A study was devised to investigate the possible impact of fictional television violence on children with reference to short and long term effects. Thirty-four children ranging in age from five to six were selected from a sample of children who had seen a series of violent television programs and were divided into two groups according to high and…

In an effort to assess the potential impact of cable television on broadcasting statistical techniques were used 1) to estimate cable penetration, 2) to build a model describing how the audience divides its viewing among available signals, and 3) to assess relationships between audience and revenue and between revenue and programming. These…

A computerized search of the information file in the national ERIC system revealed hundreds of reports and papers concerning instruction television; the author chose the most relevant for inclusion in this bibliography. The material is divided into categories: general; bibliographies, literature guides and overviews; national issues; and project…

A discussion of some basic research questions for learning and television. (HB)

Reviews the current Violence Profile (number 8) which reports on fall 1976 television network programing. The discussion includes comment on the violence index and the risk ratio sections of the profile, but does not cover the third section of Gerbner's profile, cultivation index. (JEG)

The Cultural Indicators Research Team's analysis of the CBS report suggests that the Gerbner Violence profile is defined too broadly, and composed of an arbitrary set of measures; employs faulty units of analysis; is inadequate on the basis of time sampled; and measures relative rather than absolute victimization, which probably does not…

Includes key sections of the CBS response to the analysis of the Cultural Indicators Research Team on the Gerbner Violence Profile. (JEG)

Continues the dialogue on CBS criticisms of the Gerbner Violence Profile. (JEG)

Compares three symbol establishment background display strategies for the representation of an event to discover the most appropriate visual. Three versions of a 90-second news report were videotaped and shown, one to each of three groups of students, and assessments of the speaker's performance and report were obtained through common descriptive…

What might and/or ought to happen in instructional television research in the next ten years is identified. It is suggested that knowledge of how we learn from television must be solidly related to theories, processes, and conditions of learning. (Author/STS)

Most educational television managers surveyed believed that the Fairness Doctrine makes a positive impact on public affairs programing by encouraging a balance of viewpoints concerning controversial issues. (KS)

Respondents with combat experience were found to be more dissatisfied with the medium's performance and more sensitive to its effect on viewers than were other veterans. (KS)

Argues that aesthetic or literary approaches to television provide an essential corrective to recent emphases on the ideological dimensions of modern media. Defines television as a contemporary American instance of "consensus narrative," a cultural formation or institution in which society's central beliefs and values undergo continuous…

Reports that two of the three major television network newscasts had the same lead story more than 90 percent of the time and that all three had the same lead more than 40 percent of the time. (FL)

This study investigated whether heavy television viewing habits influenced children's perception of the ease (certainty, speed and predictable nature) with which everyday problems are solved. Results showed heavy television viewers tended to view problems in a manner consistent with the way television depicts them. (JDH)