The controversy surrounding television as an art form is presented. It is compared to literature, theatre, and movies. (JR)

The aim of Poland's educational television is the creation of films that make it possible to develop a child's social activism. (Author/JR)

Reviews research on television and human behavior. Evidence indicates that television affects both the beliefs and behaviors of young people. (MH)

Provides support for the hypothesis that a causal relationship exists between exposure to television violence and aggressive behavior in children. (MH)

Describes television programs broadcast in the Netherlands and West Germany which explain what chemistry is all about. Both programs, planned under the direction of trained chemists, comprise 13 half-hour presentations and include segments on energy, polymers, chemical processes, the chemistry of life, atomic and molecular chemistry, and chemistry…

A transcript of a debate by the Authors at the National Association of Educational Broadcasters conference in Las Vegas, November, 1974. (HB)

Author examines the use of radio and television for preschool children in Denmark. (HB)

A study examined the influence of viewers' backgrounds on their interpretation of "associational montage" in television advertising (editing which seeks to imply an analogy between the product and a juxtaposed image possessing desirable qualities). Subjects, 32 television professionals from two urban television stations and 95 customers…

Designed to indicate the reasons behind viewer program preferences, this 32nd report of an annual opinion poll presents the results of a survey which asked 914 participants to evaluate 3,584 television programs they liked, did not like, and/or to evaluate new programs. Tables summarize the reasons why programs were selected by viewers, their…

This paper argues that the proliferation of videocassette recorders in the United Kingdom, especially England, has altered the terms of all electronic--and possibly cinematic--viewing in that country, with the exception of areas where communal viewing is the dominant practice, where broadcast is the dominant distribution mode, and where cinema is…

The role of instructional television (ITV) in elementary and secondary education is assessed, beginning with an overview of the history of the medium from the first experimental educational broadcasts in 1933 to the present. Research in the area is reviewed, and three primary methods of evaluation are identified: (1) basic research, which measures…

This annotated bibliography on religious broadcasting contains 23 references of articles in the ERIC database. The first section of this FAST Bib lists sources which relate to the historical development of religious broadcasting. The next section looks at the role that television plays in religious broadcasting. A section on the Christian Right…

A study tested the validity of two active TV viewing constructs that predicted the effects of content and degree of active viewing on a television viewer's perception of a mean world. Random digit dialing produced interviews with 163 subjects who were asked separate questions about their prime time and daytime viewing to determine their level of…

Tells what impedance is, and how it's measured, and how it affects cable length. (Author)