A summary of 18 months' investigation into the potential uses of telecommunications in the public interest is presented. Areas investigated include public TV and radio, cable TV, television translaters, instructional fixed television service, satellite communications and interconnections. Public hearings were held in eight cities and more than 100…

Communications technology is being used to help solve the economic and social problems of Appalachian Ohio. (NQ)

A description of a microwave television broadcasting system being used for training purposes by the police department in St. Louis, Missouri. (AK)

The final volume of a four-volume study focuses on community use of cable television systems. Four separate aspects are discussed extensively: the possibilities of public access, use in municipal service applications, uses in education, and a guide for education planners. Each section contains several appendixes and the education sections include…

Examines the implications of the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) program in India for development policy. Assesses the project's performance in terms of the feasibility and usefulness of large-scale rural broadcasting by satellite. Uses the experience to generalize about producing educational programing for heterogeneous rural…

Based on papers and recorded discussions of training experts at the UNESCO Seminar on Instructional Training Techniques for Broadcasters, communication training is examined as the planned process of inducing those attitudes and transmitting those skills necessary for the effective mass movement of ideas, the sharing of information, and the…

The Program Component of the Satellite Technology Demonstration (STD) developed the programing for a television series on career planning for junior high school students. A program called "Time Out" was designed, developed, and implemented to be broadcast throughout the Rocky Mountain States. A staff of educators and communicators…

Evaluates the Educational Satellite Communications Demonstration in Alaska project in educational television within the context of the rapid social change in land ownership, employment, and schooling. (JMF)

A study was made of the technical characteristics and costs which might be incorporated into a network for the delivery of educational programing. Broadcast media explored include AM and FM radio and UHF and VHF television. Two systems of computer-assisted instruction, TICCIT and PLATO IV, were examined as was Bell Systems' Picturephone. Attention…

The Satellite Technology Demonstration (STD) produced a series of 81 television programs called the "J-series" for junior high school students. This material was used to illustrate real life situations for a career development program. Because materials were expensive, the decision was made to produce "in-house" programs and…

Because 16mm film programs for classroom use are expensive and distribution is unpredictable, the Satellite Technology Demonstration (STD) established a Materials Distribution Service (MDS) to transmit material via satellite to rural sites in the Rocky Mountains. The STD leased 300 programs from Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation and…

Satellite Technology Demonstration (STD) was designed to provide data on the use of a satellite to deliver educational programs to 56 rural-isolated schools in eight Rocky Mountain States. Three series were broadcast: (1) a junior high school career development, (2) career development for public school administrators and teachers, and (3) topical…

To implement a career education program for junior high school students in the rural, isolated areas of the Rocky Mountain States, Satellite Technology Demonstration (STD) tested the use of a satellite-assisted communications system for the delivery of social services. A magazine was designed to promote acceptance of the television programing and…