DATA WERE COLLECTED AND ANALYZED CONCERNING THE FINANCIAL PRACTICES OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION (ETV) STATIONS. A TOTAL OF 95 ETV STATIONS PARTICIPATED IN A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY DESIGNED TO ESTABLISH PATTERNS RELATIVE TO TIME ON THE AIR, PROGRAMING EMPHASIS, EMPLOYMENT INVESTMENTS, INCOME, EXPENSES, AND OTHER FINANCIAL FACTORS. PRIOR TO THE…

A SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED TO REPORT THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF CLASSROOM LEARNING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES BY MEANS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION (ITV) COURSES. THREE GENERAL CATEGORIES OF DISCUSSION WERE PRESENTED--(1) THE CORROBORATION OF IMPRESSIONS, (2) THE PROFESSION'S IMAGE, AND (3) THE USE, PROBLEMS, TECHNIQUES, AND RESEARCH IN ITV. DISCUSSIONS…

This document contains the transcripts from a workshop to investigate strategies to use in dealing with violence on children's television. The papers given by outside experts include: (1) "Effect of Television Violence on Children and Youth" by Michael Rothenberg, (2) "Implications of the Psychological Effects of Television…

This paper reports an attempt to research sensory overstimulation in a variety of children's television programs by rating the level of visual sensory stimulation, auditory sensory stimulation, verbal response patterns and nonverbal response patterns in 45 television programs designed for pre-school children. The Television Rating Inventory (TVRI)…

A telephone survey was conducted in the TV Ontario major market areas to determine the potential for television based learning systems, which would include a television component, a variety of possible print components, and access to individual or group instruction by telephone or in person. The potential audience for a learning system of this…

The television industry is characterized by numerous imperfections in market competition. The spectrum allocation policy of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assures that there will be only three national television networks; consequently in nearly all markets these stations account for 75% to 100% of revenues. These networks in turn…

ITFS IS A PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION IN WHICH PRESELECTED RECEIVING POINTS, LOCATED WITHIN 20 MILES FROM THE TRANSMITTER, ARE CONNECTED BY RADIO SIGNALS RATHER THAN BY CABLES. PLANNING FOR ITS USE REQUIRES CONSIDERATION OF ITS POSSIBILITIES AND ITS LIMITATIONS, ITS EFFECT UPON THE CURRICULUM AND LEARNING, DEFINITIONS OF…

Trends in violence in television drama were measured from 1967 to 1976. In 1976, 89.1 percent of programming contained violent episodes, as opposed to 78.4 percent in 1975. The increase in violence was not due to changes in context of dramatic programming. The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) contained the most violence overall in children's…

To determine if children watch adult programs on weekday prime-time television because more suitable age-specific programming is unavailable, a study was conducted to assess children's viewing preferences using a forced-choice instrument. After a pilot study established the validity of the instrument, four popular children's programs were…

Cable television, which cannot only clarify local signals to weak signal areas but can also bring in distant signals to areas which have been receiving few signals, has the capacity to present special television programs to customers for extra fees. The number of pay cable subscribers is growing and industry projections are that it will reach 20…

This text contains the transcripts of five days of hearings before the House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Communications, and it includes the texts of thirty-five statements and a substantial amount of additional material introduced for the record. The subject of the hearings was the extent and form of government subsidies to public…

Studies and writings on the effects of television on children are reviewed and summarized. Topics are the young people's pattern of exposure to television, the nature of their viewing experience, the way they respond to television, and the direct effects on their values, attitudes and behavior. Research on the influence of television violence on…

This text contains the transcript of a one-day hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce held in Salt Lake City to collect views on the impact of television on children. It consists of 19 testimonies, and additional articles, letters, and statements introduced into the record. (EMH)

It was hypothesized that if perceived reality is an important factor in determining children's reactions to television, radical differences in the structure of perceived reality should lead to radical differences in its functioning as well. Questionnaires were answered by 153 children from first, third, and sixth grades in a suburban Wisconsin…

To test the proposition that television content can teach sex-typed behaviors and attitudes, this study presented children of two ages (third grade and eighth grade) with one of two sets of television commercials. The first set contained women engaged in nontraditional occupations outside the home. The second set showed traditional women in their…