This article explores academic and industry perspectives on the use of dialect, slang, and historical language in screenwriting. It offers a chronological overview of major screenwriting manuals' treatment of dialect and slang (or lack thereof) 1946-2020. It then presents survey data of 53 currently-practicing screenwriters' views on working with…

Describes the Hochschule fur Film und Fernsehen, an institution of higher education for the study of film and television production in Babelsberg, Germany (formerly the German Democratic Republic). Discusses the major reorientations in the school caused by Germany's reunification. (SR)

Points out that programing as subject matter emerges at various points in academic programs: in introductory courses, in radio and television production and management courses, etc. Outlines programing course structure covering units or comprehensive treatment of the subject. (PD)

Describes the production of an hour-long television documentary on the quality of education in a community as an important learning experience for students of broadcast journalism. (PD)

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

Factors related to the production of a successful television course are discussed. These include selection of the course, its use, the talent, course design, and the probability and method of recovering the investment. (MP)

During December 1980 a five-member delegation from the Beijing (Peking) Broadcasting College's Communication Education Department visited comparable U.S. university departments. Author interviewed Zhu Yujun, only woman in the delegation, who lectures on film production in the department of television production. (PD)

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)

SUN, the State University of Nebraska, is America's most ambitious effort to exploit educational television's ability to distribute college-level materials broadly, quickly, and cheaply in order to serve those who cannot or will not go to the traditional places of learning. (Author)

This article presents a list of 16 topics which can form the backbone of a curriculum for a college level course in the use of instructional television (ITV). They were selected from a unit of ITV which is part of an educational course taught in the College of Education of the University of Texas at Austin. (Author)

The 1960's witnessed in Europe the development of distant study systems based, to begin with, essentially on radio and/or television together with correspondence courses. In secondary education these included the German Telekolleg and the French RTS Promotion, produced under the auspices of the Office Francais des Techniques Modernes d'Education;…

Describes the advent of "telecourses" that enable students to earn college credits off campus by watching television. (Author/RK)

Reviews the cable television production course at the University of Northern Colorado. Considers technical needs and scheduling for the course, and discusses problems associated with student newscasts. Concludes that the production course provided valuable experience for broadcast journalism students. (MM)

A lecturer in the School of Education, Nottingham University, contends that teaching about the media need not be an elaborately complex business. He suggests some of the constituents of a worthwhile course, the nature and effects of television images, and areas for further investigation. (PD)

In the spring of 1971, the University of New Brunswick's Department of Business Administration offered a credit course entitled Management of the Enterprise'' on public television. (Author)