Facebook and other social media have been hailed as delivering the promise of new, socially engaged educational experiences for students in undergraduate, self-directed, and other educational sectors. A theoretical and historical analysis of these media in the light of earlier media transformations, however, helps to situate and qualify this…

A research paper which questions whether watching color television at home affect the way children respond to the presence or absence of color in presentations at school. (Author/HB)

A cross-media comparison of television and radio indicated that elementary students' recall of explicit story content was equivalent across media; however, recall of details was improved with a television presentation. Recognition of expressive language was facilitated by a radio story, whereas picture sequencing was augmented by a television…

Authoritative European research in audiovisual aids to learning is cataloged and summarized for the first time in this publication. The period covered is 1945 to 1963. Items are arranged by reference numbers which are based on 10 subject catagories: films, still projected media, non-projected media, museums, perception, radio, discs and tape…

This report is the result of a two year study during which the author attempted to apply one-half-inch videotape (VTR) technology to facilitate communication as a means of promoting development processes within the community. In addition to the social action component, the author collected and analyzed field data to determine effectiveness of VTR…

Focusing on the cognitive consequences of the present-day media environment and on the possible implications for cognitive assessment of these consequences, the information environment is discussed concerning the nature of its symbol system and electronic media. Also discussed are the information processing demands of television, the media and…

Much early research regarded television as a static medium, and it ignored the process of the information delivery and its match with the cognitive style of the viewer. Information processing should be looked at from the dual perspective of eye movement research and the degree of locus control. To uncover the interrelationships of efficient eye…

Those involved in mass media and adult education in the Third World, including researchers in education, communication, and instructional technology, operators of mass media programs, and national policy makers, should regard themselves as change agents. In order to function effectively as such they must understand the methodological aspects of…

Dissertations were selected for inclusion in this annotated bibliography if they used some form of educational media as the subject or as the methodology of their research. Selections were made from "American Doctoral Dissertations" and from "Dissertation Abstracts." For those selected from the latter, volume and page citations to "Dissertations…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 53 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) international news flow and the nonaligned nations; (2) cameras in the courtroom; (3) public service communication source influence and radio gatekeeper…

Proposes a framework to help course developers design criteria for optimal media deployment. The merits of radio, television, audio, video, and print are briefly compared with computer-based media and analyzed in light of six types of media characteristics: symbol system, access, controllability, student reactivity, interactivity, and adaptivity.…

This compilation of readings in educational media and research makes accessible published and unpublished documents relevant to designers and users of educational media. Volume III includes part 6, "Learner Characteristics," and part 7, the "Conditions of Media Use.""Learner Characteristics" relates the nature of human aptitude to instructional…