The Impact of Television

Intended audience: Junior high school through adult Demonstrates television's effect on behavior and attitudes by looking at two communities, one experiencing TV for the first time and the other living without TV for a month. Analyzes the considerations governing television programming and compares public television with commercial television. Includes interviews with John Chancellor, Dick Cavett, Ed Asner, Bud Yorkin, Linda Kelsey, Robert Walden, Joe Sedelmaier and media critics John Culkin and Linda Kahn., Demonstrates television's effect on behavior and attitudes by looking at two communities, one experiencing TV for the first time and the other living without TV for a month. Analyzes the considerations governing television programming and compares public television with commercial television. Includes interviews with John Chancellor, Dick Cavett, Ed Asner, and media critics John Culkin and Linda Kahn.