This document presents the final report of a project to evaluate the effectiveness of using videotape television to present graduate level engineering courses to on-campus and off-campus students. Included are the statistical analyses, review of three experiments with on-campus classes, and results of an attitudinal interview with off-campus…

Results of the staggering number of hours which children spend watching television (an average of 54 hours a week for a preschooler, who will have accumulated a total of 5000 hours by first grade) may be seen in the influence children--swayed by commercials--have over their mothers' grocery choices and in the dramatic increase of both wild…

This document begins with a summary of the proposed bill on long range funding for public broadcasting, a brief history of federal support for public broadcasting, and a statement of the financial needs of public broadcasting. A section-by-section analysis of the bill, a statement of the purpose of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB),…

This report, the fifth in a series of six reports on television advertising and children, describes the key content dimensions of network advertising messages presented on two comparable Saturday mornings in 1972 and 1973. A total of 470 advertisements was systematically and quantitatively analyzed along 28 variables involving the nature of…

Examination of educational television reveals four paradoxes which are just now being resolved. The first is that, as educational television becomes more public, it becomes less educational. This accusation is mollified by the high educational impact of recent public television broadcasts. Secondly, high initial expectations for educational…

In response to a growing concern that violence portrayed on television may have a deleterious effect on the behavior of viewers, a committee was constituted to develop an index which could be used to monitor the amount of television violence. In constructing such an indicator, careful consideration was given to its uses, since the use would…

Most devices designed to monitor the part of a visual display on which a subject's eyes are focused are cumbersome and expensive. It is proposed that areas of the display screen designated by the production unit as important to some decision be isolated on one television monitor and the remaining area of the screen be isolated on a second monitor.…

A look at the availability and use of broadcast courses for college credit is presented, with emphasis on the program at Coastline Community College, Costa Mesa, California. High enrollment of students in its courses is attributed to promotion efforts and to the careful design of courses as complete learning systems with a whole set of components.…

News clippings, reviews, and feature articles about the Public Broadcasting System science-adventure series "Nova" are collected here. Included are comments from the New York Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, and TV Guide. Commentaries are primarily favorable and include synopses of various episodes. (DGC)

Reported is a study in which freshman students in biology with no prior experience of closed circuit television (CCTV) instruction were randomly assigned to three groups of 35 students each. All groups had one three-hour laboratory session weekly for one quarter. Additional weekly classes for Group A were three one-hour CCTV lectures and one…

Contains specifications, typical layouts, and equipment schedules for lighting television studios. A lighting schedule includes information on--(1) back and key lights, (2) fill and base lights, (3) special purpose lights, and (4) hanging devices. Floor plans for different type and size studios are also included. (RH)

A proposal is made to use LSCA funds for the purpose of establishing a community video center in the Memphis and Shelby County Public Library and Information Center (MSCPLIC). The center would be designed to assist citizen groups of all kinds in presenting programs on the new cable TV system now being installed throughout the city of Memphis. Such…

This final report of a project involving instructional television as part of elementary school science provides information relevant to the development of the science program based on a nine function model. These functions include the problem derivation and all the steps of research technique through implementation and recycling. The materials…

An overview based upon papers presented and discussions held at the seminar is presented. The major focus is upon the theme "Auto-Video", emphasizing the assumption by the public of responsibility for its own training, education and culture. The aims are to study the pedagogical and socio-cultural aspects of video technologies and to…

Children's attitudes toward television commercials were investigated. Specifically, the study was designed to determine if children like commercials they perceive as real, or believe commercials that they like. Preferences for certain types of commercials which might emerge from age, grade, or sex groupings were also investigated. The study…