This issue of the Canadian journal "Transition," in French and English language versions, examines the impact of television viewing and programming on family life. Major articles in this issue are: (1) "Virtual Unreality: Television, Families and Communities in the Nineties" (Alan Mirabelli), describes the isolating influence of television and how it has become the main socializer of children; (2) "IBC: 'Culture in the Making' in the North" describes the highly successful cultural programming of the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) aimed at an audience reaching from the Yukon to Labrador to the high Arctic; (3) "For Communication in the Public Interest," an interview with the chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission; (4) "We Are What We Watch: Challenging Sexism and Violence in the Media" (Meg Hogarth) on television's stereotypical images of men and women and the violence in programming aimed at children; and (5) "Interactive Multimedia: Edu-tainment Is the Name of the Game" on interactive computer software. Also included in the journal are summaries of the research on the impact of television. (HTH)