Media Probes, Episode 4 : The Future

Year Published: 1982

Format: 16mm/video file

Description: How various media affect the way people live and think is explored in this informative magazine-style survey that includes documentary, animated and dramatized segments.  Futurologist Peter Schwartz hosts a look at innovative media forms such as interactive computers, cable TV and video discs. 'The Future' is hosted by Peter Schwartz. Mickey Lemle and Kit Laybourne  Executive Produced the “Media Probes” series aired in PBS's Core schedule in 1982. The won an Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Citation and multiple Blue Ribbons at American Film Festival. Each episode of the eight-part 1982 series has a different host: Cheryl Tiegs for `Photography,' Ruth Warrick for `Soap Operas,' John Cameron Swayze for `TV News,' Victor Borge for `Language,' Mark Shields for `Political Spots,' Bill Blass for `Design,' Tony Kahn for `Soundaround' and Peter Schwartz for `The Future.'