Examines the structural rules governing the presentation and resolution of problems that serve as premises for prime-time fictional programs. Offers demographic data on character types and matching problem types. (MS)

This collection of case studies, based on factual situations which have challenged broadcast managers in recent years, is designed to stimulate thinking about and solving of "real world" problems in commercial radio and television operations. Topics of a serious, long-run nature include enlarging the radio audience; station revenue and economy;…

Article discussed the accomplishments public broadcasting might achieve versus the limited accomplishments combined with even less motivation displayed by commercial broadcasting. (RK)

Because of the great amount of time children spend watching television and the effect that this may have on their reading achievement, it behooves parents and teachers to be concerned and knowledgeable about the issue. Discusses some methods for developing children's interest in reading through properly guided television viewing and relating…

This discussion of interactive learning activities focuses on cable television programs developed at the University of Quebec at Montreal to demonstrate the possibility of using televisions and telephones as interactive communications tools for varied learning. Activities included in the programs are described, including role play, problem…

Formative evaluations were conducted for the last four rough-cut instructional television programs--"Peers,""Friendship,""Prejudice," and "Thinking"--from "On the Level," a series of 12 lessons designed to aid secondary school students in dealing with personal and social growth. The following…

An experimental project sought to build a replicable model of a viewer-active television simulation. Other educational goals were to 1) increase citizen concern for environmental factors and land use in Maine; 2) disseminate information on land use agencies; 3) illuminate the citizen's role in public planning; and 4) develop new patterns of…

This report summarizes the mathematical and pedagogical content of the SQUARE ONE TV library after four seasons of production, relating that content to the series' three goals: (1) to promote positive attitudes toward, and enthusiasm for, mathematics; (2) to encourage the use and application of problem-solving processes; and (3) to present sound…

The Search for Solutions (SFS) film series has been a popular and important component of many school science programs ranging from elementary to college level. Phillips Petroleum Corporation, funding agent for the SFS, reported that by 1984 some 26,000 schools, 83 percent of all public and private schools, had used the series. In addition, some 84…

This report summarizes the mathematical and pedagogical content of the 230 programs in the SQUARE ONE TV library after five seasons of production, relating that content to the three goals of the series: (1) to promote positive attitudes toward, and enthusiasm for, mathematics; (2) to encourage the use and application of problem-solving processes;…

This report summarizes the mathematical and pedagogical content of the Square One TV library (155 programs) after three seasons of production, relating that content to the three goals of the television series. It also provides a rundown of the shows, with a complete specification of each segment's show number, content, description, format, length,…

The need to reexamine television access programing was the focus of this article. The failure of access, access to information and communications policy, as well as the development of communications policy were topics that were considered. (RK)

This book, which provides information parents can use to counter violent television programing, alerts parents to the fact that television programing in the United States is pushing violent entertainment to its technological limits and allowing children to interact with the programing through their toys. The nine chapters in Part I discuss the way…

Indicates that the most pervasive correlate of the decision to use either pro- or antisocial ways of resolving conflict is the adolescent's perception of how likely his/her peers and parents would use these ways. Television characters' behaviors were a weak influence. (PD)

This occupational analysis data was assembled to help broadcasting arts teachers develop a course of study in program management for junior and senior high school students. Following a job description for a program manager, the remainder of the content in standard task analysis format presents an analysis of nine program management duties (tasks).…