The future of research on the constructive aspects of television in the lives of children is contingent on the resolution of several challenges. First, philosophical conflicts associated with the premise that manipulation through broadcast policy is justifiable must be resolved. It is not certain that there is general agreement about prosocial…

Who watched "Sesame Street" and with what frequency at different socioeconomic levels? This utilization study provides answers to the question by compiling data from national ratings, special surveys commissioned by the Children's Television Workshop, and unsolicited, independently conducted surveys which were brought to the Workshop's…

Given that public television must often resort to "talking faces" to fill time (because discussion programs are so cheap to produce), consideration needs to be given to how to do this in audience-attracting ways. One particularly useful method is to pattern the discussion on the enduring human ritual of the sacrifice: with the audience as…

Action for Children's Television (ACT), with financial support from the Ford Foundation, presented the Third National Symposium on Children and Television at Yale University in October, 1972. It brought together childhood professionals, such as pediatricians, nursery school directors, and child psychologists, and media people such as broadcasters,…

During March 1972 the Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Commerce of the U.S. Senate held hearings on the Surgeon General's Report by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Television and Social Behavior. The complete text of those hearings is presented here. Included in those who testified before the committee were the Surgeon…

The time for local groups to pressure local broadcasters for better children's television is now. Federal Communications Commission guidelines encourage broadcasters to involve the community in program planning. And a growing number of groups across the country have been participating. The San Francisco Committee on Children's Television, founded…

A collection of ideas from K-8 teachers for developing concepts and skills using television programs and commercials. (SJL)

Presents a perspective on the limited access deaf people have had to television viewing. Legal and technological breakthroughs which will facilitate access are addressed, as well as the need for researchers and producers to work together in developing effective television programing for use with deaf audiences. (JEG)

In order to delineate what kind of image of women has emerged on televsion programs, the author reviewed first-run serialized television crime dramas for the 1976-77 season. He examines the consequences of this stereotyping on the status of women. (Author/RK)

Suggestions are offered to reduce the level of cerebral pollution emitted by the television. (MJB)

Reports on studies of television viewing patterns of 4- and 5-year-olds suggesting that teamwork may be the most effective method of control for families to cope with television in their homes. Discusses some "mediation" techniques found to be effective. (BR)

Traces the development of the American television industry as a major unelective source of power, cause of changes in social behavior, and factor in the management of the economy. Suggests ways to make use of educational broadcasting and to initiate a mechanism for critical analysis of the institutional structure of television. (Author/AV)

Reports research on the effects of television on the prosocial behavior of young children. (MS)

Indicates, by analyzing two types of montage structures, that music television is a hybrid form of television programing displaying visual characteristics of both television commercials and drama. Argues that this amalgam of different characteristics gives music television its distinctive look and power as a promotional tool for the record…

Presents results of a study in rural Alaska to assess effects of commercial television, installed in 1977, on the Inupiat Eskimo group and the Tlingit and Haida Indians. Predictor variables included age, sex, culture area, and amount of television watched. Results indicated no major effects of television by itself on cognitive abilities. (SA)