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A Survey Of Sex Typing On Prime Time Television, Patricia Sue Henry

Masters Theses

According to former FCC Commissioner Nicholas Johnson, the average child will spend nearly 25,000 hours in front of a television before he or she is eighteen years old. With this fact in mind, I wondered what America's children learn from watching prime time television regarding sex-typing, or the characteristics which are considered appropriately masculine or feminine.

A review of related literature showed that critics in the early 70s pointed out that women portrayed on television were less numerous than men, less intelligent, brave, and adventuresome. In short, women were stereotyped as supportive underlings.

To find out if women fared any …

0138: Wsaz-Tv (Television Station), Huntington, West Virginia Collection, 1953-2003, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

The collection is quite extensive and consists of several large groups of materials. These four primary groups make up the bulk of the collection. The first consists of over 1,600 film reels spanning 160 cubic ft. through the years 1952-1983. The second group is made up of over 2000 U-Matic /Betacam tapes spanning 300 cubic ft. through the years 1978-2011. The third is around 86 large archival boxes of news scripts spanning 87 cubic ft. through the full coverage of years 1952-2011. The last group being the index card filing system of over 96,000 cards spanning 23.225 cubic ft and …

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 44, No. 4, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

WKU alumni magazine. Features the following articles:

• Two Great Westerners - Julian Goodman, L.Y. Lancaster
• Conway, Sheila. KMA, KAFP Honor Dr. Lank - L.Y. Lancaster
• Armstrong, Don. Western's Distinguished Alumnus Julian Goodman
• Covington, Tommy. Your Alumni Association Working with Western
• Alumni Scholarship Winners 1975-76
• America's Heritage - Homecoming 1975
• Wood, Willson. The Founders and the Builders
• Logsdon, Mona. Earn and Learn
• Hurst, Teri. Super U WKYU 580
• Just, Paul. It Was Autumn Football Time - 1935
• Given, Ed. Whither the Women? - Athletics (WKU)
• Bob Coffey Photographer
• Proposed Tenure Plan Acted Upon by WKU Regents
• 49 Western Students Elected to …

A Study Of The Danville Public Schools Cable Television Project, Robert L. Hoskinson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.

Attitude Survey Of Selected Subgroups Of Administration, Faculty, And Students Regarding Locally Produced Television Tapes At Oak Park And River Forest High School, Robert W. Rennels

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 42, No. 6, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

Alumni magazine published by WKU. This issue has the following articles:

• Wood, Willson. He Did Not Teach Art - He Taught People - Ivan Wilson
• Dixon, Frances. Russell Miller - Benevolent Despot of Western Theatre
• The Ivan Wilson Center for Fine Arts
• Conway, Sheila. For New Center . . . A Fine Arts Send-Off - Ivan Wilson Hall
• Hackney, Karen & Richard Hackney. Soaring in '77: Satellite Research
• Branham, Judy. Homecoming 1973
• Conway, Sheila. Music, By Gemini! - Gemini 15
• Given, Ed. For More Than A-Mews-ment - Marvin Mews
• Dunn, Thomas. WKU Professors Complete International TV Research
• Remember 1966-67
• Pomp, …

Wjxt Weather Guide, 1822-1972 : A Weather Handbook, George Winterling

Jacksonville and Duval Co. Miscellaneous

A history and weather guide of Jacksonville

The Establishment Of Educational Television Station Kyve-Tv On Channel 47, Donald Forrest Ide

All Master's Theses

The purpose of the study was to define the individual and collective roles of various persons and organizations as well as of equipment, real estate, and finance in the establishment of educational television station KYVE-TV at Yakima, Washington. The study of the establishment of a new educational television station not only would reveal the various aspects of its operational status, but also would reveal the initial investment in terms of effort, finance, and gifts that brought it into existence.

The Jacksonville Market 1970, Wjxt Research Department

City and Regional Planning -- Florida

An advertising brochure detailing Jacksonville's demographics, economy, and the overall market for Television as well as the station's resources

Oral Roberts University Outreach (Spring 1966), Oral Roberts University

Oral Roberts University Outreach

Issue includes:

• "Governor Bellmon Visits ORU Campus"
• "Art for HIS Sake" by Warren Straton
• "The High Road of Achievement" by John D. Messick
• "The President's Advisory Cabinet"
• "Space Age Learning" by Paul I McClendon
• "The Library at ORU"
• "The University Counseling Center" by John K. Tuel
• "ORU Students Caught Up in the Sweep of Western Civilization.

An Analysis Of Relationships Between Religious Broadcast Programming Objectives And Methods Of Presentation Used By Selected Major Religious Program Producers, As Compared With The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, Val E. Limburg

Theses and Dissertations

In a society greatly influenced by the electronic media, research indicates there is a need to effectively communicate religious programming to broadcast audiences. The establishment of guides lines between the programs' audiences, the producers' objectives, and the methods of presentation used to accomplish the objectives could better insure program effectiveness.

Columbia College Pan-Americano, S.A., 1957, Columbia College Chicago

Campus Life Documents & Publications

A report about a seven year project between Columbia College, Chicago and La Asociacion Interamericana de Radio Difusion, Telesistema Mexicana, S.A., Radio Programs de Mexico, y La Asociacion Nacional de Locutores to develop a 'practical curricula in arts and techniques of mass-communication" in Mexico City. Columbia College faculty provided training to Latin American television executives and helped to develop a two-year curriculum, housed originally at Abraham Gonzalez 49, Mexico City 1, D.F., Mexico. In 1957, Columbia College turned the operation of the school over to Professor Ramon Caceres, formerly Minister of Education of San Salvador, who became director of Columbia …

The Economic And Social Arguments Of Subscription Television, Carol Lee Knight

Student Scholarship

This project explores the intense debate surrounding the potential introduction of subscription television in the United States during the mid-1950s. At the time of writing, the Federal Communications Commission was considering Docket No. 11279, a massive collection of arguments from proponents like Zenith and Skiatron, and opponents led by major networks and theater owners. The central conflict rests on whether pay television represents a revolutionary expansion of cultural and educational opportunities or a threat to the established system of free, advertiser-supported broadcasting. 

A primary legal question is whether subscription television qualifies as broadcasting under the Communications Act of 1934. Opponents …

Television And Government, Julie Richards

Student Scholarship

Television and Government explores the rapid evolution of television in the United States and the intricate regulatory relationship between the industry and the federal government. Writing at a pivotal moment in broadcast history, Richards argues that television is destined to be the dominant medium of mass communication and a powerful democratic force, combining the immediacy of radio with the visual appeal of motion pictures.

The paper provides a detailed overview of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), established by the Communications Act of 1934 to manage the public domain of the electromagnetic spectrum. It examines the complex administrative and quasi-judicial functions …

The Voice Of The Phi Sigma -- 1948 --, Phi Sigma

The Voice of the Phi Sigma

This item is part of the Phi Sigma collection at the College Archives & Special Collections department of Columbia College Chicago. Contact [email protected] for more information and to view the collection.