A look at how KMOX-TV, St. Louis, Missouri, became the first station to utilize a totally electronic newsgathering system on a full-time basis. (Author/HB)

This paper offers a critical approach to television viewing that considers the literary and rhetorical impact of television programing. The methodology described is composed of three stages of criticism that are designed to examine and describe television drama: (1) the descriptive stage, in which the critic examines the plot, characters,…

This paper presents the results of a study done on all public access files, which consist of all the letters written to each of the six television stations and 21 radio stations in the Houston, Texas, market area. A content analysis approach using 19 categories of information was employed. The results are supported by six tables presenting overall…

Residents in a southern California city were surveyed by telephone about their attitudes toward the telecast of the motion picture "Academy Awards" presentations. Of the 141 respondents, 71 had not watched the telecast, 42 had watched some of the broadcast, and 28 had watched all of it. Less than one third of the survey questions were specifically…

More than 600 entries are contained in this annotated bibliography of materials concerning the effects of television advertising on children. Entries are alphabetized by author and are divided into the following categories: special interest articles; general interest articles; books and pamphlets; government publications; transcripts of oral…

STATEMENTS ARE PRESENTED ON HOW QUALITY EDUCATION CAN BE PROVIDED FOR THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT WITHIN AN EVER-EXPANDING MASS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE BEST EDUCATION GREATLY DEPENDS ON THE MEANS OR METHODS EMPLOYED, THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE, AND THE EFFICIENT UTILIZATION OF BOTH. NEW METHODS AND TECHNIQUES CAN MORE EFFICIENTLY…

AN EXPERIMENTAL COURSE IN LABORATORY SCIENCE BY MEANS OF CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION WAS DESCRIBED. IT INVOLVED ALL SIXTH GRADES OF THE LENNOX SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO DETERMINE WHETHER SIXTH-GRADE PUPILS COULD LEARN A COURSE IN LABORATORY SCIENCE AS WELL BY TELEVISION AS BY THE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE OF THE EXPERIMENTS. OF THE…

THIS DOCUMENT REVIEWS A NUMBER OF STUDIES CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF COLOR IN TELEVISION ON HUMAN LEARNING, AS MEASURED BY OBJECTIVE TESTS. THE FINDINGS REVEAL AN APPARENT LACK OF COLOR EFFECTIVENESS UPON LEARNING. (MS)

A TV AND A CONVENTIONAL (C1) COMPANY OF 156 ARMY TRAINEES WERE FORMED BY MATCHING THEIR APTITUDE SCORES ON THE ARMED FORCES QUALIFICATION TEST. A REVIEW-PREVIEW INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUE WAS USED FOR BOTH COMPANIES, AND FOR OTHER CONVENTIONAL COMPANIES (C2-C8) SELECTED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION SUCH AS AWARENESS OF MEASUREMENT. IN 25 COMPARISONS OF…

PROMPTED BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION'S CONCERN FOR CHANNEL ALLOCATION, 50 NATIONAL COMMUNITY LEADERS CONFERRED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF EDUCATIONAL TV IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. THEIR 5 MAIN CONCLUSIONS FOLLOW. PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE ADVANTAGES OF EDUCATIONAL TV FOR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT NEEDS TO BE REKINDLED. AN EDUCATIONAL TV STATION CAN…

ENTRIES IN ENGLISH, GERMAN, AND FRENCH ARE LISTED BY AUTHOR UNDER THE MAIN HEADINGS, (1) EDUCATION AND TELEVISION, (2) ADULT EDUCATION AND TELEVISION, (3) EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, (4) BIBLIOGRAPHIES, AND (5) PERIODICALS AND INFORMATION SERVICES. ALSO INCLUDED ARE 24 ABSTRACTS, IN GERMAN, OF DOCUMENTS ON EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION. FOR AVAILABILITY OF…