Children were questioned in order to discover their principal source of political information as well as the amount and type of television exposure. (LS)

Analyzes the National Association of Broadcasters' Code Authority and changes in the Television Code since 1952 and suggests that the enforcement of these codes, and the penalties for violating these codes are such that there is no real self-regulation of broadcasting by the NAB. (MH)

Finds that stations in smaller television markets devoted less time to news than those in larger markets, and imported a greater proportion of their news content; imported news supplants strictly local news in these markets; and smaller-market stations imported a greater proportion of sensational/human interest news than they originated locally.…

Summarizes and integrates key findings from the most widely cited research studies which have investigated children's understanding of what is "real" on television. Discusses the developmental patterns in young viewers' use of various criteria for assessing the reality status of television programs. (Author/LRW)

Examines changes in network news production. Finds that, since 1969, emphasis on serious news has continued. Finds the emphasis on news anchors may have diminished slightly. (RS)

Identifies every environmental risk story broadcast by the 3 major television network nightly news programs during a 26-month period, and examines the extent to which the relative degree of risk affects coverage. Finds that sudden, violent risks receive much more coverage than chronic risks which are of equal consequence. (RS)

Demonstrates that the reason for Zenith's Phonevision's failure was the interweaving of such individual factors as the actions of the regulatory system and the opposition of the broadcast and film industries, along with the internal activities of Zenith and prevailing market conditions. (MS)

Examines the integration of advertising messages within early single-sponsor television programs from the 1950s. (MM)

Investigates regular viewers' representations of soap opera characters to discover the nature of these representations, the extent to which they reflect the application of social knowledge, and the extent to which they reflect the structure of the program. (MS)

Reviews the involvement of various television networks in distance learning, including public broadcasting stations, Cable in the Classroom, Arts and Entertainment Network, Black Entertainment Television, C-SPAN, CNN (Cable News Network), The Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, Mind Extension University, The Weather Channel, National Teacher…

Develops a quantitative content analysis of local news of three network television stations in Birmingham, Alabama. Assigns relatively high scores for local news, objectivity, and production, but gives relatively low scores for ambition for all three stations. (SR)

Finds that women's preferences for comedy television programs were strongest immediately prior to and during menses when negative affect was also most evident. Finds also that at the midpoint of the menstrual cycle, when positive affect proved the strongest, an elevated interest in suspense drama programs was apparent. (SR)

Concludes that where there are sweeps periods, there may or may not be more sex, depending on which network is analyzed. Notes that ABC cut its number of sexual behaviors per hour by almost half, while Fox more than doubled its rate per hour. (SR)

Surveys children and parents to examine children's active, conscious cognitive processing of television program information during home viewing. Finds that children's mental effort investment varies as a function of viewer age and the type of program being viewed. (SR)

Investigates long-standing familiarity with subtitled movies and processing efficiency as variables of total time spent in the subtitled area. Rules out subtitle reading resulting from habit from long-term experience. Suggests that reading subtitles is preferred because of efficiency in following a movie. (SR)