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This review of the research on the role of television in family life considers television both as a medium for which the specific content matters little, and as a source or content, i.e., a purveyor of messages about physical and social life. Television viewing ls discussed as an activity in which family members participate and about which they make decisions; television content is seen to be a source of ideas and a prod to the explication of family values. It is suggested that technological innovations will accentuate several of television's roles in family life. A 40-item bibliography is attached.. (Author/8ER) * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document.