This article discusses how the pattern of motives that people have for watching television is affected when cable television greatly expands available content. (Author/STS)

Ninety-one participants in focus groups were asked to rate six programs at a television network studio. The results indicated a substantial difference between indifference and ambivalence; about 92 percent of the respondents whose net affect was zero were ambivalent as opposed to indifferent. (JEG)

A study of sex as seen on television and as it relates to adolescent sexual self image demonstrates that a relationship exists between perceptions of television portrayals of sex and initial coital satisfaction. Satisfaction with being a virgin was unrelated to perceptions of television sex. (Author/LS)

A study of the impact of "All in the Family" on children concentrates on why they watch, how well they understand the plot, most and least admired characters, and information conveyed about standards of adult and family behavior. (LS)

Reviews the current Violence Profile (number 8) which reports on fall 1976 television network programing. The discussion includes comment on the violence index and the risk ratio sections of the profile, but does not cover the third section of Gerbner's profile, cultivation index. (JEG)

The Cultural Indicators Research Team's analysis of the CBS report suggests that the Gerbner Violence profile is defined too broadly, and composed of an arbitrary set of measures; employs faulty units of analysis; is inadequate on the basis of time sampled; and measures relative rather than absolute victimization, which probably does not…

Includes key sections of the CBS response to the analysis of the Cultural Indicators Research Team on the Gerbner Violence Profile. (JEG)

Continues the dialogue on CBS criticisms of the Gerbner Violence Profile. (JEG)

Discusses a study to determine if anticipatory reactions contribute significantly to children's television-viewing behavior. Four form complexity variables (set, shot, verbal interaction, and modal complexity) and two visual/verbal interaction variables (congruence and independence) are studied using groups of children 4 to 5 years old and 7 1/2…

Describes research undertaken to determine third- and fifth-grade children's television viewing preferences in a choice of adult or children's television shows. Two studies were carried out: (1) distribution of a forced choice questionnaire, and (2) showing of an edited videotape introduction to shows listed in the questionnaire. (SW)

Children were questioned in order to discover their principal source of political information as well as the amount and type of television exposure. (LS)