Loss of educational progress during the summer can be minimized by watching and participating in public television series designed to teach children out of school. Three series, Reading Rainbow, 3-2-1 Contact, and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, are discussed. (MT)

Examines whether children's television cartoons portray male and female characters using science and technology in a different manner. Findings indicate that most characters were male and were often depicted using science and technology, usually while being aggressive while female characters were depicted as prosocial and using science and…

Describes a television game show in Detroit, Michigan, that teaches children to appreciate literature and motivates them to read more. (FL)

Investigates age differences in children's processes of simultaneously comprehending the auditory and visual content of a televised story. Reports a developmental increase in utilizing semantic content of both auditory and visual content to form a unified representation of narrated events. (MM)

Four reproducible pages containing activities to help children understand the effect of television, to question what they watch, to study how they use television, and to explore aural and visual awareness. (MT)

The author describes some of the instructional programs currently available on educational television. She gives special attention to the series "ThinkAbout" for grades five and six, which emphasizes using skills in reasoning, studying, language arts, and math to solve everyday problems. (SJL)

Investigates the nature and extent of violence contained in television programming that targets children aged 12 and younger. Notes that the violence itself is just as likely to be glamorized in children's as in nonchildren's shows, but it is even more sanitized and more likely to be trivialized. Documents five subgenres of children's programming…

CYBERCHASE, an interactive math-based adventure series for young viewers, is entering its fifth season on public broadcasting stations in the United States. This article explore season highlights and suggests benefits of using CYBERCHASE to supplement math lessons in school and at home.

A study was conducted to evaluate television commercials based on their reading (or print) content. Commercials aired on the three major networks during Saturday morning programing were viewed for six consecutive weeks. Each commercial was analyzed to determine how it used printed words to sell a product. The results revealed that the printed word…

A collection of brief essays on ways teachers can use commercial television to stimulate reading, science, math, social studies and language arts curriculum. (SB)

A discussion of television advertising's impact on children and what teachers can do to guide children in their viewing of television. (DD)

Presents an interview with Roger Fransecky, who has worked in the field of children's mass visual media, especially television, and who advocates inclusion of visual, electronic media in school language programs. (HTH)

Presents a model of the way children process television advertising. (Author/RL)

The studies reported in this book are content analyses of children's television and attendant advertising. Following an introductory statement, chapters present data about children's commercial television on the weekends, children's commercial television after school, and the seasonal variations in television advertising to children. A concluding…

Examines the research on the effects of television advertising on children and discusses an experiment which studied children's vulnerability to television commercials. (MB)