A 1955 survey of the effects of television on 10 to 14 year-old children in Great Britain is reported. A discussion of the problem investigated is presented first--the impact of television on children. Next a summary of the main findings is offered detailing the amount children view and the way in which different children react to television. A…

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) made a study of British children and the mass media. Statistics were gathered by the BBC Audience Research Department from January to March of 1973. The aim of the study was to examine the influence of television and radio in the lives of children under the age of 15, to describe the aims and range of…

Intended as a communication to communicators on television equipment and techniques, this manual also gives an overview of educational television and instructional television practices in the United States, Britain, and Canada. Attention is given to broadcast television--its station organization, control room procedures, and commercial program…

The director of the inter-university research unit in Great Britain argues that the potential of television is still unrealized in higher education. (Editor)

Author's opinion on access television. (HB)

CEEFAX, the British Broadcasting Corporation's news and information service, allows viewers to select from and read 100 pages of reporting written in words and figures on the television screen. A receiver equipped with CEEFAX has extra controls with which to select the service and to dial the page. This optional service requires a built-in decoder…

A brief look at science education in Great Britain with suggestions for how television can promote more interest in science learning. (HB)

The 1973 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) handbook covers the activities and state of the BBC. It first presents a profile of the BBC's first 50 years and of the awards presented to the BBC. The television activities of the BBC are discussed next, including its television service, world television, television enterprises, television film…

Listing over 700 references, the purpose of this bibliography is to selectively outline the main history and development over 50 years of British broadcasting--its art and technique, the people who have shaped its policies and programs, and its impact on society. Entries are listed under categories such as general; history; constitution, control…

Fails to replicate in Great Britain the results of a United States study showing "paranoid perception"--the association of lifelike television violence with the real world state of affairs. Raises doubts about the original (American) studies. (RL)

How Homerton College of Education, Great Britain, uses television for teacher education. (HB)

In an attempt to determine a relatively standardized formula for evaluating children's television programs, a concept of flexible and varied means of exploring the characteristics of children's responses to particular programs and styles of programs according to the kinds of questions that each program raises was developed. The ways in which the…

Presents a guide to resources on television drama available to teachers for classroom use in television curriculum. Lists American and British television drama videorecordings of both series and individual presentations and offers a bibliography of "one-off" single fiction plays produced for British television. (JMF)

Describes a mass communication course of study which includes instruction on the television interview. Examines the way different styles of interviews structure the events, issues, and people they present. (PD)