SUCH TRADITIONAL VISUAL MEDIA AS VILLAGE PLAYS, PUPPETRY, AND SHADOW PLAYS CAN BE CREATED LOCALLY WITH ACTIVE PARTICIPATION BY THE LEARNER AND USED EFFECTIVELY IN COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT. OTHER VISUAL MEDIA, SUCH AS FILMS, CAN BE BEST PRODUCED NATIONALLY IN VISUAL AIDS CENTERS IF GOOD COMMUNICATIONS ARE MAINTAINED WITH THE FIELD…

IN VARIOUS STUDIES, BRIEFLY DESCRIBED IN THIS PAPER, SOUND FILMS WERE MADE OF PEOPLE ENGAGED IN VERBAL COMMUNICATION. THE FILMS WERE ANALYZED TO NOTE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PHYSICAL MOVEMENT AND THE ACTUAL CONTENT OF THE CONVERSATION. THE FRAMES OF THE FILM WERE SEQUENTIALLY NUMBERED TO CORRELATE THEM TO THE NEAREST FRAME WITH THE SOUND RECORDING.…

A DETAILED LISTING IS GIVEN OF THE REVISIONS THAT WERE MADE TO THE AMIDON-FLANDERS INTERACTION ANALYSIS SCALE WHILE THE FILM ANALYSIS OF INTERACTION RECORD (FAIR) SCALE WAS BEING DEVELOPED. COMMENTS ARE GIVEN FOR GUIDANCE IN THE USE OF SOME OF THE RATINGS ALONG WITH SOME GROUND RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR MAKING A FILM RATING. RELATED REPORTS ARE AA…

A SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN ASIA TO LEARN OF DEVELOPMENTS IN EDUCATIONAL MEDIA RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT WAS TO COMPILE, TRANSLATE, AND PUBLISH EDUCATIONAL MEDIA MATERIALS FROM THE MAJOR ASIAN COUNTRIES AND TO MAKE THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR VISITED 20 COUNTRIES IN THE…

THIS IS A REPORT OF TWO STUDIES IN WHICH PRINCIPLES OF PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION WERE ADAPTED FOR VISUAL PRESENTATIONS. SCIENTIFIC DEMONSTRATIONS WERE PREPARED WITH A VISUAL PROGRAM AND A VERBAL PROGRAM ON--(1) ARCHIMEDES' LAW AND (2) FORCE AND PRESSURE. RESULTS SUGGESTED THAT RESPONSES ARE MORE READILY BROUGHT UNDER THE CONTROL OF VISUAL PRESENTATION…

AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF SYSTEMATIC INSTRUCTION IN SPACE RELATIONS ON RESULTS OF TESTS DESIGNED TO MEASURE SPACE RELATIONS AS AN APTITUDE. OVER 800 STUDENTS, IN 4 SCHOOLS, WERE SELECTED FROM THE EIGHTH- AND NINTH-GRADE LEVELS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STUDY. INSTRUCTIONAL TREATMENTS VARIED FROM MULTIPLE INPUTS TO ZERO INSOFAR AS…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO EVALUATE THE PROGRAM ANALYZER, KINESCOPE, AND AUDIOTAPE AS AIDS IN TRAINING TELEVISION TEACHERS. FOLLOWING 10-MINUTE PRESENTATIONS, EACH TEACHER'S PERFORMANCE WAS REVIEWED BY ONE OF FIVE METHODS--(1) SOUND ONLY, (2) SOUND AND PROGRAM ANALYZER, (3) KINESCOPE ONLY, (4) KINESCOPE AND PROGRAM ANALYZER, OR (5)…

Activities concerned with children and television described in two Children's Broadcast Institute newsletters published during the International Year of the Child are summarized and discussed. Conferences, events, and symposia described include L'Enfant et Les Mass-Medias, Euro/Pan-American Convention on Television for the Young in the 80's,…

Today, with the influx of media production courses across the country, students can intimately experience the differences between acting for the stage and acting for the screen and learn to shape their performances for a two-dimensional image. Such a course in video and film acting was introduced at the University of Arkansas. Students enrolled…

At the direction of President Carter, a year-long study of government audiovisual programs was conducted out of the Office of Telecommunications Policy in the Executive Office of the President. The programs in 16 departments and independent agencies, and the departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force have been reviewed to identify the scope of…

One product of a research project dealing with the storage and maintenance of non-book library materials, this annotated listing focuses on literature that discusses films, filmstrips, transparencies, slides, magnetic tape, maps, microforms, paintings, prints, phonorecords, photographs, and negatives. Titles dealing with the care of audiovisual…

Based on data from a questionnaire mailed to about 235 identifiable Chicano media sources from February through May 1976, this directory presents the name and address of each media group; name of organization, if applicable; how long they have been in existence; their publication's focus, language and frequency; and subscription rates. The 190…

Film and writing each resolve quite differently the problem of how to communicate. Still, film can demonstrate some underlying principles that are helpful to writers, especially those writers lacking understanding or skill in certain writing principles. There are at least five principles that both film and composition portray: the importance of…

The entries in this extensive bibliography note films and other audiovisual materials that are suitable for use in courses in speech communication. The film entries are arranged according to the following headings: communication theory, encoding and decoding, group communication, intercultural communication, interpersonal communication,…

Primarily a guide to the collections of the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, this bibliography lists titles of 671 reference sources on South Asia by type of reference, with geographic and subject subdivisions. The comprehensive list includes general bibliographies, bibliographies of bibliographies, national and special bibliographies,…