Cable in the Classroom (CIC) is a nonprofit service of the cable television industry, offering commercial-free programming with extended copyright clearance for educational use. This article discusses participating networks and program availability; using video in the classroom; curriculum guides and support materials; and other services offered…

Examined types of counterarguments generated by Anglo and Latino adolescents exposed to television beer ads, noting counterargument differences based on demographic and behavioral variables. Questionnaires and comments from the students indicated that without any cues, they responded with counterarguments, though counterarguments represented only…

Evaluated a television-delivered behavioral weight reduction program. Overweight adults (n=71) were randomly assigned to a live-contact weight loss group videotaped for viewing by other groups, a live-contact group not videotaped, a television-delivered group that observed the videotaped weight loss sessions, or a waiting-list control group.…

Describes technology-driven strategies for reducing school violence: (1) commitment communicated by newsletters and cable television; (2) elimination of weapons using metal detectors, surveillance cameras, breathalyzers, student passes, alarm systems, and school emergency plans; (3) two-way communications and low technology; (4) educational…

This article discusses representations of television in written texts found in elementary school Portuguese language textbooks (PLTb) from 5th to 8th grade. In order to obtain the necessary information for this article, six PLTb collections were selected (out of the 35 that were analyzed and approved by Brazil's National Textbook Program--PNLD--in…

This study examined the recall of televised stories for younger (4-6 years) and older (7-9 years) children with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) under two different viewing conditions (toys present/toys absent). Each child watched two "Rugrats" television programs, once with toys present and once with toys absent.…

In this article, the author chronicles his odyssey to search for an elusive prize. He was teaching a television production class that had many students and little equipment. The equipment he had was barely consumer grade. He needed to replace it with higher grade equipment as well as massively increase the quantities of everything he had so more…

A study published in the "Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering" found that girls are completing high school science and math courses at the same rate as boys: 94 percent of girls took biology (compared with 91 percent of boys), 64 percent took chemistry (57 percent for boys) and 26 percent studied physics (32 percent of…

A discussion of how ENG (Electronic News Gathering) equipment makes location production easy, but only pre-planning makes it good. (Author)

A complete breakdown of all 1975 content of Educational & Industrial Television by subject, title, and column head. (Author/HB)

A discussion of key points involved in planning an ETV studio. (Author)

A discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of co-production at the BBC in Great Britain. (HB)

A discussion of how a video project made a community aware while teaching its children. (Author/HB)

A look at how to make color tapes from monochrome, color-upgradeable VTR's. (Author/HB)