Executive producer, "Values & Liberty: An American Crisis." (One-hour edited television program, taken from the 1996 O.C. Tanner Roundtable at Utah State University, and aired on KUED-TV, Salt Lake City, June 7, 1996.)

Publications-Press

Columnist, the LOGAN HERALD-JOURNAL. (The following columns appeared in 1995-96. The full text can be found on-line on "COMcon-The Communication Connection," under "Views.")
• "It's Not Over 'til the Meda Say It's Over," on the presidential election campaign, September 29, 1996.
• "Call It the Dumbing of America," on student commitment to learning, Sept. 15, 1996
• "Islands in the Information Stream," on a simpler life in the information age, Sept. 1, 1996
• "Forget the Issues, Enjoy the Show," on presidential political conventions, Aug. 18, 1996
• "Can the Coke Ads, Take a Walk," on couch potatoes and the 1996 Summer Olympics, Aug. 4, 1996
• "Mega-Mergers Overrun the Media Marketplace," on Time-Warner's purchase of Turner Broadcasting, July 21, 1996
• "Defining Truths We Thought 'Self-Evident'," on revisiting American Constitutional values, July 7, 1996
• "Bookin' Through Summer Vacation," on children's reassuring use of "old" mass media-books, June 23, 1996
• "Please Don't Slap the Professor," on USU graduation, June 9, 1996
• "The Press and the High Price of Public Service," on the suicide of Adm. Mike Boorda, May 26, 1996
• "Relax-Media Mommies Aren't Real," on Mothers Day and media mom, May 12, 1996.
• "On the Press, Politics, Civility & Divisiveness," April 28, 1996.
• "Openness Is Critical in Values Debate," on "American values," April 14, 1996.
• "Defining Values & Liberty," March 31, 1996.
• "Life in the Lightbulb Business," on the benefits of teaching, March 17, 1996.
• "Teaching Intolerance," on Utah's gay student club controversy, March 3, 1996
• "Saving America from Television," on the V-chip, February 18, 1996.
• "Recognizing Racism: A Painful But Needed Debate," on hidden racism in America, February 4, 1996.
• "Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.," January 21, 1996.
• "Democracy, or 'Virtual America'?," on the impact of new communications technology on U.S. politics, January 7, 1996.
• "Count Your Blessings," December 24, 1995.
• "Teach Your Children Well: Turn Off the TV!," December 12, 1995.
• "Journalists Blow Smoke in America's Face," on "60 Minutes" waffling over a tobacco investigation, November 26, 1995.
• "Journalists' Missionary Zeal," on shooting the messenger, November 12, 1995.
• " Fixing Kids' Entertainment-Kill Your Television!," October 29, 1995.
• "After O.J., Perceptions of America," October 15, 1995.
• "Is the Unibomber Really So Wacko?," October 1, 1995.
• "Our 'Brave New Electronic World' Is So Noisy!," September 17, 1995.

Pease also is co-editor (with Les Brown) of WATCHwords (Quarterly publication of the World Alliance on Television for Children and PRIX JEUNESSE, Munich). (Since 1994.), and co-editor (also with Les Brown) of MONTE-CARLO TƒLƒ-VISIONS. (Quarterly publication of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival & Market, Monaco). (Since 1994.)

Professional & University Service

Pease moderated a panel of prominent media figures in a session titled "Values and the Media," Community of Caring national conference, Park City, Utah, Aug. 2, 1996.

Among his other recent activities:

• Attended the 1996 national convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) in Anaheim, Calif., where he participated in meetings as a newly elected member of the Association's Standing Committee on Professional Freedom and Responsibility, and as a member of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication's (ASJMC) Executive Committee. He was also named to chair the AEJMC Task Force on Public Outreach and, as a member of the AEJMC Publications Committee, named to chair its Subcommittee on Electronic Publishing.
• Executive Council, USU Faculty Senate. (Elected May 1996).
• Panelist. "Where the Tribune Should Be Going in the Year 2000." Salt Lake Tribune Editors' Retreat, Snowbird, Utah. June 1, 1996.
• Invited Speaker. "'Yogi Bear' Is Educational? TV and Your Kids." Presented to "Family Issues Conference: Media's Impact on the 20th Century Family," Logan City Council PTA & Cache County Council PTA, Logan, Utah, February 24, 1996.
• Convention co-organizer. "Wilderness Tomorrow? Covering the West." Annual 1996 Society of Professional Journalists Convention, Region IX, Sherwood Hills/Best Western Resort, Wellsville Canyon, Utah. April 19-20, 1996.
• Presenter: "Images That Shape Our World," Arts & Media session, O.C. Tanner Symposium, USU, April 11, 1996.
• Organizer: Roundtable on "Values & Liberty: An American Crisis." 1996 O.C. Tanner Symposium, USU, April 12, 1996.
• Panel organizer, presenter. "The 'Critical Question': Teaching 'Media Smarts.'" Speech Communication Association national convention, San Antonio, Texas, November 1995.

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