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Valaskakis, Gail G. – 1981
In 1972 the Canadian government launched its first domestic communications satellite, Anik A, which relays direct broadcast television and telephone messages to northern communities. The impact of television on Inuit life has raised issues and concerns pertaining to native language broadcasting, media access and control, and cultural identity…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Broadcast Television, Canada Natives, Communication Research
Potter, Geoff D. – 1981
This report traces the successful evolution of Canada's experiments in satellite-based distance education, which provided the framework for Canada's most recent investment in 19 new exploratory projects in satellite communications, as well as a commitment to the accessibility of satellite-delivered television for any Canadian who wants it. The…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Communication Research, Communications Satellites, Educational Change
Davis, Dennis K.; Robinson, John P. – 1985
Two news audience surveys were conducted--one in Great Britain with 489 subjects and one in the United States with 447 subjects--to assess the ability of various types of television news stories to induce learning. The central objective of the research was to identify attributes of specific news stories that had been well or poorly comprehended.…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Communication Research, Foreign Countries, Information Processing
