The year 1953 marks the point at which television in America began its dramatic expansion, and it also marks the starting point of the third and final volume of a history of broadcasting in the United States. The patterns of programing through this period are reviewed and summarized with attention to trends, but special consideration is given…

The National Educational Association (NEA) makes recommendations on the services of franchised cable television stations to schools. The recommendations, in 20 areas, are then compared with existing Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations on each point. The recommendations include: a minimum of at least one educational access channel…

Composed of articles written by the closed circuit television (CCTV) team at the University of Leeds, this booklet attempts to provide a picture of the factors involved in organizing and making television material designed specifically for teaching purposes. The articles cover defining objectives for educational television in higher institutional…

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TELEVISION TEACHING OF ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS WAS COMPARED WITH REGULAR CLASSROOM TEACHING BY ESTIMATING THE DIFFERENCES IN ACHIEVEMENT, INTEREST, DESIRE, MERIT, AND POSSIBILITIES THAT EACH APPROACH HAD TO OFFER. EACH GROUP WAS ADMINISTERED A BATTERY OF EIGHT TESTS ON A PRE- AND POST-TEST BASIS. ON EACH OF THE EIGHT…

Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK), the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation, operates two public television, two medium wave radio and one VHF-FM public radio networks. NHK derives its support from receiver fees. Under the 1950 Broadcast Law which established NHK as a public broadcasting organization the Prime Minister appoints NHK's Board of Governors and…

Aspects of educational television (ETV) covered in this report include its history, growth and development, noncommerical television broadcast stations, instructional television fixed service (ITFS), microwave relay system, television signal translators, cable systems, and the use of satellites. The report also outlines the Federal Communications…

This paper summarizes a series of studies investigating the nature of children's attention to television. In a study of distraction, children's visual attention was found to be affected by distractions in the environment, by the nature of the program and by the viewer's own patterns of attending. A study of the general patterns of attention to…

Traces the historical background of the Canadian national agency, Radio-Quebec. (JY)

Describes briefly the association of Godmark Communications Corporation (GCC) and the Association of Community Colleges for Excellence in Systems and Services (ACCESS), six rural community college districts across the country which will utilize Rapid Transmission Storage Mark I system to deliver videotaped courses to students at off-campus…

Describes the general operation and use of the Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) closed-circuit educational television broadcasting network, as well as the two-way audio-video interconnect ITFS system at the University of Louisville. (CMV)

A discussion of noncommercial radio and television focuses on its growth and failure to achieve its educational goals. The part played by private and public agencies, the role of local licensees, and the leadership provided by the Federal Communications Commission are reviewed, and some suggestions are offered. (JMD)

This longitudinal study of ethnicity, sex, and role significance as it relates to both was designed to determine whether gains made by nonwhite minorities have been consolidated, improved upon or declined; to determine trends for women; and to qualify changes in terms of numbers, proportions, and/or role significance. (JEG)

According to the theories of Maria Montessori and Jean Piaget young children are happiest and learn best when they are participants in the learning process. ViceVersaVision involves a concept of participatory television viewing by which young children actively take part in the television programs that they watch. (Author/RK)

Traces the evolution and development of REBOP, a multi-racial national group formed to advise a new childrens television program. (Author/AM)