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Download full textNational Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC. – 1975
The Applications Technology Satellite-6 (ATS-6) pilot study being conducted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) includes 20 experiments in the use of satellites for educational delivery systems in rural areas and for scientific and technological information dissemination. Initial usage of the system has been in North…
Descriptors: Communications, Communications Satellites, Delivery Systems, Developing Nations
Alaska Governor's Office of Telecommunications, Juneau. – 1975
Communications satellite technology has for the first time given Alaska the capacity to deliver television broadcasts to the state's isolated regions. The ATS-6 Health/Education Telecommunications Experiment has given the state an opportunity to: (1) acquire experience with new forms of technology; (2) involve the state's culturally diverse…
Descriptors: Audiences, Communications Satellites, Cultural Differences, Educational Radio
Alaska Governor's Office of Telecommunications, Juneau. – 1975
Alaska is a state of geographic and cultural extremes. In order to improve the standard of health and to provide broader educational opportunity, especially in rural communities, the ATS-6 communications satellite has been used to compensate for remoteness and transportation difficulties. The Health/Education Telecommunications Experiment has…
Descriptors: Audiences, Citizen Participation, Communications Satellites, Community Role
Alaska Governor's Office of Telecommunications, Juneau. – 1975
This is the third volume of a three volume final report for the Health/Education Telecommunications Experiment. This volume is a continuation of the appendix, and it includes communications that took place between the contractor, the office of the Governor of Alaska, and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in Washington, D.C. The…
Descriptors: Audiences, Citizen Participation, Communications Satellites, Community Role
Alaska Governor's Office of Telecommunications, Juneau. – 1975
This is the second volume of the three volume final report for the Health/Education Telecommunications Experiment. This appendix is a collection of documents which further elucidate the planning and construction of the communications facility. It includes a chronology of funding and contracting events, and copies of the actual grants and contracts…
Descriptors: Audiences, Citizen Participation, Communications Satellites, Community Role
Pittman, Theda Sue; Orvik, James M. – 1976
This paper analyzes thirteen recommendations for media policy making in rural Alaska which were formulated as a product of a study of the educational television aspect of the ATS-6 (Applications Technology Satellite) project in 1974-75. The recommendations, which emphasize local media control, were based on information provided by village…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Audience Participation, Communications Satellites, Community Control
