In September 2000, the Federal Trade Commission issued a report on marketing violent entertainment to children. The Commission found that all three segments of the entertainment industry intentionally promoted products to children that warranted parental cautions. This report provides a look at the advertising practices to see if the industries…

The purpose of this study is to examine how personal offensiveness to, and perceived harmfulness of, violent and sexual film content relates to the setting of minimum age limits for viewing movies containing examples of each. Using third-person effect as a theoretical framework, a 2x2 experiment was conducted. Subjects, undergraduate students in…

This 1998 issue of "Carolinas Communication Annual" contains the following articles: "Give Me That Old Time Religion?: A Study of Religious Themes in the Rhetoric of the Ku Klux Klan" (John S. Seiter); "The Three Stooges versus the Third Reich" (Roy Schwartzman); "Interdisciplinary Team Teaching: Implementing…

Reports the effects of exposing both kindergarten and elementary school children to high and low speed motion pictures on children's estimation of time. Concluded the children's judgment is dependent upon their chronological ages and daily experiences of visual perception. (CC)

This paper analyzes selected films and filmstrips (according to five broad classifications: biology, family life, social development, personality, and social issues) as part of a larger study defining the specific subject matter of sex education. The amount of attention given to the topics of reproduction, fertilization and birth processes,…

A description of freezeframe, a technique by which film, interspersed with still visuals and audio instructions, is used by the federal government in the training of health professional personnel. (Author)

Discusses three instances where the media act itself became more than a vehicle for a message but the true communicator or mediator instead. Also suggests uses of media as a source of material for study/action in the classroom. (TO)

Describes a college language program in which modern feature films in German are used as the core material in the curriculum. (RL)

The record of nine independent art colleges indicates that union can bring many rewards without stifling identity or individuality. (Editor)

Explains how federal funds were spent on an educationally untried and unsuccessful system, the Electronic Video Recorder (EVR), designed by CBS and manufactured by Motorola. (MF)

Discusses the life and thought of Jacob Bronowski, producer/director of a 13-part television series entitled The Ascent of Man.'' Indicates that his work has the effect of crossing the boundaries between scientific disciplines and bridging the gap between the two cultures of science and the humanities. (CC)

Three categories of the use of film and television in gaming-simulation are identified. The most typical use, monitoring interaction between participants, demands the greatest departure from conventional film-making practices. Different methods of monitoring this interaction are briefly considered, and potential sources of error resulting from the…