What might and/or ought to happen in instructional television research in the next ten years is identified. It is suggested that knowledge of how we learn from television must be solidly related to theories, processes, and conditions of learning. (Author/STS)

Describes the Federal Republic of Germany's broadcast system, which is divided into nine regional broadcast stations. User sponsored on a non-voluntary basis, the two TV networks, ARD and Z DF, provide competition for one another while supplementing the third channel's educational programming. (RAO)

Videoconferencing is used to foster a spirit of unity between branches of a community college.

A synopsis and family discussion suggestions are provided for the NBC-TV production of Snowbound, a story of two teenagers lost in a blizzard. (STS)

Most educational television managers surveyed believed that the Fairness Doctrine makes a positive impact on public affairs programing by encouraging a balance of viewpoints concerning controversial issues. (KS)

Television in the home and its effects on violent behavior and faulty nutritional patterns as seen by a pediatrician. (JAB)

Respondents with combat experience were found to be more dissatisfied with the medium's performance and more sensitive to its effect on viewers than were other veterans. (KS)

Describes the history of the Chilean TV system, focusing on the quantitative and qualitative decline that resulted from the 1973 change of government. Suggests that the current trend toward a return to a representative democracy may help revitalize Chilean TV. (ARH)

Asserts that music videos, rooted in mass marketing culture, are reshaping the language of advertising, affecting the flow of information. Raises question about the society that creates and receives music videos. (MS)

This study investigated whether heavy television viewing habits influenced children's perception of the ease (certainty, speed and predictable nature) with which everyday problems are solved. Results showed heavy television viewers tended to view problems in a manner consistent with the way television depicts them. (JDH)

A study involving eight elementary students suggested that active discrimination training can alter children's consumer responses to televised advertisements, and such training can take place with minimal teacher effort and classroom time. (Author/CL)

Describes the use of closed-circuit television as an instructional medium at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Discusses procedures and problems. (JOW)

A listing of over 350 producers/distributors of video-format programming, arranged under five major headings: Business/Industry; Entertainment & Leisure; Coping: Contemporary Affairs; Medicine & Health Care; and Schools & College Instruction.