Many young people consider watching television as repetitive and unchallenging as going to school. Putting children both behind and in front of the TV camera can tap creative energies and spark the desire to learn. Suggestions for school-based video production programs are offered. (PGD)

Surveyed broadcasting departments to determine the kinds of on-air training they provide students. Found that 68 (or 48 percent) of the responding institutions broadcast or cablecast a student-run television news program. (PD)

This article considers the physiological, psychological, and aesthetical parameters of video on two levels--practical and conceptual. Physiological effects and processes are defined as those which occur within a human being when viewing a video event, while videopsychology focuses on how people use the medium of video and the possibilities for…

Drawing on international studies concerning leisure attitudes, media consumption, and parental impact on the television viewing decisions of 4- to 14-year olds, this paper focuses on the importance of developing a coherent media education policy for pre- and primary-school children, parents, elementary school teachers, and television station…

Teaching children to think critically about the media, particularly television, is discussed in terms of research on children's understanding of television; the interrelationships between cognitive, affective, and social factors; and the nature of child discourse and audience response to the media. Development of a more complex theoretical basis…