Discusses how television shapes political language and thought, flattens consciousness about movements, and controls controversy. (DD)

Surveys over 20 television programs and films depicting school principals, finding three distinct views of the principal: the authoritarian, the bureaucrat, and the "numbskull." Suggests that the theory and practice of administration should be reconceptualized based on an "ethic of caring." (SR)

Examines the effect of violence advisories and MPAA ratings on parent-child television viewing choices and verbal interactions while making those choices. Parents mainly made negative comments about the advisories and restrictive ratings whereas children, especially older children, were more likely to make positive comments. The presence of an…

Discusses electronic learning environments and how to make them more successful in education and training infrastructures. Highlights include a definition of learning objects as chunks of data about education; content and context; publishers and vendors; and onCourse, a project between public television stations to make programs and curriculum…

Finds that male characters outnumbered female characters by a ratio of 2:1, but that female characters enjoyed far greater representation in cartoons produced in Japan than in cartoons produced in the United States and Great Britain. Shows that characters conformed to gender-related stereotypes, with males being more aggressive, rough, sloppy, and…

Finds that authoritarianism was associated with greater enjoyment by undergraduate students of reality-based crime videos and more negative evaluations of the criminal suspects, but only if the criminal suspects were African American rather than Caucasian. Shows that authoritarianism was also associated with more favorable evaluations of police…

Describes how values are portrayed on prime-time network television. Looks at the prominence of values incidents in a story line and at how fully the values are explained. Examines how values incidents are structured and linked. Concludes that values incidents play an integral, if not principal, role in television programs. (RS)

Provides recent data on what prime time television is teaching about sex. Compares the frequency of various sexual behaviors with the frequencies measured by earlier studies. Finds an increase in rate of sexual behavior and no portrayal of possible consequences. (RS)

Suggests that the influence that television has upon students can be positive if the possibilities of video use are realized. Discusses practical methods for using videos with students. Advocates that television be viewed as a medium with which youth interact and that they can achieve self control through the creation of videos. (KO)

Examines the visualization of poetry through television. Describes how the television series, "Voices and Visions," uses a popular form of communication to expand the audience for poetry. Views television documentaries as a means of generating enough interest among viewers to draw them to books of poetry. (KO)

Three independent television producers are broadcasting free, daily noncommercial programs for classroom use. Describes programs and provides names and telephone numbers of contact persons. (MLF)

Describes a four-year race relations curriculum developed by "Sesame Street" Research at Children's Television Workshop that was designed to be more explicit about physical and cultural differences and to encourage friendship between people of different races and cultures. Notes on the discussion following this presentation are included.…

Describes the formative research process through which the creators of the "Ghostwriter" television series develop educational programming that is meaningful for its young audience. Focusing on one story, the authors describe two research studies that were conducted to inform the story's creation and show how children's ideas and sentiments were…

Discusses what students can learn from watching the news and what teachers, principals, and students think of Channel One news programs and ancillary services, based on a 3-year project tracking Channel One's impact in 156 U.S. schools. Teachers and principals rated Channel One highly as a news program and information source for teens. Middle…

Investigated the educational effects of a Dutch schools television series designed to teach children aged 10 through 12 that television news broadcasts give a selective and thus subjective and incomplete impression of the news. Results indicate that the series led to an increase in children's knowledge of the news selection process, but no…