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book		Girls & television / by Patricia Palmer Sydney: Social Policy Unit, Ministry of Education, 1986. Call No: 412-053.2 PAL Author: Palmer, Patricia CorpAuthor: New South Wales. Ministry of Education. Social Policy Unit Place: Sydney Publisher: Social Policy Unit, Ministry of Education PubDate: 1986 PhysDes: 71 p. ; 30 cm Subject: YOUNG PEOPLE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; WOMEN ON TV; EDUCATION, USE OF TV IN. AUSTRALIA Notes: Bibliography: p. 68-71 ISBN: 0730515605 : gratis LON: 4794297 More info
book		Kids' TV : 433 things to do in a rainy studio / Ian Fairweather ; with drawings by Deane Taylor [Adelaide]: NBN Limited, Southern Television Corporation, 1981. Call No: 722-053.2(94) FAI Author: Fairweather, Ian; Taylor, Deane CorpAuthor: NBN Limited; Southern Television Corporation Source: AT Place: [Newcastle, NSW]; [Adelaide] Publisher: NBN Limited; Southern Television Corporation PubDate: 1981 PhysDes: 128 p. : ill. ; 28 cm Subject: AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING TRIBUNAL; CHILDREN AND TV. AUSTRALIA; PRODUCTION, TV. AUSTRALIA; YOUNG PEOPLE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; YOUNG PEOPLE, PROGRAMMES FOR Summary: "Kid's television... How to make it? Why to make it? When, where, and who's to make it? Twenty years in the business of 'doing it' is the basis for this amazing well-spring of information, which asks as many questions as it answers." - BOOK BLURB ISBN: 0959706143 (NBN Ltd.); 0959412905 (Southern Television Corporation) More info
journal article		The options generation : a discussion of young Australians' media use in Australian screen education (Autumn 2000) iss.22 p.54-63 Author: Burton, Lee PhysDes: Article; Illustration(s) Subject: MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; YOUNG PEOPLE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; STATISTICS. AUSTRALIA Summary: Burton argues that young Australians are media literate, which makes them a discerning media audience. Recent statistical and qualitative studies are discussed. More info
book		Second annual John Grierson lecture : children's television - the past, the present and the future / delivered by Patricia Edgar East Melbourne: Victorian Documentary Film Council, State Film Centre of Victoria Council, [1979]. Call No: 722-053.2(94) EDG Author: Edgar, Patricia Source: AT Place: East Melbourne Publisher: Victorian Documentary Film Council; State Film Centre of Victoria Council PubDate: [1979] PhysDes: 23 pages : black and white photographs ; 30 cm Subject: AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING TRIBUNAL; CHILDREN AND TV. AUSTRALIA; CHILDREN AND THE MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. AUSTRALIA; LEGISLATION FOR CHILDREN. AUSTRALIA; PRODUCTION. AUSTRALIA; VIOLENCE ON TV. AUSTRALIA; YOUNG PEOPLE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; EDGAR, PATRICIA; GRIERSON, JOHN Summary: "Children's television, which at this time is perhaps the most contentious television issue in Australia, has attracted concern and comment from all sections of the community. In this the International Year of the Child, it is fitting that this Lecture will explore a part of the child's world." - INTRODUCTION Notes: A lecture delivered by Patricia Edgar B.A. B.Ed, M.A. Ph.D. at the State Film Centre, November 15 1979, at the invitation of the Victorian Documentary Film Council -- previously owned by Film Victoria More info
book		Television : the child's eye view / by Jennifer Mellet Carlton, Victoria: Australian Children's Television Foundation, 1985. Call No: 410-053.2(94) MEL Author: Mellet, Jennifer Source: AT Place: Carlton, Victoria Publisher: Australian Children's Television Foundation PubDate: 1985 PhysDes: 12 pages ; 30 cm Subject: CHILDREN AND TV. AUSTRALIA; YOUNG PEOPLE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; YOUNG PEOPLE, PROGRAMMES FOR; CHILDREN, PROGRAMMES FOR. AUSTRALIA; CHILDREN, PROGRAMMES MADE BY. AUSTRALIA; METRO TELEVISION; METRO SCREEN Summary: "This paper presents a personal view of children and their response to and production of television programs based on the writer's experience working with young people" -- Taken from verso More info
book		Television crime drama : a report to the Australian Broadcasting Control Board on results and findings of an experimental investigation into the effects on adolescents and children of television crime dramas and tension films / by R. J. Thompson [Melbourne]: Australian Broadcasting Control Board, 1972. Call No: 412.511(94) THO Author: Thompson, R. J. CorpAuthor: Australian Broadcasting Control Board Source: AT Place: [Melbourne] Publisher: Australian Broadcasting Control Board PubDate: 1972 PhysDes: v, 272 leaves : tables ; 30 cm Subject: CRIME DRAMAS. AUSTRALIA; CRIME ON TV. AUSTRALIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF TV; VIOLENCE ON TV. AUSTRALIA; YOUNG PEOPLE AND TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: This hitherto unpublished report, on research conducted in 1958-1959 by Mr R.J. Thompson, is made available by the Board for its possible value to researchers interested in the effects upon adolescents of viewing filmed aggression. It proivides at least an initial interpretation of the psychological processes underlying the appearance of such effects. More info
book		TV and children : comprehension of programs / edited by Sally Kent in collaboration with Mary Nixon and Ann Knowles Clayton, Victoria: Monash University Faculty of Education, 1983. Call No: 410.8-053.2 TV Source: AT Place: Clayton, Victoria Publisher: Monash University Faculty of Education PubDate: 1983 PhysDes: 77 p. ; 30 cm Subject: CHILDREN AND TV; CHILDREN AND TV. AUSTRALIA; YOUNG PEOPLE AND TV; YOUNG PEOPLE AND TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: "The papers presented in this monograph form part of a reseach project, TV and Children, located in the Faculty of Education, Monash University, and funded by HSV-7, Melbourne [...] Earlier versions of the four papers formed a symposium, Children's Interactions with Television, presented at the 20th International Congress of Applied Psychology, held in Edinburgh, July 25-31, 1982" --From Acknowledgments section Contents: Acknowledgements -- Children's comprehension of television programs: Peter Rendell and Mary Nixon -- Presentation medium and story comprehension in young children: Sally Kent -- Young children's understanding of emotional states as depicted by television cartoon characters: Anne Knowles and Mary Nixon -- Children's interactions with television: new research perspectives and an eye on future developments: Barrie Gunter -- Contributors More info

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