Because of technical advances and changing attitudes, hearing-impaired persons can now enjoy films and TV programs that their handicap had previously denied them. (Editor)

Packaging of courses/programs/kits on needs assessment, instructional design, and evaluation are becoming slicker as they aim at popular consumption, but are they a panacea? (DAG)

Presents the idea that playwrites adapting plays for children often simplify it so extensively that they do not serve the developmental needs of the child or the artistic conception of the play. Suggests that developing a thematic point of view for the play would help playwrites create fuller characters that are still understandable and enjoyable…

The author provides guidelines for choosing and working with a producer and various other consultants when producing training videos. Specific recommendations include (1) remember who is the expert in what; (2) ask, clarify, and confirm; and (3) make sure video is the way to go. (CH)

Uses fantasy theme analysis to examine Norman Lear's series "a.k.a. Pablo." Develops an argument demonstrating how a rhetorical vision and its concomitant group consciousness emerged and was sustained throughout preproduction research and collaboration, and how it disintegrated when dramatized first in scripts and then in performance.…

Children viewed televised messages with identical content that were presented in either child or adult program forms and at three levels of difficulty. Visual attention was significantly greater for messages in child forms, but showed minor variation according to content difficulty. Recall scores were higher for child forms and for easy versions.…

Discusses the experiences of some teachers in developing instructional materials for English as a second language, covering the areas of needs analysis, the planning stage of development, development, class trials, pedagogical layout, restrictions, and guidelines. (Author/CB)

Assuming that the patterns of interaction between youth and popular music can only be understood as part of the social system and cultural context, the essay discusses the creative focus, organizations of production and distribution, and various consumer groups that comprise the social milieu of popular music in Israel. (JD)

Discusses the theory behind the system of the compact disc (encoding process, decoding system), its potential for growth, and its possible impact on the way libraries handle sound recordings. Guidelines for purchase of compact disc equipment are given. A comparison of compact discs and long-playing records is appended. (37 references) (EJS)

Building a minority audience is discussed, and three solutions to the problem of lack of minority programing are presented. (DB)

This performance guide is designed for teachers to use with students before and after a performance of "Ramona Quimby," adapted by Len Jenkin from the Ramona books by Beverly Cleary. The guide, called a "Cuesheet," contains seven activity sheets for use in class, addressing: (1) The Characters (introducing the characters in the…

This performance guide is designed for teachers to use with students before and after a performance of "The Nightingale," a dance-theater performance conceived and choreographed by Dana Tai Soon Burgess, written and directed by Mary Hall Surface, and adapted from the story by Hans Christian Andersen. The guide, called a…

This performance guide is designed for teachers to use with students before and after a performance of "The Snow Queen," adapted from the story by Hans Christian Andersen by Sandra Deer. The guide, called a "Cuesheet," contains seven sheets for use in class, addressing: (1) What Happens in "The Snow Queen?" (offering…

An analysis of the application of an overhead projector attachment unit to television animation. (Author)

Authors describe how a four and one-half minute animated film, The Hare and the Tortoise, was made at the Educational Mass Media Centre, Ethiopia. (HB)