Presents an annotated bibliography of 25 entries dealing with the history, development, and future of public broadcasting, including the role of the federal government and the educational function of the public broadcasting system. (JMF)

The depiction of alcohol and other drugs on commercial television, including television commercials, is examined in this annotated bibliography. A brief introduction provides a statement of the problem and information on the significance, organization, and limitations of the study, as well as a glossary of widely used terms. Recent articles on the…

This listing, compiled through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's Office of Educational Activities, indicates those educational television series broadcast during the 1978-79 television season. The lists are arranged by elementary/secondary series (including only those series carried by ten or more licencees) and post secondary series. The…

The paper reviews 268 studies and publications (dated from 1975 to 1983) related to the application of telecommunications technology to rehabilitation. Technologies examined were applications of television (cable, closed circuit, interactive, instructional television, fixed service, and broadcast); satellite; radio; and telephone. Documents are…

Designed for media specialists and educators, the four articles in this issue focus on television's effects on children. Following a brief editorial reviewing current directions of research in this area, the first article compares the American pre-school educational television program "Sesame Street" with its Australian counterpart.…

The "Year of the Environment" outreach campaign--OPERATION EARTH--is designed to encourage local and individual involvement in environmental activities and to enable public television stations, along with educators and local environmental groups, to develop local outreach plans which meet the environmental needs of the community they serve. This…

More than 2000 individual television programs produced by the nation's public broadcasting stations are listed in this catalog. The programs are divided among more than 270 subject headings, and they represent the general interest areas of public affairs, current issues, art, health, science, instruction, sports, and childrens shows. Programs and…

This catalog indexes and describes over 175 Native American programs produced for public television and available on video to public television stations, schools, libraries, and educational users. Introductory pages describe the development of the Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium and present brief biographies of nine Native American…

A digest about how higher education can use new telecommunications technologies, especially to reach students in off-campus settings, is presented. Six issues of volume 1 of the newsletter "TELESCAN" include articles on special topics and descriptions of national initiatives involving applications of technology-based instruction in higher…

A digest about how higher education can use new telecommunications technologies, especially to reach students in off-campus settings, is presented. Six issues of volume 2 of the newsletter "TELESCAN" include articles on special topics, an update of legal and regulatory issues, and descriptions of national initiatives involving applications of…

A digest about how higher education can use new telecommunications technologies, especially to reach students in off-campus settings, is presented. Ten issues of volume 4 of the newsletter "TELESCAN" include information on legislation and trends in the applications of technology-based instruction in postsecondary education. Also included are…

The 72 items in this bibliography concern the use of nonprint media in reading instruction. A section on audio and visual channels concerns the use of audiovisual materials, tape recordings, and filmstrips as instructional aids. The section on television and film includes items on film, learning from television, commercial television, public…

A digest about how higher education can use new telecommunications technologies, especially to reach students in off-campus settings, is presented. Seven issues of volume 3 of the newsletter "TELESCAN" include articles on special topics and descriptions of national initiatives involving applications of technology-based instruction in higher…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 27 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) children's understanding of television advertising; (2) the occupational role portrayed of women in magazine advertisements; (3) the relationship between…