Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference of the Ontario Modern Language Teachers' Association and the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers, Rochester, New York, March 31, 1973. (HW)

Outlines research into teenage viewing preferences which was undertaken prior to production of a television series for CITY-TV, Toronto. The series is designed to attract as large a teenage audience as possible, and to promote "socially responsible" attitudes. The resulting effects on instructional television programing design are…

That television has a tremendous influence on children is clear. Whether that impact is more positive than negative depends, to some extent, on the determination with which concerned adults help to tilt the balance in favor of children. (Author)

For this document the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation reports favorably on the Children's Television Act of 1989 and recommends that it be passed. The aims of the legislation are to increase the amount of educational and informational television programming available to children and to protect children from…

Educational television is used in Japan at the early childhood, elementary, and secondary education levels. Educational broadcasting is provided by the public broadcasting company, NHK (Nippon Hoso Kyokai) and various commercial broadcasting companies. Instructional aids are produced by either NHK or one of the commercial companies, and there is…

To examine the influences of direct instructional principles on student learning, this study compared the results of using two different versions of an instructional television program. One version consisted of a randomly-selected ITV science program from the Educational Broadcasting Corporation's science series, "Odyssey," while the…

Based on the conviction that research findings on effective design of educational television programs may have useful lessons for designers of educational computing software, this paper reviews research on children's educational television and discusses ways in which the findings can be applied. The paper divides the research findings into the…

Information contained in this report concerns the sample survey design, survey operation, and estimation procedures applied to assess the use of the educational television series, "The Electric Company," in classroom instruction in 1976-77. The survey was national in scope, with schools being selected from sample schools appearing in a…

The workshop documented in these proceedings had four purposes: (1) to develop dialogue within and between the several sectors of society whose interests and expertise are focused upon the role of television in the lives of children and youth; (2) to increase awareness of the need for making the television viewing experience of children and youth…

Designed to assess the motivations viewers have for watching public television (PTV), the gratifications they derive from programs they enjoy, and their expectations of PTV, the pilot study described was conducted to provide information for program decision-making and efforts aimed at attracting different types of audiences. The research strategy…

This is a condensation of several studies which sought to ascertain how communities can, do, or could utilize cable television (educational--ETV--and community) in Alberta. Data was gathered on a wide variety of sources (e.g., cable operators, community groups, educational groups, government, general public) from questionnaires, program…

This brochure presents the summaries of two major studies carried out in three European countries concerning the role of television in the life of preschool children. The first study involved participant observation and interviews of 90 families from England and 50 families from Ireland over a 6-month period. The children studied were between the…

The relationship between television program variables and children's attention was examined using sample shows from two nationally distributed educational programs. Shows were coded at 30-second intervals on four measures of program complexity and two measures of the relationship between verbal and visual content. Children's visual-attention…

The first non-commercial cable television (CATV) project in Sweden was conducted in Kiruna since it was the site of an established commercial CATV network. The Kiruna project goal was to emphasize locally produced programs. Objectives tested were production and planning forms, cooperation between groups, and utilization of a program bank.…

This article describes a doctoral research project which measured the success of a commercial television station's early morning, half-hour television series which effectively taught reading fundamentals to preschool children. The design of the reading lessons, the format of the shows, and the problems encountered by the series are the article's…