THE MAIN PURPOSES OF THE PROJECT WERE TO DEMONSTRATE A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR HANDLING THE TEACHING OF CREDIT COURSES, TO DEMONSTRATE THE ADMINISTRATIVE SETUP NEEDED FOR ESTABLISHING PERMANENT ORGANIZED EDUCATIONAL TV PROGRAMS, TO DETERMINE THE COSTS OF OPERATION, AND TO ENLIST THE INTEREST OF PEOPLE NOT DIRECTLY CONCERNED WITH THE PROJECT. THE…

THIS GUIDE DESCRIBES INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AVAILABLE DIRECTLY FROM DISTRIBUTORS FOR BROADCAST AND CLOSED-CIRCUIT USE. IT ALSO LISTS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS STILL BEING PLANNED OR PRODUCED, AS WELL AS SELECTED PUBLICATIONS ON INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION. THIS IS THE SECOND REVISED EDITION OF THE GUIDE. (LP)

A METHODOLOGICAL STUDY WAS CONDUCTED WHICH HAD AS ITS PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVES--(1) DEVELOPMENT OF A RELATIVELY SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE, AND ECONOMICAL WAY TO EVALUATE SPECIFIC (TELEVISION) VISUAL TECHNIQUES, AND (2) TEST THE METHOD IN A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS. A TWO CAMERA CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED SO THAT THE OUTPUT OF THE TWO CAMERAS…

THE FRAMES OF REFERENCE FROM WHICH THE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS WERE DISCUSSED WERE--(1) THE PRODUCER (AND HIS SITUATION) IN THE STATION AND (2) THE VIEWER (AND HIS PERCEPTION) OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAM (ETV) STRUCTURE. ETV PROGRAM STRUCTURE, PROGRAM ORIGINATORS, AND THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS WERE STUDIED TO DETERMINE THE INFLUENCE OF…

THIS REPORT IS BASED ON A STUDY DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO BRING INTO FOCUS THE NATIONAL PICTURE OF TELEVISION FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION THAT WILL BE NEEDED DURING THE NEXT DECADE. THE SURVEY INCLUDED ALL THE LARGE SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY WITH ENROLLMENTS OF 12,000 OR MORE, A NUMBER OF THE SMALLER SYSTEMS, AND ALL THE STATE DEPARTMENTS OF…

In this speech the president of the National Broadcasting Company offers some views on the impact of new and developing home video services and technologies such as cassette recorders and cable and pay television. He also outlines his views on the competition superstations and "occasional networks" provide the commercial networks and concludes…

This report on the status of European cable television and videography reviews the results of the 1975 colloquy and recommends policy for experimental research, management, and distribution of these formats for the European community. Pluralistic management, technical reporting, and distribution linkage systems within the community are discussed,…

Sesame Street programs are perpetuating the subjugated role of females by presenting a picture of male-dominated society while portraying females in roles of following, cleaning, mothering and imitating, and as being of limited intelligence, subservient and passive. Analysis of a randomly chosen Sesame Street program (#189) shows how the series…

The U.S. Surgeon General's report on the effects of televised violence on children is discussed--how the report began, how it was compiled, and the results. The book concludes that broadcast media influence kept the most respected social scientist investigators of the subject off the Committee, and that the final results were distorted in the…

Because of opposition from traditional religious leadership, Saudi Arabia started its national television system years later than most other major Middle East nations. The system was built under the supervision of the United States government, with funds provided by the Saudi Arabian government. Equipment was installed and is maintained by…

A review of the operations of the Children's Television Workshop (CTW), the producer of Sesame Street and The Electric Company, is presented. The objective is to illustrate the organizational principles which CTW used to provide leadership, develop functional relationships among the various segments of a large-scale enterprise, and to harness…

The author describes his work The University of London Goldsmith's College, the Television Research and Training Unit, and the Hertfordshire (England) television experiment. He presents a detailed explanation of a portable "mini-studio" that he designed to allow a teacher with the aid of an assistant to control the whole televising…

Personnel at 48 colleges and universities completed a survey about the nature of the television system they use as an aid to instruction. The survey described various kinds of systems, including varieties of community antenna television (CATV), master antenna television (MATV), and closed-circuit television, and asked the respondent to indicate…

THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE (1) TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR ADOPTING CURRENT COLLEGE COURSES FOR THE PRESENTATION BY LARGE-SCREEN TELEVISION IN LARGE AUDITORIUMS, (2) TO IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP TECHNIQUES FOR LARGE-SCREEN TV INSTRUCTION, (3) TO DEVELOP STUDENT AND FACULTY ORIENTATION PROCEDURES FOR LARGE-SCREEN TV PROGRAMS, (4) TO ASCERTAIN…

This report, one of two investigations into the use of public television and radio requested by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and prepared by their Office of Communication Research, compares the demographic characteristics of the public-television viewer and the public-radio listener. Data gathered in the 1976 Roper Reports, which…