A description of a television project in environmental education in which the viewer is cast in the role of the decision-maker--charged with the responsibility of making a decision and forwarding it to the producers to be factored into the next program.'' (Author/AK)

The strengths and weaknesses of home television are examined from a developmental point of view, and recommendations for action by educators and parents are made. Strengths considered are educational growth, aesthetic development, and entertainment. Weaknesses discussed include television violence and aggressive behavior, passivity by viewer, and…

Asserts that, although government leaders stress the role of television in "comforting" the people, an analysis of key challenges to the centralized authority suggests that such comfort may come at the expense of local and regional participation. (PRA)

This paper, representing the first part of a multifaceted study designed to examine the communicative role of a two-way talk radio station, provides a demographic profile of listeners during a one-week period. Data was collected in Salt Lake City during the spring of 1975. Each broadcast day was tape recorded from the beginning talk show until the…

Presents interview with Sergei P. Kapitza, scholar in physics and a popularizer of science through television, who discusses his television program noting objectives, topics, and format of program, participation of viewers, influences of space age, and family viewing. A description of a participation science program "What? Where? When?"…

This document analyzes and evaluates dilemmas and difficulties in developing/implementing "progressive television," a kind of television that seeks to transgress the boundaries of dominant (mainstream) television by proposing a new constellation of television production and consumption. The ideal is described as a television that tries…

Describes an audience participation project in the classroom that approximates "real world" production techniques. (PD)

This paper, written for mental health professionals, focuses on learning, teaching, and professional issues in radio talk show psychology. The discussion focuses on the educational aspects of media psychology, including learning about others' behaviors and problems and alternative points of view, the role and behavior of professionals, how to…

The "new" anti-racists of the 1980s in contemporary Britain consider racism, particularly against blacks, as both a structural and a white problem. Anti-racist activists, whose attitude is a mirror-image of the political left's general concern about the media--where blacks are in the minority--regard the media, especially television, as…

This paper provides a framework for developing an approach to understanding soap opera's appeal as a direct function of both the genre's form and of its fans' viewing behavior. The paper suggests that while this analysis is largely critical, other studies from both critical and social scientific approaches can be based upon the framework and…

Notes that to succeed in television both the audience and what is trying to be achieved with them must be known. Also important is a knowledge of what appeals to the audience, what their needs and interests are, and how the educational objectives planned for them can connect with these characteristics. (Author/AM)

Data for this analysis of the reactions of animators (facilitators) and villagers to a series of Out of School Television (OSTV--Tele Pour Tous) broadcasts were collected through taped discussions with groups of villagers in their native dialects and separate interviews with animators. Designed to supplement data obtained through questionnaires,…

Discusses the use of microcomputer-based testing methods in media and community research, with descriptions of the Programme Evaluation Analysis Computer (PEAC) developed for the Ontario Education Communications Authority and of the application of the PEAC system in a study of second-by-second responses to Orson Welles'"War of the…

Three effective strategies in quality open-broadcast programming for increasing educational radio's audience attraction are suggested as alternatives to the usual approach to such programming in the third world: (1) the advertising approach, which is suited to audience motivation for accomplishing concrete behavioral objectives; (2) the…