A search for a productive relationship between sound and picture in television news showed that information gain was greater from news stories shown with interesting video than from news stories shown with a talking head, even when the video did not convey the facts of the story. (Author/MER)

Findings of this study on the validity of script reviews in preproduction formative evaluation support the use of script evaluations as a means of identifying program strengths and weaknesses and serving as a guide for revision. Program areas that can be reliably evaluated at the script stage are discussed. (RAO)

Discusses the results of an examination of the scripts used in eight television programs popular with teenagers that indicate that viewers are exposed to short, simple sentences and largely unsophisticated language structures. (AEA)

Describes the results of a project designed to improve children's reading skills by providing them with television program scripts to read prior to viewing the program. (JMF)

Television programs undergo many revisions from original script to completed pilot. This study analyzed 21 programs which debuted in 1987 to determine whether there were significant changes in the portrayal of women during the production. The results showed little change in gender representation from the original script to the finished program and…

To evaluate the effect of the children's television program "Sesame Street" on Chicano viewers and to identify areas for improvement, the Children's Television Workshop contracted with the Chicano Studies Center at the University of California at Los Angeles to provide the following services: (1) establish observation sites in the Los…

The relationship between the racial composition of television casts and their portrayal of Black Americans is examined. Observations of six selected television programs over several weeks indicated that the portrayal of Black in integrated and all-Black programs communicates different images about Black Americans. The results indicate that Black…

This report presents the procedures and activities of a year-long Public Education Project conducted in Region J of North Carolina to help citizens of this region learn what Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are available, how to obtain them, and when to call upon them. Previous reports provide the sampling methodology used to survey the…