Using 280 5th graders as subjects, an experiment was carried out to answer the following questions: (1) do certain indentified television formats have effects on cognition? (2) Is mastery of various cognitive skills correlated with extraction of knowledge from a television message which employs the corresponding format? It was hypothesized that:…

This report describes the status of this pilot satellite television project for the state of Alaska which provides for the distribution of television programming to the RCA Toll Centers in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Sitka, and Bethel, as well as to 23 selected rural sites. The historical background is discussed, as well as the process involved…

This volume describes the development and implementation of a two-way interactive cable television communication system and its effectiveness in urban administration. The full report is contained in Volume II (see related document), and the computer program documentation is in Volume III, Michigan State University-Rockford Two-Way Cable Project:…

This 4-year project located in Rockford, Illinois, tested the minicomputer-controlled interactive instruction by two-way cable against more traditional learning situations during a 12-lesson course in prefire planning administered to the city's fire department. This volume describing the development and implementation of the cable television…