This study describes the development of an innovative instructional technique, peculiar to television, that presents information in a dramatic form through televised skits. Primary concerns of the project were the measurement of student attitudes toward receiving instructional television material in skit form, the measurement of the amount of…

Teachers can improve classroom procedure by producing and showing their own 8mm films, while building a library of effective teaching aids. These motion pictures are conceived as intrinsic parts of a teaching plan, and are designed to explain a single idea or concept. Single-concept or specific-objective films generate a high degree of student…

Designed for senior high school students, this one semester course focuses on four aspects of modern media: television, film, radio, and advertising. Each topic is worked into a weekly lesson plan format that stresses the active involvement of students in the learning process. The course outline contains lists of objectives and media materials…

Designed to give students and adults an opportunity to put their ideas on videotape, this component of the Special Arts Project has as specific goals stimulating student/adult creativity, learning how different people can work together to make a successful program, and making video available to the community as a form of documentation and…

This report summarizes and evaluates the experiences of a member of a three-week teen internship program in communications which was held at the National 4-H Center, Washington, D.C., during the summer of 1974. Specific activities in which the intern participated are discussed. The interest emphasis was on photojournalism. (MKM)

This handbook responds to local cable television broadcasters' need to generate more local programing in order to comply with federal statutes and to capitalize on growing interest in local interests. The text begins with a brief overview of the cable television industry, and there are chapters which cover the following topics: (1) goals of local…

Ways to make a movie and descriptions of the various tasks involved in such cinematic activities are detailed in this book. Specific topics covered are movies made with direct photography and with other methods; visual language; the movie camera; comparisons of 8mm, super 8, and 16mm; film stocks; the camera lens; the light meter; lights; planning…

Five slide sequences, each containing 39 black-and-white slides designed to complement oral instruction, and carrying a 32 minute oral instructional unit on the heart, were presented to 269 college students in five groups through a television receiver. The purpose was twofold: to determine if redundant information presented simultaneously through…

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of two nonverbal visual variables (camera angle and image size) on variables developed in a nonmediated context (source credibility and interpersonal attraction). Camera angle and image size were manipulated in eight video taped television newscasts which were subsequently presented to eight…

This book explores television as an art form and as a means of communication. Aimed primarily at the high school student, most of this book is devoted to the creative process involved in producing material for television programing. The effect of television on the individual and society is also examined, and certain concepts and procedures…

This document examines the use of photography and the printed word to make visual statements in student publications. It is written for journalists who are writers and editors as well as for photojournalists and for student journalists interested in increasing the quality of the school newspaper, magazine, or yearbook. The role of the photographer…

The author describes the many techniques used to produce cinematic effects that would be too costly, too difficult, too time-consuming, too dangerous, or simply impossible to achieve with conventional photographic techniques. He points out that these techniques are available not only for 35 millimeter work but also to the 16 mm. photographer who…

This report contains the papers presented in the 1970-1971 Environmental and Ecological Forum series, planned to provide an overview of the significant environmental, social, and economic aspects of electric power generation, more specifically, the pros and cons of nuclear power production. The Forum was organized as a public service to foster…

The author states that because of recent interest in readers theatre, or concert readings, some objective methods of assessing audience response should be developed. In the first section of the paper, she provides a rationale for a critical suggestions form. The author's guidelines for an evaluation form include the use of expert judges, an…

A course in the production of plays for and with children for presentation at elementary schools is outlined. This course involves choosing the play and mounting the production. The performance objectives indicate the student will: develop the necessary stage disciplines to perform as a member of a production unit; reacquaint himself with a…