Today, parents are struggling to ensure that their children have the education and skills they need to compete and win in the 21st century economy. But children spend more time watching television than any other activity except sleeping--and for many parents that is cause for concern. In fact, children spend 4 times as much time each week…

In 1994 the Kaiser Family Foundation commissioned a monitoring project which assessed the frequency and representation of sexual behaviors in five daytime television soap operas. A new study sought to provide up-to-date quantitative information and to extend the previous project by examining more specifically the representation of planning for and…

Author looks at why television is being cut back in Samoa. (HB)

The director of the Office of Telecommunications Policy warns public television stations against sacrificing local autonomy in order to obtain permanent financing at a national level. (AK)

Two sides of the issue of how best to extend educational communications throughout a school system" are presented. (Editor/AK)

A brief review of the findings of the Surgeon General's report, Television and Growing Up: The Impact of Televised Violence," together with comments on the origins of the committee, its composition, and dissenting interpretations of the data. (AL)

Author attributes weakening of students' writing ability to non-verbal" influence of television and suggests changes for composition courses. (SP)