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Bordenave, Juan E. Diaz – 1977
This volume posits the existence of a gap between theory and practice in rural-development efforts involving communication media and provides suggestions for integrating the efforts of theoreticians and practitioners. Chapter one briefly reviews the development of theoretical concepts about the nature of communication and the use of communication…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communications, Developing Nations
Wagner, Leslie – 1982
This guide to the economic analysis of media use in education reviews the evidence on the costs and benefits of educational media and provides a methodology for future decision-making. It includes chapters on establishing a framework for media choice, evaluating the effectiveness of media use, and analyzing costs. The empirical evidence from past…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Economics
Lohr, Paul, Ed.; Meyer, Manfred, Ed. – 1999
This book is a collection of selected articles (published in the 1990s) from "TelevIZIon," a specialized journal of the "Internationales Zentralinstitut fur das Jugend--und Bildungsfernsehen," that take up problems relating to media research and present national and international developments in the field of children's and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Childrens Television, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
von Feilitzen, Cecilia, Ed.; Carlsson, Ulla, Ed. – 2000
This document consists of three sources which compile research on the influence of media sex and violence on children's development. The first is a collection of articles on children and the media; the remaining two are bibliographies of research--one on pornography and sex in the media, the other on video and computer games. The articles in the…
Descriptors: Aggression, Annotated Bibliographies, Childhood Attitudes, Children
Twitchin, John, Ed. – 1992
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of British media representation of black people together with detailed examples of racial bias and practical teaching strategies and references to materials for teachers and teacher educators for examining this bias. The first section provides materials and exercises for in-service courses and workshops.…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Blacks, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education
von Feilitzen, Cecilia, Ed.; Carlsson, Ulla, Ed. – 1999
This yearbook compiles research findings on children and youth and media violence from the perspective of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The thematic focus of this yearbook is on what is being done to combat gratuitous media violence. It presents information on media education and children's media participation. Section…
Descriptors: Advertising, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Childrens Rights
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
Carlsson, Ulla, Ed.; von Feilitzen, Cecilia, Ed. – 1998
This yearbook compiles information on research findings on children and youth and media violence, as seen from the perspective of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child. The thematic focus of the yearbook is on the influence of children's exposure to media violence. Section 1 of the yearbook, "Children and Media on the…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Children, Childrens Rights, Childrens Television