Television as a medium of communication: Implications for how to regard the child viewer

Children respond to television in toto, as a medium of communication. Three repesentational codes are involved: iconic, media‐specific, and generic, e.g., verbal language. Children actively process the codes and messages, by calling upon both generic and media‐specific knowledge.     

Patients' perspectives on the role of prepared childbirth education in decision making regarding elective labor induction

The purpose of our study was to explore reasons why nulliparous women chose to have an elective labor induction and to identify the influence of prepared childbirth classes on their decision. The study included 1,349 nulliparous women at term who participated in a survey regarding their choices for childbirth, their attendance at prepared childbirth classes, and their experience with labor and birth. Sixty-three percent of women who attended childbirth classes and did not have elective induction reported that classes provided helpful information to assist in their decision-making process. Study results suggest attendance at prepared childbirth classes can be an effective source of information regarding elective labor induction and influential in women's decisions regarding whether or not to have elective labor induction. Women perceive prepared childbirth classes positively and find the information provided valuable.     

Authenticity,Past and Present in Ghanaian Children’s Literature

In this paper we explore the portrayal of the “authentic” past in children’s literature in Ghana, as well as the problems it poses for the achievement of the broader goal of moulding children to fit into tomorrow’s society. We look at two main aspects: the social and moral settings portrayed in selected books. The social order refers to the time and place in which the story is set, as well as the nature of social organization pertaining to this setting. The moral order denotes the moral and psychological implications of the physical and social environment. Based on these criteria, we examine some unsuccessful texts and contrast them with successful ones. Our aim is to explore how tradition, more broadly conceived, can be effectively used in children’s books in order to combine the goal of cultural preservation and transmission with other equally lofty ones such as stimulating children’s imagination, arousing and sharpening their perception, developing their sense of observation and critical thinking, and shaping their emotional potential.     

Regulation

Communications Law 1980 (New York: Practising Law Institute, 810 Seventh Ave., 1980---$40.000 for the set, paper)

John Shelton Lawrence and Bernard Timberg, eds. Fair Use and Free Inquiry: Copyright Law and the New Media (Norwood, N.J.: Ablex, 1980---$32.50)

Michael Botein and David M. Rice, eds. Network Television and the Public Interest: A Preliminary Inquiry (Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books/Health, 1981---$19.95)

Responsibility in Mass Communication by William L. Rivers, Wilbur Scharmm, and Clifford G. Christians (New York: Harper & Row, 1980---$14.95)     

Early Stuart rhetorical education

AMERICAN FORUM: SPEECHES ON HISTORIC ISSUES, 1788–1900. By Ernest J. Wrage and Barnet Baskerville. New York: Harper, 1960; pp. xii+377. $5.50.

LEGACY OF SUPPRESSION: FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND PRESS IN EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY. By Leonard Levy. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1960; pp. xviii+353. $6.50.

WILLIAM NAST: PATRIARCH OF GERMAN METHODISM. By Carl Wittke. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1960; pp. viii+248. $4.95.

THE MIND AND SPIRIT OF JOHN PETER ALTGELD: SELECTED WRITINGS AND ADDRESSES. Edited by Henry M. Christman. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1960; pp. 183. $4.00.

SUSAN B. ANTHONY: REBEL, CRUSADER, HUMANITARIAN. By Alma Lutz. Boston: Beacon Press, 1959; pp. xii+340. $5.75.

IMPACT: ESSAYS ON IGNORANCE AND THE DECLINE OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION. By Ezra Pound. Chicago: Regnery, 1960; pp. xviii+285. $5.00.

THE PASTORAL ART OF ROBERT FROST. By John F. Lynon. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1960; pp. xii+208. $4.50.

HUMAN VALUES IN THE POETRY OF ROBERT FRO:.T. By George W. Nitchie. Durham, N. C: Duke University Press, 1960; pp. ix+242. $5.00.

E. E. CUMMINGS: THE ART OF HIS POETRY. By Norman Friedman. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1960; pp. 195. $4.00.

DISCUSSION, CONFERENCE, AND GROUP PROCESS. By Halbert E. Gulley. New York: Henry Holt, 1960; pp. xii+388. $4.50.

A PICTURE HISTORY OF THE CINEMA. By Ernest Lind,;ren. London: Vista Books, 1960; pp. 160. 35s. ($4.00.)

DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN SLANG. Compiled and edited by Harold Wentworth and Stuart Berg Flexner. New York: Crowell, 1960; pp. xviii+669. $7.50.

THE PRONUNCIATION OF AMERICAN ENGLISH: AN INTRODUCTION TO PHONETICS. By Arthur J. Bronstein. New York: Appleton‐Century‐Crofts, 1960; pp. xvi+320. §5.00.

PHONETICS: THEORY AND APPLICATION TO SPEECH IMPROVEMENT. By James Carrell and William R. Tiffany. New York: McGraw‐Hill, 1960; pp. xvi+361. $7.75.

ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF SPEECH. By Harold M. I. aplan. New York: McGraw‐Hill, 1960; pp. x+365. $8.50.

RE‐ESTABLISHING THE SPEECH PROFESSION: THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS. Edited by Robert T. Oliver and Marvin G. Bauer. New York: Speech Association of the Eastern States, 1959; pp. 100. Paper $1.50. Order from Wiley C. Bowyer, Executive Secretary, SAES, Mineola Public Schools, Mineola, N. Y.

RECOGNITION OF EXCELLENCE. WORKING PAPERS OF THE EDGAR STERN FAMILY FUND. By Adam Yarmolinsky and others. Glencoe, Ill.: The Free Press, 1960; pp. xii+354. I3.25.