Reviews developments in the television industry in Australia with specific reference to children's television. Advertising regulations and research and publications related to children's television are also noted. (RAO)

Reviews existing Canadian television networks, their hours of programing and amount of Canadian content, then focuses on programing for children including advertising regulations. Growing interest in television research on cognitive and achievement patterns is cited. (RAO)

Describes the cooperative television advertising arrangement between Johnson County Community College (KS) and the Metropolitan Community College District (MO), which resulted in the lease and later in the production of public-service announcements to promote student recruitment. Outlines the project's development, problems, and successes.…

Television programing governed by national policy is described. The Advertising Code is noted, as are sources of foreign programs, media research agencies, and references to Malaysian media studies. (RAO)

Development and operation of the television industry in India is described with emphasis upon children's television. Matters related to advertising material considered unacceptable, and educational programing are addressed. (RAO)

Describes a project preparing students to make political advertisements for television, including details for necessary hardware, script preparation, formatting, time management, and coordination with the television studio. Includes description of each role and broadcasting jargon. (Author/CK)

Describes how the elementary school at Oakham, Massachusetts, improved nutrition habits, increased student participation, and reduced waste in its lunch program through a program called MUNCH (Multiple Unit of Nutritional Care and Health). MUNCH involves family-style meals instead of cafeteria lines, expanded nutrition education, and periodic…

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…

The "Blue Tube" is a 2-part academic package developed at the U.S. Air Force Academy consisting of an English course in communication and writing skills and a management course in advertising and marketing; the two courses are interrelated through student assignments in television production. The first part of the package includes…

This final report describes a pilot program for the simultaneous appraisal and description of concurrent television newsfilm from the holdings (dating from 1955 to 1972) of three Madison, Wisconsin television stations. The sections of the report are: (1) Project Background and History; (2) Problems of Estimating; (3) Evaluation of the Physical…

Media Panel is a research program directed toward media habits, causes and effects of TV use among children and adolescents, and viewer/media interaction in general. Results of this longitudinal study from 1970 to the present are presented in three sections focusing on the early work of the group, the preschool panel, and the primary school panel.…

Children's television transmitted by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the Independent Broadcasting Authority is reviewed and various types of programs are described. (RAO)

Briefly describes television programing for children in Mexico and lists (in Spanish) those presented at the Universities of Iberoamericana and Anahuac on children's television. (RAO)

Televised sexuality is examined in the context of gender stereotypes for three recent, "new adult" programs which have been billed as departures from traditional treatments of sex roles and/or sexuality: "All That Glitters,""Soap," and "We've Got Each Other." Using these examples, the paper focuses on three main areas: (1) characters and settings…

This report describes the first wave of a research project investigating both the mass media behavior of adolescents in size and character of consumption, and their relations with the TV content consumed. This longitudinal study examines 11- to 15-year-olds through the use of specially developed scales and other traditional measures. Included are…