Confined to the interaction of complexity/simplicity of the stimulus play, this paper both focuses on the differing patterns of response between cognitively complex and cognitively simple persons to the characters in "The Homecoming" and "Private Lives" and attempts to determine the responses to specific characters or groups of…

The document offers a brief evaluation of the effectiveness of the lecture method of teaching and a detailed outline of the characteristics that make it effective. While some of the effectiveness lies in the lecturer's ability, subject discussed, and circumstances, there are certain guidelines and procedures which are generally followed by…

The impact of predicted technological developments on educational broadcasting depends on the long range planning done to exploit them. It is expected that in the future computers will be used extensively by broadcasting agencies to collect, analyze, and provide, on call, a wide range of data about audience groupings. Determination of program…

In this report appear the results of a Canadian meeting of experts in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). One paper offers personal observations on arts education trends and dynamics within the Canadian setting, along with hopes for broader public involvement in--and benefit received from--cultural…

Facilities for the performing arts are examined as to associated problems and possible design solutions. Also included are auditoriums which may not be directly related to theater functions but have similar problems and needs. Existing facilities serve as a basis for the subsequent critical analysis of certain areas and development of optimal…

This report is an annotated bibliography concerning television as a technical aid in education and in pedagogical and psychological research. The main stress is placed on English and German dissertations from the period 1962 to 1969. A third section includes some other published material in the English language. The sub-sections of the three main…

To overcome communications failures which tend to impede useful educational change and to achieve the goal of an educationally informed public, the feasibility of a Communications Coalition was investigated. Two other long term goals were identified: to promote a national concern for educational change and to design a system which would be…

This book discusses ways in which a story teller may plan and prepare an activity and present it to a group. The book may be useful to teachers, recreation workers, parents, volunteer workers--anyone engaged in the participating arts. The author discusses stories, poems, games, and dances and offers suggestions for reading aloud, choral reading,…

Research projects currently underway at the Audience and Programme Research Department of Sweden's Sveriges Radio are divided into four areas: studies of children, information studies, audience studies, and adult education studies. The focus of the ten projects being pursued by the children's group is on the effect of the broadcast media on…

This report, the second in a series of four, describes part of a national study commissioned by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to investigate audience awareness of public television, level of viewing, and reaction to programming and on-air fund raising. Specifically, reaction to on-air fund raising is the focus of this discussion. Data…

The focus story forms are differentiated by their characteristic uses of time and space and by the psychological processes they engage.

Creative writing assignments are described which prepare students better to apprehend and appreciate Shakespeare's art.

Identifies a rhetoric of public theology that is specifically targeted for mass audiences in an attempt to influence religious and secular publics on public policy. Argues that such a rhetoric differs markedly from that of civil religion and displays three characteristics: expedient simplicity, existential content, and action rituals. (JD)

Claims that, in certain situations, writer-based prose can be better than reader-based prose, then offers practical guidelines about audience. (FL)

Responds to C. Lipson's article on the cultural context of technical communication by criticizing her lack of definition of the term "corporate culture," and suggesting that analyzing corporations as cultures is naive, simplistic, and would probably have little value for students of business communication. (SKC)