Finds that more permissive sexual attitudes and lower levels of punitiveness were associated with adolescents' greater enjoyment of "slasher films." Shows that traditional attitudes toward females' sexuality were positively associated with gore-watching motivations and with greater enjoyment of previews featuring female victims. (SR)

In this first of three excerpts from seminars sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution on collaborative knowledge generation in the arts, the sciences, and the humanities, two art curators and a filmmaker discuss the meaning of collaboration in their fields. Topics discussed include twentieth-century artists and art curators, Chinese art, and…

An instrument for evaluating management instructional films was tested by rating 52 films. The instrument identifies suitability for courses in organizational theory, behavior, and development; management principles; policy; and human resources. It also rates content, organization, pedagogy, and technical quality. (SK)

Argues for the use of film in the teaching of William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" because the play was meant to be seen and heard and not just read. Outlines a method of teaching the play by which students select a scene and perform it. Gives an example of a successful student performance. (HB)

Advocates a Fluxus-based experimental pedagogy which is suited for scholarship confronted with film and electronic media. Notes that the theory explored in Fluxacademy focuses specifically on the use of intermedia for interactive education. (RS)

Discusses a short course using commercial films that explores popular views of the elderly. Explains the primary goal of the course as enhancing student ability to critically examine the images of older people presented in the mass media. Includes discussions of articles, films, and written assignments. (DK)

Examines the dynamics of "dialectical disorientation," a rhetorical form that creates ambiguity through confrontation between competitive but complementary orientations. Applies the form to the Vietnam War movies "The Deer Hunter,""Apocalypse Now,""Platoon," and "Full Metal Jacket." Observes that…

Explores a set of associated texts linked with the film "Men in Black." States that different materials offer varying reading invitations. Offers a schema of such reading invitations, developed from the "Men in Black" texts that involves seven categories: immersion, recapitulation, second-level engagement, technical analysis, commentary, spin-off,…

Describes a class on organizational theory that uses the documentaries of Frederick Wiseman as the primary text. Includes a list of the films and the issues and principles they address. (JOW)

Discusses the author's experience of using a popular movie, portraying a counseling relationship, as a teaching tool. Documents the students' improved comprehension and application of course concepts from classroom discussions generated by the film. Improved rapport between teacher and students was also noted. (Author/JDM)

Discusses the rise of the United States Film Service through the auspices of government relief organizations as part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, the films which were produced by Pare Lorentz, and its demise brought about financial and political conflicts. (Author/AEF)

In a study of the impact of same-language subtitles in television and video, 46 elementary students in India viewed subtitled music videos, 46 viewed videos without subtitles, and 46 saw no videos. Pre-posttest data showed some reading improvement with untitled videos but the best and most sustained improvement was with the use of subtitles. (SK)

Examines evolving approaches to otherness in modern culture, analyzing the intertextual relation between Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" and Bukaee's film, "Avanti Popolo." Considers a possible pedagogy of alterity, examining the texts in their otherness according to Benhabib's 1992 conception of generalized and…

This column describes a new teaching tool, BrainPOP, which is a database that blurs the distinction between classroom and library media center. This collection of more than 300 short, concept-based, animated movies is intended primarily for use by teachers in classroom instruction. It is reminiscent of the single-concept film cartridges that used…

Movies with teachers as main characters provide a powerful medium of instruction in the teacher-education classroom. The authors describe a graduate course for practicing teachers, "The Portrayal of Teachers in Film," in which such movies stimulate the examination of trends in the portrayal of teachers and serve as springboards for the exploration…