Demonstrates the proper use of captions in yearbook layout. (RB)

Questionnaires on television viewing were administered to 128 hearing students and 178 hearing impaired students in a technical college. In addition to the questionnaire which examined demographic information as well as viewing preferences and attitudes, all Ss were asked to report their average daily viewing time. Programs were categorized into…

The manual is intended to assist parents in improving the quality of television viewing for their hearing impaired children. Basic concepts associated with the technology of captioning (e.g., open and closed captions and script editing) are described, and information and suggestions are offered that can make caption reading easier for children.…

Captioned television news and services are used to promote learning in current events for students at St. Mary's School for the Deaf. Students have also helped produce their own class news videotapes. (CL)

This report discusses the outcomes of a federally funded project that investigated the characteristics of the captions on captioned television programs. A sample of 183 captioned programs stratified by program type was selected and recorded. In addition, 22 captioned music videos were analyzed. Both roll-up and pop-on captions were analyzed. In…

Presents guidelines for writing captions for photographs in student yearbooks. (RB)

The authors describe the development and use of the lesson guides prepared to accompany captioned films for the deaf. Six suggestions, including presentation of workshops by media specialists, are made for promoting use of the lesson guides. (CL)

Goes over approaches in putting together a yearbook, emphasizing photos and captions.

This study examined preferences of 207 deaf students and adults concerning video-captioning preferences using videodisc examples of various captioning-feature combinations. Results suggest that current features that should be retained include white letters and speaker-dependent placement, while new features that should be adopted include…

In a presentation at a symposium on educational media for teaching the deaf (1974), the author reviews milestones of the Media Services and Captioned Films program over the past 14 years. (LS)

Analyzes the contents of an anonymous high school yearbook to show the misuse of freedom of the press through irresponsible and distasteful captions. (RB)

An interview with W. Eugene Smith, well-known photographer and photographic essayist, is presented in this paper. The introductory section of the paper contains a biographical sketch of Smith and a discussion of his photographic essays on a number of topics, including World War II scenes, life in a Spanish village, the work of a black midwife in…

FILMSHARE, an interdepository loan system of educational captioned films for hearing impaired students, and BICS, a booking and inventory control system, are described. Use of these two microcomputer activities is explained to have increased the use of educational films and to have helped expand the collection as well. (CL)

Suggests teaching the use of picture-stories or captioned illustration to renew student interest in business communication. (AEA)

Respondents (N=1,745) were primarily deaf, with an early age of onset. They averaged high levels of newspaper reading and captioned television viewing. Roughly 50% reported watching the Captioned ABS News two or more times per week. Level of education was found to be significantly related to news reading and television viewing behavior. (Author/SB)