The authors present two views on the issue of local control of educational television programing.

A discussion of the impact of developing audiovisual technology on educational broadcasting in terms of material production, transmission, and reproduction. (LS)

Television includes a substantial amount of sexual content, and TV's sexual messages are clearly an important part of adolescent sexual socialization. At a time when the nation is facing a sexual health crisis among young people, special attention needs to be paid to those media depictions that could influence how young people develop their…

Shows that youth's image of TV police is not correlated with his image of actual police; television images held by delinquents and middle-class adolescents do not differ. (TO)

This study tested whether children like commercials they believe or believe commercials they like. Results indicated a moderate correlation between the perceived attractiveness and the credibility of the commercials. (CH)

Discusses: (1) the existing broadcast arrangements for major college football, (2) the historical forces that have culminated in the current pattern of major college football programming, and (3) the economic implications of the broadcasting of those games. Then explores the potential impact of cable television (CATV) on major college football…

Armed with evidence that Spanish-speaking Americans are unserved by TV, researchers in the Southwest assembled some findings on what to do about it. (Author)

Because public television is not geared to the demands of a mass audience, its stations have been able to experiment with extended coverage of governmental activities at the local, regional and national levels. One recent, elaborate venture of that kind is described - the efforts of Florida stations in bringing their viewers lengthy coverage, each…

A description of the Television Training Center at the Sender Freies Berlin, which has been providing theoritical and practical training to television staff from third world countries. (Author/HB)

An account of first impression by the author, of educational media facilities and services developed in Australia and New Zealand. (HB)

A description of how one PTV station supplies non-broadcast programs to schools in its area.'' (Editor/AK)

Cites barriers to more extensive use of public television in industrial training. Suggests that the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) should design an effective TV course for various training programs. (DS)