A study was made by the Communication Research Center, Florida State University, of Florida's public television audience during the 1974 impeachment proceedings against President Nixon. The results of the study showed that the public television audience of the Judiciary Committee's hearings was small. Other questions studied--attitudes toward…

This paper reports the results of formative research conducted by the Children's Television Workshop from the time of the initial staffing of the "Sesame Street" project in 1968 until the end of the program's first broadcast season, two years later. Chapter I describes prebroadcast research, which was centered around three major problem…

The Committee on Children's Television (CCT) and five commercial television stations in San Francisco designed and broadcast television messages for children to help them to develop healthy eating habits and sound consumer skills. Surveys showed that: 1) children aged 9-13 spent about $10 per month, mainly for toys and sugar-related snacks; 2)…

The role of governmental agencies in the control of wire and radio communication, especially broadcasting, is explained. A major portion of the book concerns the broadcast spectrum, its character and utility for communications, and the technical rules which govern the allocation of radio frequencies and their use by various classes of stations,…

Information about instructional television (ITV) programing in the Philippines is summarized in this three part document. An outline of the status of the Center for Educational Television, Inc., (CETV) and a description of its current activities and financial support are provided in the first section. A narrative review of both CETV and other…

Instructional television, an innovation in education, is viewed in its practical aspects by this book, which presents the separate thoughts of eight persons who have had extensive experience with some aspect of instructional television. The role of television in education is considered, with separate chapters providing added detail for both…

A docket search reviews selected educational telecommunications issues brought to the attention of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The docket search was part of an effort to develop a planning document for the establishment of a nationwide educational telecommunications system. Key policy-making proceedings were identified which dealt…

The financial status of the motion picture and of the video cassette industry in 1970 are reviewed. Based on production rates and income of these industries, trends are discovered. Figures on local origination of television programing and commercials are also included. The section on video cassettes includes the following information: the current…

Two samples, the first consisting of 13 and 16-year-olds and adults, the second consisting of children from kindergarten, second and sixth grades, are interviewed to measure the cognitive processes used to evaluate the credibility of television content. Additional goals include measuring the relationship between the use of these cognitive…

The development of adult programs of family life education in Ohio from the 1930s to the present is recounted. Approximately half the article describes a series of 12 half-hour television programs which present family life education in a soap opera format, and the research from which it was developed. (AJ)

Examines some features of the new television service in South Africa and offers predictions about potential consequences of such technological advancement. (MH)

Describes a project which utilized children's interest in television to focus on integrating media and language arts skills. Field trips, classroom activities, and print resources are described, and some results of the project are discussed. (CLB)

Analyzes the development of children's television regulation and discusses the various attempts at reform and the reasons behind their lack of success. Research on children and television is described, including the development of Action for Children's Television, and the future outlook for regulation is assessed. Eighty references are provided.…

Explores the social correlates of the interpretive abilities of young children to assess televised narratives. Demonstrates negative correlations between amount of television viewed by parents and children's television comprehension, indicating that the more parents viewed television, the worse their children performed on comprehension tests.…

Criticizes the Thames Television "English Programme" because it promotes mistrust, dissatisfaction, and cynicism. (CRH)