Senior vice president of ABC News discusses ways to make the most of television news, and ways to lead students into sources of the news. (GB)

A look (is) taken at the background of feature films in both commercial and public television; arguments (are) presented for and against feature film usage in public broadcasting; findings of a recent survey on feature films and public broadcasting (are) reported; and formats for usage of feature films in local stations (are) explored."…

An interview with National Education Association (NEA) Executive Director Terry Herndon probes the NEA's involvement and concern with television programing. The NEA has looked for ways to become a constructive influence on television programing. (CJ)

Examines how females and minorities are represented on children's Saturday morning television commercials, focusing on how often they are present, settings in which they are portrayed, and types of White-minority interactions. Finds that more women and minorities are present in advertisements than earlier studies indicated, but that White males…

Discusses television in the 1960s as a form of communication including commercial television (CTV), public television (PTV), educational television (ETV), and instructional television (ITV). The Educational Media Study Panel (EMSP), an official advisory group to the Commissioner and the U.S. Office of Education, studied the growth of television…

This report, the fourth in a series of six reports on television advertising and children, describes attitudes toward children's television advertising held by industry executives, government officials, and consumer critics. The accuracy with which each group perceives the positions of the other parties involved is also assessed. Data were…

Examines the present status of cable television within the local community and explores ways that local educational institutions can develop its potential. (MAI)

This study suggests that cable television services currently available on high capacity cable systems receive frequent use and have considerable impact on the subscriber's use of competing media. (Author/STS)

Compares the experience of television watching, especially by young children, with that of drug-taking in that both actions serve to remove children from their environment and both are basically passive states. Discusses the issues of television violence and advertising. (BR)

"Culture" is used to mean creativity--the point at which entertainment and learning mesh. (Author/IRT)

An address before the 45th Annual Convention of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (Washington, November 9-12, 1969) which comments on the sorry state of public television's programing and popularity and which offers suggestions to improve both. (LS)