A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE DETERMINANTS OF AUDIENCE COMPOSITION AND AUDIENCE REACTION TO AN EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAM BROADCAST BY A PHILADELPHIA STATION IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSLYVANIA. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AUDIENCE INCLUDED SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, PARTICIPATION IN CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, PATTERNS OF ATTENDANCE, INFORMATION…

THIS DOCUMENT IS A COMPILATION OF STUDIES ON THE PROBLEMS AND POTENTIALS OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION DURING THE TIME PERIOD 1961-71. SIX TOPIC AREAS WERE COVERED--(1) RECOMMENDATIONS, (2) THE FUTURE OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, (3) THE COMMUNITY JOB OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, (4) THE PROBLEM OF IMPROVING PROGRAMS, (5) THE PROBLEM OF FINANCING, (6) THE…

The author's experiences in preparing for the BBC an ETV series to assist in technical education and training illuminate many of the issues confronting the writer-producer of any ETV series. (LS)

This catalog begins with a brief history of the Agency for Instructional Television, and it includes descriptions of some of the agency's projects and a list of its staff members. The bulk of the text, however, is devoted to the listing of over 100 educational videotapes and tape series. Each tape or series is listed according to subject and grade…

Leaning heavily on National Educational Television affiliates for its information, this survey of instructional television production units and the relationship of their facilities to the quality of television courses which they produce, finds: that instructional television is fairly well off in terms of "hardware" and only slightly lacking in…

Compiled from a computerized data base of over 9,000 entries at the National Information Center for Educational Media (NICEM), this index is a bibliographical guide to commercially produced educational videotapes. A first section, a subject guide to videotapes, presents entries by subject categories used in media producer's and educational…

The 19 articles that comprise this book are concerned with the subject of communications and media in Canada. In Part One, "The Media: A Diagnosis," the articles are "The Power and Impotence of the Media" by Russell Elman, "The Myth of Objectivity" by Walt McDayter, "In the Shadow of Giants: Concentration and…

Results of a survey showed that 95% of Minneapolis, Minn., elementary school children are exposed to educational television (ETV) lessons. The typical classroom teacher used ETV in three or four subject areas. More than nine out of 10 teachers reported satisfaction with the programs used. More than 80% of the teachers were satisfied with…

Since the previous status report in November of 1970, there has been little progress made in the actual implementation of domestic satellite television systems, because comprehensive technical specifications had not been provided by the three broadcast networks, ABC, NBC, and CBS. When the requirements were submitted to the interested vendors, PBS…

Having screened preview films and tapes and teacher manuals for educational television series available for his students' viewing, the teacher can identify the kinds of reading skills typically emphasized in each, perhaps charting them for ready reference. Subsequently, the preparation the teacher gives students before they view the programs and…

The report summarizes information about the history, technology and operation of educational television (ETV) in the U.S. The history of educational broadcasting is outlined from 1941 when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved applications for five noncommercial FM radio channels, to 1967 and the passing of the Public Broadcasting…

Assignment of Channel 12 for noncommercial educational use in Booneville, Miss., has been proposed by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) in a May, 1972, Notice of Proposed Rule Making. The Notice said the allocation of Channel 12, part of the Very High Frequency (VHF) bandwidth, was requested by the Mississippi Authority for Educational…

Instructional television (ITV) today is being used by only one-fifth of the schools in this country; even though television makes possible education tailor-made to the needs of each student, it is often used merely as a supplement to education as memorization of standardized facts. Television must be used to bring the world to the student and vice…

Maine has had educational television (ETV) for about 12 years. ETV has been successful in putting on public service programming, despite the legislature's suspicions of this type of programming. The fact that ETV has not had more widespread success in instructional television for the state's classrooms may partly depend on the state legislature's…

A look at how to devise a course in television studies at a college of further education in Great Britain. (HB)