Summarizes major findings of research report issued by Institute of Social Research (University of Michigan) on "Freestyle," a Public Broadcast System television program designed to counteract limiting effects of sexist stereotyping on career aspirations and life skills of boys and girls aged 9 to 12. Strategies in pro-social modeling…

Children's television viewing experiences are discussed as interaction between children and television rather than as something done to children. Selection and application of television literacy curricula in schools--available curricula, media experiences and cognitive sophistication of students, goals of curriculum, teacher and parent role in…

A project to determine student attitudes toward interactive closed-circuit television instruction on two university campuses is described. Course design, results, costs, and implementation difficulties are discussed. Differences between the campuses' responses may be attributable to teacher familiarity, student differences, and familiarity with…

Reviews the history of the Television Service of the University of Glasgow, describes the influence of television as an educational medium, compares the use of educational television with the use of film, and considers the advantages of radio as an educational medium, particularly in light of production costs and accessibility. (JL)

Describes a study which investigated why some teachers choose to use, or not to use, educational television broadcasts in their teaching. The study also tested the proposition that low levels of television use by teachers are due to antipathy to new methods in general, or fear of mechanization, or similar reasons. (Author/LLS)

Ten-year-old WWVU-TV serves 45,000 K-12 students in a 29 county area of northern West Virginia. Also, during the current semester 1,167 students from West Virginia University are enrolled for college "telecourses". (BR)

Summarizes recent research on the following topics: media coverage and information-seeking behavior, newspaper treatment of state government releases, magazine evaluations and readership, motivation for viewing television programs, sex differences in bylines, photojournalism, advertising on children's television, television editorial themes,…

Provides several suggestions concerning how public television might organize to approach the future. Suggestions include accepting the telecommunications center concept, revising the structure to provide a stronger national service, sustaining local programing, and providing new services. Government role, a new federal funding plan, and the system…

Points to signals that people in the West have entered into an environment hostile to rational thought and shows how the major characteristics of United States media environments contribute to this hostility. Suggests ways that teachers can assure the conservation of rational thought and restore the balance between reason and experience. (GT)

Presents a study comparing the goals, resources, activities, and operating procedures of a sample of media reform groups. Assesses how the changing environment for reform will affect groups in the future. (JMF)

Reports the activities of the 17th General Assembly of the URTI held in January 1979. Objectives of the assembly included the development of a videocassette exchange library, the development of a Cultural Information Bank, expansion of correspondent's role, and increasing membership. (RAO)

Do the patterns of family interpersonal communication influence children's television viewing? In this study, the results indicate that in families where the pattern of communication emphasized parent-child relations, as opposed to child-idea relations, the children's viewing preferences are influenced by what they perceive their parents would…

Advantages and limitations are presented regarding the training and education potential for video communications in industry (particularly closed-circuit television), and some requirements for planning and application are also listed. (MF)

The new television rating system provides parents with indicators of whether programs are appropriate for children according to age. The guidelines specify sex, violence, coarse language, and suggestive dialog within each program. The paper describes why ratings are important, who creates them, and how children's shows are rated. A sidebar…

Presents an exploratory study of a Web-enhanced televised graduate course encouraging learner-learner interaction in small online groups. Examined whether various interactions among students in small groups could substitute for one-on-one interaction between instructor and student and lead to high levels of perceived class interaction and student…