Communication ETDs

Publication Date

7-28-1971

Abstract

The purpose of this research project was to describe and compare the instructional use of one inch and half inch video tape recorders in closed-circuit installations in Albuquerque, New Mexico--a description which was to add to the research on CCTV development and to discover the problems that systems are having in utilization. Eleven television installations were investigated: five using television for formal instruction, four organizations using TV for informal training, and two organizations using television in research. Two instruments were used to collect data for the project: a utilization report and survey schedules. From observation of the television system, the researcher filled out the utilization report with facts about the physical installation. Three survey questionnaires were filled out by the researcher from interviews with television staff, the television supervisor and administrator, and instructional staff. The data were compiled in five descriptive areas: physical plant and staffing, financing, purpose and utilization, utilization problems, and reactions of staff members. Using data from descriptive profiles for each organization, the television installations were compared for similarities and differences. Results of the descriptive comparisons show that many of the systems lack equipment and staff for maximum use of their system for instruction. One of the major problems for all systems, including those with sufficient equipment and staff, is that instructors or those who would use television are given little time for preparation or production of television lessons. Even though other research has shown staff resistance to the use of television, the people interviewed for this project show no hesitancy to use the televised materials for instruction, and they have many varied ideas for television use. But the presence of these problems, lack of equipment, staff, and time for lesson preparation, places the television systems in a peripheral position within most of the organizations. Considering these data, it is concluded that most of the persons dealing with television, administrators, staff responsible for television equipment, and instructors, have a basic misunderstanding of the requirements in terms of equipment, staff, and time for the production of instructional television programs.

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Communication

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Department of Communication and Journalism

First Committee Member (Chair)

Marilyn Janet Van Graber

Second Committee Member

John A. Kline

Third Committee Member

William Mason Shimer

Fourth Committee Member

Robert Christopher Dick

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