EXHIBIT 3.2

                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

                                       OF

                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION


      K-III COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing
under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
"Corporation"),

     DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

     FIRST:  That  the  Board  of  Directors  of the  Corporation  duly  adopted
resolutions  setting forth and declaring  advisable a proposed  amendment to the
Certificate of Incorporation of said Corporation:

          RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors hereby deems it advisable and in
          the best interests of the  Corporation and its  shareholders  that the
          Certificate of  Incorporation  of the  Corporation  (the "Charter") be
          amended by  deleting  Article  FIRST  thereof in its  entirety  and by
          substituting,  in lieu of said  Article,  the  following  new Article:
          "FIRST: The name of the Corporation is PRIMEDIA Inc.".

     SECOND:  That the stockholders holding a majority of all of the outstanding
shares of the Common Stock of the Corporation have given written consent to said
amendment  in  accordance  with the  provisions  of Section  228 of the  General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

     THIRD:  That the aforesaid  amendment to the  Corporation's  Certificate of
Incorporation  was duly adopted in accordance with the applicable  provisions of
Section  242 and  Section  228 of the  General  Corporation  Law of the State of
Delaware.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  said K-III Communications  Corporation has caused this
Certificate to be executed by Beverly C. Chell, its authorized  officer, on this
14th day of November, 1997

                                         By /s/ Beverly C. Chell
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                                            Name:   Beverly C. Chell
                                            Title:  Vice Chairman & Secretary