Young people's reactions to two prize winning programs of the Prix Jeunesse 1970 were evaluated in seven different countries: Germany, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, United States, and Yugoslavia. This report of the evaluations first overviews the plan of the research, discusses the juries which conferred the prizes, describes the two…

Reports that both the overall diversity and the "specialized appeal" diversity of television programing were greater in 1948-1954, when there were four national television networks (ABC, CBS, DuMont, and NBC), than in 1955-56, following the demise of the DuMont Network. (GT)

Ontario's educational television station, TVO, has developed into one of the most exciting broadcasters in North America. Federally licensed and provincially controlled, the Toronto based system achieves quality programming amidst a maze of 22-channel offerings. (RAO)

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)

Examines prime-time television's portrayals of industries from the 1950s through the 1980s. Claims that television overrepresents service and public administration industries and underrepresents manufacturing. Asserts that these representations reflect widely shared cultural values and the commercial constraints of network television. (MM)

Author examines educational television programming and suggests catagorizing programs by purpose instead of type. (HB)

Concludes that the answer to the question of whether viewers restructure their lives to accommodate television or whether television is made to fit into the existing structure of their lives is functionally related to the programing and the time period involved. (FL)

Cites figures that indicate that the basic global flow of television programing is among eight rich countries and contends that these statistics also reflect those countries which have the most receivers and the largest audience population. (MH)

Defines the violence profile as a set of indicators tracing aspects of the television world and of conceptions of social reality they tend to cultivate in the viewer's minds. Suggests using cultural indicators as a framework for a progress report on a long-range study of trends in television content and effects. (MH)

A second study examined subjects' ratings of liking for an adventure program which was presented to them either in an uncut version or with the violence deleted. (Author/JMB)

Examines the locally produced programing on independent television stations and concludes that such programing averages only about 3.6 hours a week and is declining. (FL)

Examines all network prime-time television aired from 1963 through 1985 to determine the effect of available program options on inheritance effects. Indicates that a strong lead-in increases audience share, especially when the program is new, of the same type as the preceding program, or one of few viewing alternatives. (JD)

Examined the type of local television programing offered during the prime-time access period (7:30-8:00 P.M.), the reasons behind the choices, and the special alternative offered by "PM Magazine." Discusses what these findings suggest about the limits of local programing in the current television marketplace. (PD)

Tests recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruling that marketplace forces will provide sufficient high quality broadcast programing. Finds that in the period 1981 to 1983, the amount of children's programing actually declined on commercial television stations and increased slightly on public broadcasting stations. Notes that cable…

A study gathered information from "Variety" about production costs and final 32-week season ratings for prime-time series in order to determine what effect ratings have on whether a program is cancelled. The cancellation threshold against which these series could be judged was based upon final regular-season Nielsen ratings information.…