In this dissertation I investigate how changes in the availability of information influences decision making in inherently ambiguous environments. As the Internet has not only fostered connectivity, but also catalyzed information generation on an unprecedented scale, my objective is to revisit the concept of information availability and salience…

The state of commercial, educational, and instructional television in West Germany is described, with emphasis on the facts that advertiser support has not restricted quality and that public support has not meant government control. (LS)

A brief look at the growing audiovisual industry, focussing on the financial picture of public broadcasting. (LS)

Reviews the first five years of Independent Local Radio (ILR), a broadcasting system comprised of locally managed and directed stations which originate virtually all their own material. ILR programing, which is designed to provide an attractive and well-rounded service for local listeners, is financed by advertisements. (RAO)

This paper highlights the problems facing the establishment, development, management and utilization of instructional television (ITV) in higher institutions in Nigeria. The paper also discusses chronicle of activities and achievements made at Obafemi Awolowo University, lle-lfe in the effort at revamping the television system. Obafemi Awolowo…

Commercial and noncommercial radio in the United States and Great Britain have followed opposite paths of development. Unlike the United States, where commercial radio was the historical cornerstone of the broadcasting system, the Independent Local Radio (ILR) of Britain is the newcomer into an environment heavy with the heritage of the…

THE COMPETING INTERESTS OF INFORMAL ADULT EDUCATION AND THOSE OF FORMAL SCHOOLING HAVE INFLUENCED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION NETWORK (N.E.T.), AS HAS ALSO THE STRUGGLE OVER THE PROPER ROLE OF N.E.T. IN THE TOTAL EDUCATIONAL TV FIELD -- WHETHER IT WAS TO BE A NATIONAL PROGRAM LIBRARY FOR LOCAL STATIONS, A REGULAR PROGRAM…

A synopsis of educational radio in this country today includes a brief history, figures on the growth of educational radio, rules and regulations governing it, procedures for filing an application for a station, suggestions for financing, and lists of organizations and government agencies concerned with educational radio. (JK)

Based on information provided by public television and radio station licensees to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), this report presents financial data for fiscal year 1970 for CPB-qualified public radio stations in the United States. A brief discussion of the 91 CPB-qualified public radio stations is provided first, along with an…

Examines funding of college radio stations in terms of their purposes as perceived by station directors and directors' perception of how that purpose is perceived by the college or university. Finds that the view of the radio station as a student training facility and as a service to the community were important factors influencing funding of…

Two papers presented in the broadcast deregulation section analyze narrowcasting and the effects of commercialization of British television respectively. The first paper, "The American Model through British Eyes" (Jay G. Blumler and Carolyn Spicer), describes research undertaken at the request of the British government-appointed…

A veteran of public television discusses the problems public broadcasting faces. (HB)

The author focuses attention upon the ways which CATV can be a useful financial, as well as programming, resource in education." (Editor)