A comprehensive television (TV) and videotape system was installed in the elementary school in Lincoln Heights, Ohio, the nation's largest all-black city. With the support of industry and local educational television, every classroom was equipped with a six-channel closed circuit TV set and six headphones, at a cost of $42,250. The purpose of the…

An inquiry into the uses of instructional technology was originally undertaken by the Ford Foundation to provide the Foundation itself with guidance for its support of efforts to apply technology to learning. The report of the inquiry, initially prepared for internal use, was found to be of interest to a wider audience and hence was subsequently…

A new look must be directed at the role of the public library in providing additional preschool experiences for poor children. At the national level, federally funded programs, foundation aid for children's television, and the supportive declarations of national professional organizations point to efforts for bringing services to young children in…

The operation of the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation is almost exclusively based upon "instructional television" programing and production. The corporation operates one of the two Swedish television channels and is state-sponsored; thus, its failure to develop high quality programing is particularly distressing. Reasons for dull and…

The first year of RFD, a new mass media approach to reaching rural adults in their own home, was devoted to planning and preparation. The design, consisting of a unique new television series, specially prepared and selected home-study materials, and a home visit program by adult basic education para-professionals, is complete. During the project…

A brief history of television use in foreign language instruction is presented, and the ways in which videotape technology has increased television's potential are discussed. Various uses for the medium, including films designed for language teaching, non-specialized material taped off the air, videotaping of student productions, and…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 55 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the prime time access rule; (2) media education; (3) magazine and children's advertising; (4) Irish national and Third World cinema; (5) international radio…

The films described in this catalog were produced by schools or school-related organizations and were designed to meet the "relevant needs expressed by a broad spectrum of media personnel, students, and educators across the country." The catalog describes seventeen series and eight single films. For each of the series a description is presented…

This annotated bibliography was developed for the Centre for Literacy of Quebec's 2000 Summer Literacy Institute, "Adult Literacy and Television: Has a Familiar Resource Been Overlooked?" and contains 49 citations of Canadian, British, and American research in the field of adult literacy and television from the 1960s to the year 2000. The…

AN EXTENSIVE SURVEY WAS MADE OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES USED BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND UNIVERSITIES. A CRITIQUE IS INCLUDED IN THE SURVEY REPORT DESCRIBING HOW EFFECTIVE 56 INSTITUTIONS ARE IN USING THE MEDIUM. NEAR THE END OF THE STUDY, A CONFERENCE WAS HELD (1960) AT HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND, TO DRAW UPON PROFESSIONAL…

Critical issues are raised for group study and discussion on the relationship of the thinking individual to the mass media. Although the electronic revolution is still in progress, it is essential to act now to control its speed and direction, using what is best in the media while trying to correct the faults. An analysis of fictional and factual…

Expanding communications technology now offers a wide spectrum of instructional resources for the off-campus and extension student. Broadcast television and public television provide a delivery system for many higher education extension programs. Radio, videotape cassettes, and video discs offer additional instructional potential. Broadcast…

A total of 699 Appalachian families with preschool children were surveyed to gather information on the availability and use of television, radio and telephone in their homes. The survey was designed to assess the practicality of using television as one of the components of the Marketable Preschool Education (MPE) Program, an extension of the…

A summary of 18 months' investigation into the potential uses of telecommunications in the public interest is presented. Areas investigated include public TV and radio, cable TV, television translaters, instructional fixed television service, satellite communications and interconnections. Public hearings were held in eight cities and more than 100…

The articles, in this issue, by more than 40 authors, are divided into five parts: the first two parts provide an historical perspective of radio and television (both commercial and educational) and a basis for judging the impact of broadcasting on society; the third part concerns the teaching of broadcasting in the school and the uses of radio…