In this interview with Hartford Gunn, Vice-President of Program Development for Satellite Television Corporation (STC), the concept of direct broadcast by satellite (DBS) is explored. Allocation of radio frequencies, services provided by DBS network, home installation and purchase of dish antenna, and comparison of DBS with cable television are…

Concludes that television is a medium that embodies a code of its own, combining auditory and visual conventions, just as print a language is a conventional code. These codes enhance each other in some ways that assist the process of learning to read. (Author)

Argues that contemporary television programming helps maintain the existing political, economic, and social systems by refusing to question basic American assumptions about social arrangements preferring to take these arrangements for granted as the natural conditions of human life. These characteristics are particularly clear in its treatment of…

The evidence in behalf of the power of parents and others to modify TV's impact is, in fact, evidence that educators have an equally great--or even greater--role to perform. (Author)

This report focuses on key questions concerning the relationship of television to learning, and provides examples drawn from current television research to demonstrate television's positive effect on student achievement. A set of practical recommendations are also provided so that broadcasters and educators can maximize the effectiveness of video…

A description of a project to construct a mobile TV taping truck to augment an existing on-campus closed-circuit system at the University of Tennessee and extend higher education to the general public. (Author/HB)

Closed circuit television and videotape recordings were the key new devices used by teachers to improve their students' reading scores at Lincoln Heights Elementary School in Ohio. (Author)

A discussion of a television project aimed at motivating and rehabilitating hard core dropout students. (HB)

Authors explore the increasing use of minority group members in network television programming. (Author)

In 1970 the Institute for the Future made an indepth study on the potential of two-way broadband communications services to the home. Author discusses the findings and describes 30 specific services that interactive television could provide. (Author/HB)

Commercial TV broadcasters have, for the most part, failed to present programming with displays designed for the deaf viewer; and education of the deaf has made little use of cable television facilities. (Author)

The question of how children perceive TV and film violence incidents in justified and unjustified contexts in comparison with already known adult perceptions is the basis for this study. (Author)

An overview of the development of electronic media. Governance of television both as entertainment and journalism and its relationship with broadcast advertising is discussed. Cable television, its potential for the future, and how the Federal Communications Commission must develop a new regulatory rationale to deal with new problems are…

Presents both pros and cons about the effectiveness of this educational TV program. Indicates that no very substantial contribution can be made toward narrowing the achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged children. (CC)