Elementary students (grades 3-5) at Hopkins Magnet Academy in Victoria, Texas write, produce, and broadcast their school's morning announcements using a closed-circuit video network. Describes resources, other uses for the audio/video network, and a representative morning's preparations for and production of the morning announcements. (PEN)

A program designed to evaluate the benefits of an audiovisual-frequency modulated (FM) system led to some questions concerning the effects of illumination level and a talker's skin color on speech-reading performance. To address those issues, the speech of a Caucasian female was videotaped under 2 conditions: a light skin color condition and a…

THE ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION FOR WORK TRAINING UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS WERE INVESTIGATED. "WORK TRAINING" REQUIRED THE MEMORIZATION OF PROCEDURES DURING THE TRAINING PERIOD. ONE EXPERIMENT UTILIZED 20 UNSKILLED FEMALES WHO COMPLETED A LAYERED ASSEMBLY BY REFERRING TO A TYPED LIST OR SLIDES OF THE ASSEMBLY WHICH WERE…

THE SUBSCRIBERS TO FOUR JOURNALS IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATION WERE SURVEYED TO DETERMINE (1) WHETHER COMMUNICATION HAS EMERGED AS AN IDENTIFIABLE AREA OF DISCIPLINE, (2) WHAT SHORTCOMINGS READERS PERCEIVE IN PROFESSIONALLY SIGNIFICANT JOURNALS, AND (3) HOW READERS PERCEIVE THE ROLE OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS AS A CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION. A…

The author suggests that there is a need to identify methods of effectively and efficiently enhancing communication in the lecture room, laboratory or in the out-of-class environment. The study reported concerns the development of suitable new systems which will enable the teacher of chemistry to (1) use projection television for brief periods…

Topics in this annotated bibliography on audiovisual instruction include the history of instructional technology, teacher-training, equipment operation, administration of media programs, production of instructional materials, language laboratories, instructional television, programed instruction, communication theory, learning theory, and…

The relevance and complexity of the communications process to church institutions demand a serious approach to surveying the field and the problems that ensue from its processes. As a beginning response to this need, two research initiatives are reported in this pamphlet. The first is a prospective study on the future need of audiovisual…

A series of twelve essays discuss the use of audiovisuals in religious education. The essays are divided into three sections: one which draws on the ideas of Marshall McLuhan and other educators to explore the newest ideas about audiovisual language and faith, one that describes how to learn and use the new language of audio and visual images, and…

Describes the legislative hearing conducted June 8, 1977, by the Senate Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space which was a videoconference via satellite to interview witnesses located 800 miles away in Illinois. Future possible use of the technology involved is reviewed. (SL)

Discusses the potential uses of two major technological advances and their possible impact on print media. (AEA)

An extensive listing of non-print media, with commentary, pertaining to women's liberation. (HB)

Discusses and attempts to define literature as an art comprised of more than one medium and film as a medium for more than one art. (TO)

English teacher uses slidetapes, made by the students, to bring into focus and integrate a multiplicity of language skills. (GB)

This study tested whether children like commercials they believe or believe commercials they like. Results indicated a moderate correlation between the perceived attractiveness and the credibility of the commercials. (CH)

A description and course outline of a British film study course which stressed an auteristic approach to cinema. (CH)