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Sedlak, Valerie F. – 1994
The new Writing for Television Program at Morgan State University (suggested by Warner Brothers at a summer seminar) has added new courses each semester: (1) basic 200-level courses in the "Fundamentals of Writing for Television" and "Introductory Script Writing"; (2) more specialized 300-level courses in "Episodic…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Professional Training

Lloyd-Kolkin, Donna; And Others – Journal of Communication, 1980
Outlines the development of a secondary school curriculum for teaching the following critical television viewing abilities: to evaluate and manage one's own television viewing behavior, to question the reality of television programing, to recognize the persuasive arguments on television, and to recognize the effects of television on daily life.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Course Content, Course Objectives, Critical Thinking
Regina, Teresa E. – Equity and Choice, 1986
Describes the components of a video studies curriculum developed and offered at Classical High School in Springfield, Massachusetts. The curriculum includes telecommunications, film and video production, the use of technical equipment, and journalism. (GC)
Descriptors: Communications, Curriculum Development, High Schools, Journalism Education
Hanks, William; Schiller, Scott S. – Association for Communication Administration Bulletin, 1985
Reports the result of a program using a cable television channel to give mass communications students experience in managing budgets, people, and programing. Includes recommendations for others considering such a program. (PD)
Descriptors: Cable Television, Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Bell, John – 1984
Television viewing is shaping all of us and especially young people, far more than we know, and perhaps more than we are shaping ourselves. On television Americans see a lot of alcohol consumption; few old people; and many policemen, doctors, lawyers, judges, and law-breakers, but few blue collar workers, artists, salespeople, clerks, or…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Instructional Materials, Mass Media Effects

Anderson, James A. – Journal of Communication, 1980
Discusses the development of critical televiewing curricula in relation to their stated goals and content. Outlines four underlying constructs: intervention, goal attainment, cultural understanding, and literacy. (JMF)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Objectives, Critical Thinking, Cultural Awareness
Zigerell, James J.; And Others – 1980
This ERIC Information Analysis Product is intended to provide current, succinct, and accurate information regarding the use of television, especially telecourses, in 2-year postsecondary institutions. To provide a comprehensive overview of the subject, the monograph is divided into three major sections: (1) current developments in…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Community Colleges, Consortia, Curriculum Design
Schiller, Scott S.; Hanks, William – 1984
To describe the development of an experiential learning program for mass communication students, this report presents the results of a year-long experiment designed to help students gain in professionalism by both managing a cable channel and producing programs for it. The first section of the report describes the experiment, which was the result…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development
Lieberman, Debra; And Others – 1980
The product of Phase II of a two-year project funded by the U.S. Office of Education to prepare, evaluate, and distribute a print-based curriculum on critical television viewing skills for teenagers, and to prepare guides and workshops on television viewing for parents and teachers, this final report describes tasks undertaken in four areas during…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Evaluative Thinking, Guides, Inservice Teacher Education
Corder-Bolz, Charles R. – 1980
This report summarizes the activities of a two-year project to develop curriculum materials to encourage and enable students in grades K through 5 to learn critical television viewing skills, and to use these skills to become evaluative consumers of television. A review of the project provides background information; describes the specific…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Childrens Television, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Dondis, Donis – 1981
This final report summarizes the activities of Phase 1 and Phase 2 of a project designed to develop curriculum materials to teach critical television viewing skills at the postsecondary level, including individuals in various community and professional groups, as well as students in formal educational programs. Defining such skills as those which…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiovisual Aids, Broadcast Television, Curriculum Development
Lloyd-Kolkin, Donna – 1979
This report describes activities undertaken during Phase I of a two-year project sponsored by the U.S. Office of Education to prepare, evaluate, and distribute a print-based curriculum which will encourage the development of critical television viewing skills in teenagers, and to develop television viewing skills guides and workshops for parents…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Evaluative Thinking, Formative Evaluation, Guides
Ploghoft, Milton E., Ed.; Anderson, James A., Ed. – 1981
This collection of papers is from the first national conference of academicians, teachers, school administrators, parents, television industry specialists, and government agency personnel interested in children and television. The 23 papers are presented under the following topics: (1) development of receivership skills (skills required for the…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Consumer Education, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development

Henderson, Jerome D. – 1980
A self-instructional approach used at Central Michigan University to teach basic broadcasting techniques to students in a basic production course is described in this paper. Separate sections discuss the following topics: (1) problems involved in attempting to provide large numbers of students with hands-on training in broadcast production; (2)…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Behavioral Objectives, Broadcast Industry, Course Content
Bramble, William J.; And Others – 1975
A course in diagnostic and prescriptive reading instruction was delivered by satellite to a group of educators, and cognitive, affective, and classroom practice changes were observed. Participants were kindergarten through third grade teachers in the Appalachian region. The course consisted of 12 half-hour color videotaped lessons, 12 pretaped…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems