Research Findings

The national poll measures parents’ and children’s opinions of television programming, their viewing and other media-related behaviors, and knowledge of attitudes toward relevant policy issues.

This report compares the 105th Congress to those that preceded it. This report is predicated on the assumption that strong partisanship and civility are not mutually exclusive.

The purpose of this study was to gather information on media uses by and reaching Latino American preschoolers. The study examines how Latino American preschoolers watch television, use computers or play with video games.

This report examines the amount of quality of television programming specifically designed for children. The evaluation includes results from a national survey over 1,200 parents and 300 of their children to determine attitudes toward children’s television.

On June 22, 1998, the Annenberg Public Policy Center held its third annual Conference on Children and Television at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The conference was part of the APPC’s ongoing commitment to monitor the state of children’s programming by recognizing noteworthy efforts and achievements in the development and distribution of quality

The Minnesota Compact recognizes that improving the quality of public discourse requires a systemic solution involving the public, the press, and politicians.

This report focuses on the commercial measurement of television’s child audience and the possible effects of this measurement system on the amount of education programming available to children.

APPC prepared a background report on civility in the House of Representatives for the bipartisan retreat held in Hershey, Pennsylvania during March of 1997.

This report analyzed thirteen television spots and fifteen free time spots in the 1997 New Jersey governor’s race.

This report seeks to determine whether newspaper coverage of children’s shows has been affected by new Federal Communications Commission guidelines regarding the airing and labeling of educational programming, and, if it has, in what ways.