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Download full textCraig, J. Robert; Smith, B. R. – 1995
A study examined the effects of the Children's Television Act of 1990 on television stations' freedom to schedule programs. Subjects were programming directors responsible for scheduling children's blocks in the Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, Michigan, TV market, the nation's 60th largest. The four program directors, whose stations were major network…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Case Studies, Childrens Television, Commercial Television
Minow, Newton N.; LaMay, Craig L. – 1995
This book argues that it is time for Americans to rebuild their television system and that translating the public interest into a commitment to the nation's children will take time, education, and public debate. The book affirms that American adults need to consider what public interest means with respect to those who are too young to vote, who…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Child Advocacy, Childhood Needs, Childrens Television
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Washington, DC. – 1997
This report provides data tables analyzing revenues from state governments and combined revenues from state government and state university sources for each state, as reported to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by public broadcasting licensees in the Annual Financial Report survey for fiscal year 1996. All revenue amounts contained in the…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Educational Media, Educational Television, Government Role
Leidman, Mary Beth – 1994
In 1992, a communications researcher had the opportunity to spend seven months as a visiting professor at the University of Haifa in Israel. From the standpoint of an observer of media coverage, the timing and location of her stay was fortuitous. Israelis were conducting an election off schedule, and at the same time the United States was…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Broadcast Journalism, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
Firestone, Charles M., Ed.; Garmer, Amy Korzick, Ed. – 1998
This publication is the result of a series of meetings convened to explore options for broadcast regulation in the digital era. The report offers a crucial context for these issues and aims to contribute to a greater understanding of the legal, constitutional, economic, political, and other issues surrounding the debate. The first section deals…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Communications, Economic Factors, Federal Government
Consumers Union of the United States, Yonkers, NY. Education Services. – 1995
This report identifies some of the different forms that in-school commercialism takes, from outright advertising in school hallways to sponsored educational materials that often contain brand-name plugs and biased messages. It examines the reasons why corporations and other commercial organizations are interested in marketing to kids in the…
Descriptors: Advertising, Business, Business Responsibility, Class Activities
