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Roberts, Gary; Prowse, Jane – RaPAL Bulletin, 1999
A family literacy program used television soap operas as a starting point for investigating home and community literacy practices. Parents participated as co-researchers, comparing media portrayals of literacy events with their own everyday practices. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Education, Critical Thinking, Family Literacy

Gibson, Stephanie – Interpersonal Computing and Technology, 1996
Describes the cultural history of linear narrative and the veering away from that tradition by film, television, and, most recently, by World Wide Web hypertext. The World Wide Web has new rhetorical and symbolic implications, because coherence in that environment is anchored in associative, linked structures rather than linear ones. Contains 33…
Descriptors: Coherence, Cultural Relevance, Design Preferences, Discourse Modes

Wilson, Barbara J.; Colvin, Carolyn M.; Smith, Stacy L. – Journal of Communication, 2002
Examines the perpetrators of violence on American television in terms of their chronological age. Compares the amount and nature of violence committed by child and teen characters to that committed by adult characters. Suggests that younger perpetrators are depicted in several ways that pose risks for the child viewer. (SG)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education, Mass Media Role, Programming (Broadcast)
Bergen, Lori; Grimes, Tom; Potter, Deborah – Human Communication Research, 2005
Television producers, across all types of programming, assume young viewers can parallel process simultaneously presented messages. For instance, television news producers appear to believe that young viewers can attend to weather icons, lexical news crawls, and sports scores while they also attend to news anchors who present the news.…
Descriptors: Television Viewing, Attention Span, Cognitive Processes, Programming (Broadcast)
Onder, Alev; Dagal, Asude Balaban – Online Submission, 2007
The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the opinions of parents of pre-school children about children's programmes on TV. The study had two phases: In the first step "The Evaluation Scale for Children's Programmes" was translated into Turkish, the reliability and validity of the scale was tested through analyzing of the data…
Descriptors: Role Models, Parent Attitudes, Quality Control, Content Validity
Phillips, Kathleen; Dietz, Julie; Borzi, Mark; Harrison, Gaye – International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 2006
I Sing the Body Electric (BODY ELECTRIC) is a fine arts and health promotion program that supports communication of healthy lifestyle choices among youth. BODY ELECTRIC connects youth in 27 high schools with health and education communities in the largest rural geographic education region in a Midwestern state. The three-phase prevention plan…
Descriptors: Fine Arts, Health Promotion, Prevention, Public Health
Peacocke, Rosemary W. – 1995
This paper describes the proposed School Without Walls program in the United Kingdom, a television-centered project which is designed to deliver high quality nursery (preschool) education direct to children at a fraction of the cost of traditional educational television programming. The daily programs will present a selection of practical learning…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Television, Foreign Countries, Nursery Schools
LeRoy, Judith; LeRoy, David – 1995
In a study on public television viewing, data taken from KQED San Francisco (California) revealed that the pattern of "cume build-up" and viewing to program genres was absolutely similar in non-pledge and pledge months. The percentage of audience that watched 7 or more other pledge programs was well over 50% for many of the shows. These…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Fund Raising
ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Champaign, IL. – 1997
This digest addresses problems associated with children's excessive viewing of television programs and commercials and provides suggestions to help parents guide their children's television viewing. Children who watch television 3 to 5 hours a day have little time for other activities such as play, reading, and talking with others. Excessive…
Descriptors: Family Problems, Guidelines, Parent Responsibility, Parent Role
ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Urbana, IL. – 1994
This ERIC digest addresses problems associated with children's excessive viewing of television programs and commercials and provides suggestions to help parents guide their children's television viewing. Children who watch television 3 to 5 hours a day have little time for other activities such as play, reading, and talking with others. Excessive…
Descriptors: Family Problems, Guidelines, Parent Responsibility, Parent Role
Braun, Mark J.; Scully, Timothy L. – 1995
This study was grounded in the geography school of diffusion theory, specifically focusing on Ormrod's concept of "spatial receptiveness." A survey was conducted to test how location of residence (urban vs. rural) is associated with consumer attitudes toward high-definition television (HDTV) and other expanded television services.…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Mass Media, Population Distribution, Programming (Broadcast)
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Washington, DC. – 1998
This report covers the results of the fiscal year 1996 (October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1996) CPB (Corporation for Public Broadcasting) Public Television Programming Survey. This biennial survey, conducted since 1974, categorizes and analyzes trends in public television programming. Program carriage information was provided by TV Data via…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Childrens Television, Educational Television, Programming (Broadcast)
Cable News Network, Atlanta, GA. – 2002
These classroom guides, designed to accompany the daily CNN (Cable News Network) Newsroom broadcasts for the month of April 2002, provide program rundowns, suggestions for class activities and discussion, student handouts, and a list of related news terms. Top stories include: Israeli soldiers attack Yasser Arafat's headquarters in Ramallah,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Current Events, Discussion, Educational Television
Reed, Craig – 1994
Scheduling the morning "kiddie" block has become an important issue since PBS's (Public Broadcasting Service) 1990-91 children's initiative. Adding to the mix of children's programs is the upcoming "PTV, The Ready to Learn Channel on PBS." This services promises more children's titles as well as more hours of material for…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Childrens Television, Educational Television, Graphs
Family Communications, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA. – 1995
This workshop guide and its accompanying videotape are intended to help early childhood caregivers learn about using the "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" television program interactively and effectively in child care settings. The workshop guide provides preparation instructions, and scripts for three workshops of increasing length: basic,…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Instructional Materials, Preschool Children