Included are 73 reports of research on the impact of instructional media on attitude formation and change. General observations about the findings, including procedures most and least likely to produce the desired attitudinal outcomes, are also detailed. (Author/JEG)

A review of the first 23 volumes of "AV Communication Review" identified 68 theoretical and experimental articles on the effects of media on student learning attitudes. Examination of these articles revealed that (1) researchers do not routinely evaluate the impact of mediated instruction on learner affect toward either the medium or the…