The project described is financed in part by funds from Field Enterprises Educational Corp., Chicago, Ill.

The fall 1976 TV programs were previewed and the results compared with the earlier CHILDHOOD EDUCATION study to determine changes over the intervening years. (JB)

Reviews the current Violence Profile (number 8) which reports on fall 1976 television network programing. The discussion includes comment on the violence index and the risk ratio sections of the profile, but does not cover the third section of Gerbner's profile, cultivation index. (JEG)

The Cultural Indicators Research Team's analysis of the CBS report suggests that the Gerbner Violence profile is defined too broadly, and composed of an arbitrary set of measures; employs faulty units of analysis; is inadequate on the basis of time sampled; and measures relative rather than absolute victimization, which probably does not…

Includes key sections of the CBS response to the analysis of the Cultural Indicators Research Team on the Gerbner Violence Profile. (JEG)

Continues the dialogue on CBS criticisms of the Gerbner Violence Profile. (JEG)

This is an annual report on violence in prime-time television. The tabulations, based on 13 weeks of monitoring prime-time programs on three networks, indicate a decline in violence by 24% and a decline in the rate per hour of dramatic violence to 1.9 incidents per hour since last season. The study also indicated that the introduction of the…

A study was conducted to explore the hypothesis that heavy television viewing, particularly the viewing of a great deal of violence, cultivates certain misconceptions about social reality. Four counties in Florida were selected for the study on the basis of geographical location and amount of violent crime. Survey questionnaires were administered…

This is an annual report on violence in prime-time television. The tabulations, based on the monitoring of 13 weeks of programs on three networks, indicate that CBS was the lowest of the three networks in violence, though at the same level as the previous year. ABC remained the same level as last year, while NBC increased. Both the number of…

This article presents the results of a survey which attempted to determine what television program content is considered inappropriate or offensive by viewers, and what methods should be used to alert viewers to potentially objectionable material. (STS)

Contains excerpts from the statement by the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence. (Author)

Network policy, for the past several years, has been to preface many controversial programs with a general advisory warning that "this material may not be suitable for all family members." A random sample of the general public was surveyed in order to determine the usefulness of the current warning system. Only one-fourth of the adult…

In response to a growing concern that violence portrayed on television may have a deleterious effect on the behavior of viewers, a committee was constituted to develop an index which could be used to monitor the amount of television violence. In constructing such an indicator, careful consideration was given to its uses, since the use would…

A request by Senator John O. Pastore for an inquiry into the effect of televised crime and violence and anti-social behavior by individuals resulted in the formation of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Television and Social Behavior. The committee report consists of the conclusions reached by 12 behavioral scientists after a review of 40…

Recounts a speech delivered by William S. Rubens, Vice President of National Broadcasting Company, in which he covers some of the current issues focusing on television sex and violence and network policy. Available from: Vital Speeches of the Day, City News Publishing Company, Box 606, Southold, New York 11971. (MH)