Introduces Jane Pauley, cohost of NBC's "Today" show, through an interview. Includes information about her career, her views of journalism as a major, and her own understanding of her job as a journalist and interviewer. (TJ)

Seventy-two five year olds viewed a 40-minute version of Sesame Street. Half of the children viewed in the presence of toys and half viewed without toys. The children were then tested for their comprehension of the program. Results suggested that variations in the comprehensibility of the program may determine variations in children's attention to…

Seven pitfalls to avoid when designing training programs using television. (LS)

Contains excerpts from the testimony of the authors to the Congress of Parents and Teachers Hearings on TV Violence. (KS)

A report on five satellite systems likely to be useful to colleges and universities: Westar, ATS-6, CTS, SBS, and SYNCOM-IV. (BD)

Presents an intertextual approach to reading television. Investigates how the heterosexual nuclear family and its various simulations are circulated within the intertextual flow of television, articulating and distributing "cultural capital." Analyzes a 39-minute segment of television text that includes commercials, news briefs, and the…

Describes the author's personal thoughts about drama, television, and theatre, and about the importance of artists having integrity. (MS)

Expands Foucault's genealogy of the modern subject and morals, particularly as found in "The History of Sexuality." Focuses on the contemporary sex therapist Dr. Ruth, locating the phenomenon of Dr. Ruth within the matrix of power/knowledge and the political technology of the body. (SR)

Prime-time television spots designed to inform the public about forestry were developed following an information needs assessment. Media specialists and scientists cocreated the messages. A telephone survey found a 15% increase in approval for forest management activities. (SK)

Assessed the short-term effects of a television counteradvertising media campaign, the Florida "truth" campaign, on rates of adolescents' smoking initiation. Followup surveys of adolescents interviewed during the first 6 months of the advertising campaign indicated that exposure to the "truth" campaign lowered the risk of youth…

There is a distinction between blindness, vision impairment and print-restriction. Blindness is the inability to see. Vision impairment is an inability to see clearly. Print restriction is an inability to see because of restricted access and/or physical impairment that makes the ability to focus and/or read impossible. All benefit from…

This (by no means exhaustive) survey of Postman's work reflects on his penetrating analyses of contemporary technology. He focused attention on the ways technology today, especially the television and the computer, inevitably change us. The essential questions he asks us to ask (and answer) are, How does technology affect us? Is it for good or…

Why do people refurbish some historical tales from time to time, adding new versions to be displayed publicly? Powerful cultural elements can be invoked for many purposes, and the morals derived from the fables can be quite different. When individuals are blessed with a rich cultural heritage, they may delve into it to find wisdom for themselves…

This book examines old and new technologies that can be used in distance education and provides cost-benefit comparisons among them. The first chapter of the book summarizes the findings of the next 10 chapters and provides a framework for decision making for all the technologies. The following criteria for choosing educational technology are…

Television now plays a major role in the socialization of children. Set within a multicultural context, this book identifies the social and cultural impact of television on the psychosocial development of children. The book also analyzes major media organizations and projects policies, practices and research directions for the future. Following an…