This bibliography lists 32 documents submitted to the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) which relate to research on television. Listings are broken into five categories: (1) overviews; (2) children and television; (3) project reports; (4) cable television; and (5) bibliographies. Articles are listed alphabetically within each…

This annotated bibliography is a guide to selected resources available for television research at the University of Georgia Libraries. It centers on publications found in the Reference Department of the Main Library but also cites a number of important sources located elsewhere in the building or on the university campus. A description is provided…

Focused on research concerning children and television, this annotated bibliography lists 44 articles selected from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database from 1983 to 1988. Topics include: (1) the effects of television violence on children; (2) television viewing patterns; (3) children's television programs; and (4)…

Reviews research related to the effects of television on children. The topics of imitation, distraction and television violence are addressed. (RAO)

This article is an annotated bibliography of 36 formative, summative, and theoretical research studies on the 4 educational children's television series produced by the Children's Television Workshop since 1969: "Sesame Street,""The Electric Company,""3-2-1 Contact," and "Square One TV." (LRW)

Television's impact on children is the focus of this document, which includes a review of the research on the subject, a master bibliography containing 3,000 items written between 1955 and the present, and 13 specialized bibliographies. Specific topics addressed include violence and its effects, prosocial television, socialization, television…

This paper reviews ten studies on the effects of television cartoon violence on aggressive behavior in children and discusses possible reasons for the inconsistent results. Methodology and results of field and laboratory studies are compared, and study limitations are noted. The impact of cartoons is discussed in terms of human vs. animal…

Presents a bibliography of seven items (research studies, discussions, and descriptions of programs) from the ERIC database which explore, from various angles, how television affects the ways children see and relate to drama. (SR)

Reflecting the concern which has been generated over the influence of television viewing on society at large, this "FAST Bib" presents annotations of 31 ERIC documents and journal articles published between 1989 and 1992. Annotations in the FAST Bib are divided into five sections: (1) Overview; (2) The Connection between Television and…

This bibliography contains annotations of reports, reviews, and other documents on instructional television indexed and available through the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC). This paper serves as an update to two earlier papers published by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources in 1972 and 1973. Coverage includes children…

Educators must become aware of the need for helping students overcome excessive television viewing and develop selective, purposeful television-viewing habits. This study provides information to help educators select and implement educational programs with these aims. Brief annotations of 77 research articles are organized under the following…

The bibliography on analyses of television programing provided in this paper indicates the types of content analyses that have been conducted on television programing over much of the last 30 years. Compiled after a review of relevant books and the back issues of "Journal of Communication,""Journal of Broadcasting," and "Journalism Quarterly," the…

As part of the American Issues Forum, a bicentennial program developed around nine monthly issues, divided into 36 weekly subtopics; a list of supporting films is provided by the Educational Film Library Association. Arranged by issue topic and weekly subtopic, each entry includes title, length, color, producer, distributor, and a brief annotated…

This update of a bibliography published in Canadian Journal of Educational Communication (Fall 1982; Winter 1983) cites qualitative research seeking a more comprehensive, contextual account of children's television viewing. Specific items deal with viewing time, family role, habit modification, fright reaction, commercials, affective and language…

This bibliography of selected television research lists 914 references to English, French and German publications (empirical studies, research reviews and summarizing literature) which deal with the use of television and its various functions for children and adolescents and particularly with the effects of television on children's personality and…