Discusses the advantages of using an electronic newspaper service to facilitate research by providing access to vast sources of information. Examines how to plan an online search and presents an example. Evaluates the usefulness of such a service in light of its costs and benefits. (GEA)

Considers educational applications of local area computer networks and discusses industry standards for design established by the International Standards Organization (ISO) and Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). A futuristic view of a learning laboratory using a local area network is presented. (Author/LRW)

Teenage consumers question the priorities of the media. They: (1) regard the media as another institution against young people; (2) avoid it because they find it depressing, (3) challenge time allocated for sports and weather, (4) question emphasis on violence, and lack of concern for details and fairness; and (5) advocate a reversal in the role…

Describes an instructional telecommunications system in use at Kirkwood Community College, which provides 60 hours of live educational programming weekly to over 20 locations through an interactive delivery system. Looks at ways Kirkwood is providing ready access to a variety of learning resources to off-campus learners. (DMM)

A strategy for integrated data and voice networks implemented at the University of Michigan is described. These networks often use multi-technologies, multi-vendors, and multi-transmission media that will be fused into a single integrated network. Transmission media include twisted-pair wire, coaxial cable, fiber optics, and microwave. (Author/MLW)

The author explores the many features of the electronic business setting. She discusses (1) executive workstations, (2) data management, (3) electronic mail, and (4) teleconferencing. (Author/CH)

Describes the components of a video studies curriculum developed and offered at Classical High School in Springfield, Massachusetts. The curriculum includes telecommunications, film and video production, the use of technical equipment, and journalism. (GC)

Describes several currently operating interactive video programs (the TAGER network in north Texas and Kirkwood Community College, Iowa) and noninteractive video programs (Colorado State University and the University of Minnesota) being utilized by higher education institutions in the United States to teach students unable to attend classes on…

A compact atlas--"Information Highways: Mapping Information Delivery Networks in the Pacific Northwest"--provides a model for assimilating large volumes of information dealing with generic topics. It combines data and information blocks with information technology graphics blocks and maps showing the actual locations of information…

A survey of scientists, broadcast professionals, and scholars explores five questions designed to obtain information regarding potential applications of telecommunications technology to education. Questions relate to the applicability of various technologies, skills needed to teach and learn telecommunications technology, potential effects, and…

Describes a study to determine the type and quantity of Western news coverage of Third World earthquakes. Finds little evidence of geographical bias in coverage studied, and suggests that care must be taken to examine the underlying news events before bias is alleged. (MS)

The electronics revolution is changing way work is done and description of available jobs, shifting some jobs from office to home, and offering new communication services. Technology's impact on central business districts (CBDs) will depend on broad economic forces, but its effects on CBDs as business locations will be conditioned by local real…

The Annenberg/Corporation for Public Broadcasting Project, a 15-year plan to integrate telecommunications and advanced technology with higher education is discussed. Viewer-students can sign up with local colleges to earn academic credits. (Author/MLW)

The convergence of telecommunications and computing technologies portends significant opportunities for an institution to distribute the computer capabilities and tools to individual participants (faculty, staff, and students) while linking them via telecommunications network, thus enabling each to be more effective. (MLW)

The computing at Brown University was formalized in 1960. Computing history, current university computing, and a description of the Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship are discussed. The installation of a broadband communications network (BRUNET) was recently completed. (MLW)