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 current state of empirical research on religious television, discusses some of the implicit difficulties in exploring this phenomenon and its viewership, and suggests avenues for future research. (MS)

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)

Concludes that major market local television newscasts include substantial doses of helplessness, most of it at extreme levels. Specifically, members of the general public are often presented as helpless, and, by implication, so are television viewers. (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)

Reports on a study of the maximum rate of presentation at which relevant visual information could be transmitted before recall was impeded." (Author/AA)

How to improve the design of research on the effectiveness of media." (Editor)

The authors treat some of the special problems faced in evaluating a black-produced television series. Black-Voices was a weekly offering of KTCA-TV in Minneapolis, owned and operated by the Twin Cities Area Educational Television Corporation." (Editor)

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)

Presents systematic evidence that violent, fictional television stories trigger imitative deaths and near-fatal accidents. In 1977, suicides, motor vehicle deaths, and nonfatal accidents all rose immediately following soap opera suicide stories. (AM)

Reveals that the three major television networks in the United States emphasize the "bad" aspects in their coverage of business news. (FL)

Concludes that next-day weather forecasts given by television stations are usually accurate and that stations seldom change their forecasts between the early evening and late evening newscasts. (FL)

The gratifications identified by viewers of the daytime television serial "All My Children" were (in rank order): entertainment, habit, convenience, social utility, relaxation or escape from problems, escape from boredom, and reality exploration or advice. (GT)