Examines the portrayal of the Black experience on television in relation to civil rights legislation during the period. Reviews various television programs and finds that despite an increase in the number of Black characters on the air, stereotyping has remained a problem. (FMW)

Reported are viewers' comments of some recently broadcasted science education programs in Great Britain. Explores the impact of these programs on children in the classroom, the pupils' appreciation and what the children learn. Synthesizes these opinions into recommendations for successful science education broadcasting. (CW)

Reviews literature dealing with perceived reality in the television effects process from a construct validation perspective. Topics discussed include variables that influence the degree to which individuals perceive reality in televised messages, relationships with attribute variables, influence of reality perception on viewers' behavior and…

Offers summaries of studies that investigated many topics, including the following: (1) images of the United States in Jordanian media; (2) television terms, such as "radiovision," that did not last; (3) how newspapers in Alaska cope with staff turnover; (4) newspaper design preferences among students; and (5) the problem of libel for…

The first of a two-part review of the National Council for Families and Television's (NCFT) journal publications from 1978-1983 discusses articles examining both television and children, and discovers a multi-phase evolution in NCFT's perception of children's associations with television. Periodical articles by television and academic/research…

Analysis of the relationship between undergraduate students' television viewing and their perceptions of personal vulnerability to crime reveals strength and direction of such associations are contingent upon viewer's source of criminal victimization experience, type of prime-time television viewed, and contextual nature of perception of personal…

Findings indicate that the language of characters from children's television programs, both educational and commercial, is clearly gender-differentiated, producing attributions that are consistent with sex-role stereotypes. (PD)

An aesthetically based analysis of the visual imagery of commercial television is provided, and the usefulness of television as a basis for visual aesthetic criticism in aesthetic education is considered. Directed, critical inquiry of television can extend knowledge in art and aesthetics and enhance the quality of people's lives. (RM)

Study of secondary school pupils' reactions to viewing careers education materials in which people were shown in occupations traditionally associated with the opposite sex found that young adolescents viewing counter-stereotyped programs were no less stereotyped in career beliefs. Results are discussed in terms of resilience of sex role in…

Explores the role of memory in mediating mass communication effects. Examines (1) the nature of memory, (2) issues in retention and recall of media messages, (3) methods of promoting retention and recall of media messages, and (4) implications of memory processes for mass media effects. (PD)

This small, qualitative study examined how interactive television educators go about teaching in electronically-mediated environments where students remain separated from them. Three interactive television instructors were interviewed, and 15 hours of field observation was conducted. Although the study's original goal was to yield prescriptions…

The telecourse education program created by Barry University in Florida was evaluated by use of a questionnaire designed to measure students' overall satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the telecourse process. The questionnaire contains questions about how students heard about the telecourses, whether services were accommodating, what they liked…

This document consists of the four issues of the "Media Now" newsletter published during 1997-1998. Functioning as a link between academia and the creative community, the "Media Now" newsletter from Children Now is dedicated to keeping advertisers, advertising professionals, television writers, and producers and network executives abreast of…

The mass media are the school's partner, not its rivals. Questions are raised about the media's influence on learning, its relationship with school programs, its effect on personality development, and how teachers coordinate their work with the media. Suggestions for improving the coordination of education and the media are made. (Author/IS)

Considers important political and practical issues within the field of distance education raised by the decision for Australia to have its own communications satellite. The experiences of other countries are examined and the importance of communication policy and planning, educational needs-assessment, cost-effectiveness studies, resource…