Despite the much-touted 'sexual revolution', during the 1960s-70s, at the time most Western education systems avoided sex education. This article identifies contradictory discourses about sex as manifested in two distinct cultural expressions that co-occurred in those years in the UK. The first represented mainstream social conservatism - in the…

The need for television news to be entertaining constrains the ability of television news to educate and inform the electorate who use it as their main source of knowledge about the political process. Until television news places the need to inform ahead of entertainment, voters will continue to be shortchanged. (Author/IS)

A study assessed the accuracy of public perceptions of public reactions to a politically problematic situation, the return of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China in 1997. The analysis sought to relate differential patterns of communication behavior related to pluralistic ignorance (shared incorrect beliefs about…

Tests the promise and limits of computer-mediated politics and the actual destabilizing/restructuring of political practices and relations which the Internet has brought to the British system. (RS)

The 24 papers in this collection discuss a variety of issues concerning the history of journalism in many countries. The papers are: "The East-Indian American Press" (Arthi Subramaniam); "The World's Oldest Magazine and Its Place in the Evolution of British Periodicals" (Sam G. Riley); "Donna Allen and the Women's…

A content analysis was performed on all of the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) Nine O'Clock News and ITV (Independent Television) News at Ten programs that were broadcast during Britain's year-long miners' strike--March 1984-March 1985--and a four-month sample of Channel 4 news to examine how television news covered a protracted story of…

The 1983 British general election saw greater use than ever before in that country of sophisticated marketing research and techniques in the promotion of a party (the Conservatives) and a personality (Margaret Thatcher). With the help of an outside advertising agency, the Conservative Central Office had more marketing expertise than ever before,…

Concludes that the coverage of health issues in the British press is modest and lacking in information, making health less of a concern than illness among the public. (FL)

Studied violence on children's television in Britain. Found 39% of children's programs examined contained violence, primarily involving shootings and physical assault committed for negative purposes and rarely followed by painful consequences. The fast pace of such programs is also a significant factor. Results pose wider implications for those…

Discusses recent developments in media education that reflect the concern of teachers at all levels about the ability of students to comprehend and practice the variety of media to which they are constantly exposed and through which they develop many of their concepts of the world. (SRT)

Highlights the significance of the mass media as an integral element of educational policy making and implementation, and reports on the initial conceptualization of research into the involvement of the British mass media in the policy-making process. An international agenda is suggested for research into media and education policy. (SLD)

Describes an innovative approach to teaching students how to "read" critically the various "texts" present throughout the mass media. Provides principles developed in England in relation to media education and concerned with teaching critical reading in conjunction with the study of newspapers. (HB)

This article presents case studies of political literacy among primary pupils. While researching primary pupils' understanding of "enterprise", the researchers added interviews connecting this concept to the Iraq war. A sample of 10 non-representative Scottish primary schools from seven local education authorities has provided the…

Reports research based on the scientific issues of a claim of missing matter in the universe and a possible link between injections of vitamin K into newborn babies and the subsequent development of childhood cancer. Contains 64 references. (DDR)

Presents findings of a study of Afro-Caribbean women between 15 and 25 years old in Great Britain. Examines the role played by the media and the education system in constructing the aspirations, world views, and life styles of young Black women, analyzing the most influential factors shaping their realities. (AF)