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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1983
Testimony presented at this hearing focuses on ways in which television can have a positive impact on children's education, what is known about the impacts of television programming on children, and what Congress can do to promote television's positive educational values. Witnesses include the following: John D. Abel, senior vice president,…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Educational Television, Government Role, Hearings
Comstock, George; Paik, Hae-Jung – 1987
This review of recent empirical research on the effects of television on children and teenagers begins by examining the results of two surveys which were conducted to determine the opinions of experts in the field. A brief statement of the findings indicates that experts generally agree that television harms formal scholastic achievement while…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Children
Gerbner, George; And Others – 1985
This study of the role of television in the presentation and cultivation of public conceptions of science and technology investigated these issues: (1) the types of representation and information about scientists, science, and technology that are embedded in television programs; (2) types of images and beliefs about science that television tends…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Interviews, Programing (Broadcast), Questionnaires
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1983
Held during National Children and Television Week, this hearing addressed the general topic of television and its impact on children, including specific children's television projects and ideas for improving children's television. Statements and testimony (when given) are presented for the following individuals and organizations: (1) John…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Childrens Television, Commercial Television, Educational Television
Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Washington, DC. – 1983
Satellite telecasts and videotape are discussed in this two-part paper, which is based on the preliminary experiences of Project BEST (Basic Education Skills through Technology), a dissemination project for communicating about the use of technology in teaching basic skills, and providing functional experience with new information communication…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communications Satellites, Design Requirements, Federal Programs
Forbes, Norma – 1984
The report summarizes information from a 5-year study, begun in 1977, of the effects of the introduction of commercial and educational television to isolated communities in rural Alaska. It is intended primarily for residents of villages which participated in the study, for the staff of the schools which were involved, and for Alaskan policy…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Cognitive Development, Commercial Television
