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Download full textCourtney, Alice E.; Whipple, Thomas W. – 1978
Based on research findings that sex stereotyping used for product commercials is offensive and often ineffective, recommendations for change have been proposed to the advertising industry. Women, in particular, have been portrayed in advertising in traditional domestic roles, emphasizing the consumer role, especially in television advertising.…
Descriptors: Advertising, Feminism, Mass Media, Media Research
Einsiedel, Edna F. – 1983
Despite a tradition of government secrecy, Canada recently adopted freedom of information legislation. Reflecting greater public and media interest in the issue of public access to information and government secrecy, Bill C-34, the Access to Information Act, received royal assent in 1982, as did a privacy act, enacted to protect the complementary…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation, Foreign Countries, Freedom of Speech
Hebenstreit, Jacques – 1984
This synthesis of reports from authors representing seven different countries discusses computerization as it applies to the management and evaluation of the educational process at all levels in developed countries. Focusing on the computerization of educational administration, the first of three sections of the paper suggests that advantages of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Developed Nations, Educational Administration
Plomp, Tjeerd; Akker, Jan J. H. van den – 1988
This discussion of the integration of computers into the curriculum begins by reviewing the results of several surveys conducted in the Netherlands and the United States which provide insight into the problems encountered by schools and teachers when introducing computers in education. Case studies of three secondary and two elementary schools in…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
Turow, Joseph, Ed.; Kavanaugh, Andrea L., Ed. – 2003
The use of the Internet in homes rivals the advent of the telephone, radio, or television in social significance. This book compiles findings from communication theorists and social scientists concerning the effects of the Internet on the lives of the family unit and its members. The book examines historical precedents of parental concern over…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Computers, Electronic Mail, Family Environment
Schwier, Richard A.; And Others – 1992
This study describes the various roles major interactive media can play in classroom education, including advantages, disadvantages, and evaluation of efficacy drawn from research. Selected authoring programs are reviewed, as are criteria for selecting authoring programs for use by teachers. The physical and instructional features of optical…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Educational Technology
