive-looking sculptured fram- ing for chests, dressers, and headboards. Fabrics boggled the imagination with velvets, fake furs, corduroys, and vinyl taking front-row center. The color scheme in upholstery showed gold and green still ing with deep pink and oyster- white making headway. Punchy black-andwhite combinations were seen almost everywhere in contemporary lines. The optimistic impression of this sea- son's offerings: furniture manufacturers are showing a keen awareness of women’s fashions, of problems in apartment and home living, of the needs of a mobile America, of how new materials can enhance comfort and enjoyment. « look at the instrunientsof social communication during the recent Vatican Council. And while affirminga strongbelief in freedom of the. press, the Council emphasized a moral obligation inherent to such freedom. “An-open-and timely revela= tion. of events. and_ affairs,” Council decree said, “provides individuals with a grasp of* them whichis sustained and considerably detailed. As a result, men can actively contribute to the common good andall can more easily foster the development of the whole civic community.” The Council's decree, however, points out that mis-use of the power of the mass media can be devastatingly destructive. “Slanting” or managing of the news to prejudice the public in favor of a particular point of view, the decree declares, should be scrupulously avoided by those who control the media. “Each man,”the decree asserts, "should strive to form and to voice worthy views on public affairs.” To do this, it adds, “requires discriminating reading and- viewing -as-a background to forming and voicing worthy views.” Providing such material, the decree concludes,is the moral obligation of all mass media. “Rightly used,” the decree says of all mass media, “they can bring solid nourishment to the human. trace.” But_if-they are to be properly used,“it is absolutely necessary that all who use them know the norms of morality and apply them faithfully in this field.” If you are engaged in the mass communication field. ..or feel the influence of mass media in the shaping of your own views .- you'll want to read our new pocket-size pamphlet dealing with the Council's discussion of this vital question. 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