Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI), the state-of-the-art production techniques for computer chips, promises such powerful, inexpensive computing that, in the future, people will be able to communicate with computer devices in natural language or even speech. However, before full-scale VLSI implementation can occur, certain salient factors must be…

In television programing, pacing is generally defined as the relative speed with which a program appears to progress or the rate at which its material is presented. A study examined whether a fast-paced news show would produce a higher degree of accurate recall of content than would a slow paced program, and whether differences in pacing would…

A study analyzed the visual content of the 1984 New Hampshire and California Democratic candidate debates to determine how Jesse Jackson was portrayed by television. The New Hampshire debate was chosen because it offered the first opportunity for Jackson to be heard and compared to the other, more media-prominent candidates. The California debate…

A 10-minute videotape program that reviews library skills was evaluated with 8 fifth and sixth grade classes in the St. Louis area to determine both the effectiveness of the program itself and the method of formative program evaluation. The program used videotaped slides to present program ideas. Questions focused on whether students who viewed…

One approach to the study of the televised image is through the combination of signs, created through production choices. Just as a linguistic sign does not carry exclusively the thoughts of its author but interposes its own material form (thus affecting reading of the text), so does the production choice (technique) infect the thought of the…

This study sought evidence that the switch to electronic news gathering (ENG) by local television stations has changed news selection or news presentation. A content analysis was performed during five days of newscasts at three network-operated Los Angeles television stations that were in various stages of converting to total ENG. Although the…

The Sunseed Repertory Collective, a touring theatre company, was formed to deal seriously with contemporary--often controversial--social and political issues. The group uses unconventional production techniques, plays in a variety of settings to a wide range of audiences, charges no admission (relying on donations after performances), and prefers…

Discusses the process of getting television into syllabuses as a subject; noting that the key question about a communications system is why the communicators want to communicate, and arguing that in the case of large networks, the purpose is to validate the existing social system, up-holding the concept of the political concensus and mainstream…

The Agency for Instructional Television (AIT) works with educational agencies in the United States and Canada as partners in the process of educational change through school television. The organization develops school television programming for consortia of state and provincial education agencies. Since 1970, it has completed nine major projects.…

This report describes the conceptualization, development, and evaluation of a handbook (CE 016 432) for project directors responsible for implementing career education products. Divided into five chapters, this document contains a chronological review of development activities, including the use of the prototype version in schools. Chapter 1…

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THEATRE RESOURCES FOR YOUTH (PROJECT TRY) WAS TO CREATE AN AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR THEATER ARTS PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. TWO MAIN PROGRAMS--CHILDREN'S THEATER TOURING PROGRAMS TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND CREATIVE DRAMATICS TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS AND PUPILS--WERE DESIGNED NOT ONLY TO…

An investigation of the relationship between communication apprehension (CA) and the attainment of media competencies employs the first null hypothesis that there would be no significant difference in the achievement of media competencies and the second null hypothesis that there would be no significant correlations between the attainment of media…

After presenting a chronological account of United States military documentary films from World War I through the Vietnam War, this paper reports on a study that compared the effectiveness of films prepared during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The first section, the chronological account, touches on such subjects as the…

More than 5,400 entries are included in this first attempt to cite and classify all English language books, monographs, and dissertations about film that appeared from 1940 to 1975. Intended as a source of information about existing film books and as a tool for researching available literature on any film topic, the bibliography uses ten basic…