Reports on a study which indicates that certain political candidates are better perceived on radio and others on television and suggests that it is possible to determine the most effective medium for creating favorable candidate images. (MH)

Contends that television is diluting the experiential and informational base of American political culture and thereby altering the nature and effectiveness of American democracy. (MH)

The Council for Area Planning of Educational Services (CAPES) was formed as a consortium of formal and informal educational institutions in the Fox Valley area of north central Illinois to promote the sharing of educational programs and pooling of resources in the use of ITV. (Author)

How the director of a university television production facility can help medical students improve their interviewing skills through the use of closed circuit television. (JY)

This article discusses ways in which ITV assists in the implementation of career education in elementary schools by providing programs for student viewing. (Author)

A discussion of how a two-party system has evolved in the ten years since the passage of the Public Broadcasting Act, with support gathering behind "Centralist" and "Localist" lines. (Author)

Which comes first? Solving public broadcasting's funding problems or addressing fundamental questions about how the public broadcasting systems should relate to and serve the public? These are questions facing all elements of public broadcasting leadership, and one way of dealing with them is explored here. (Author/HB)

How one station broadcasts news from eight towns by using Super 8 film. (Author)

A look at the accumulation of generalizations about evaluation of instructional television and what information can be expected from those evaluations currently being carried out. (HB)

A discussion of how video and television technology has advanced and is being used in the schools. (HB)

The past, present, and possible future of the television software industry. (Author)

Examines the work done by European intergovernmental organizations on the copyright and neighboring rights problems raised by the cable distribution of television programs. Attention is focused on original transmissions, retransmission of received transmissions, and modes of administering the various rights likely to be involved in the cable…

A study of the development of educational technology in Egyptian schools and universities identified the heavy demand media make on teachers' time as a major problem, followed by overcrowded curricula, then examinations, the negative attitude of teachers towards media, and finally the inadequate preparation of teachers. (Author/JEG)

Major developments in video technology, the benefits and limitations of these developments, and the application of video formats are discussed. A comparative chart details characteristics of media and indicates the instructional capabilities of various video formats, film, and instructional television in relation to each characteristic. (RAO)

Examines the dangers and disappointments of television journalism and focuses on a few core issues that point out what is keeping TV news from becoming that positive social force that it has the potential to become. (Author/RK)