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The article discusses "Bagram Batman," a character in the likeness of the comic-strip figure Batman who appears in public-service videos broadcast to U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan. Bagram Batman, who is played by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jesse Dyer, presents safety advice on various topics, and has proven very popular with his audience.

The article reports that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is building cases against 120 suspects who are suspected of insider trading and examines a public-service announcement which the FBI has made which stars the actor Michael Douglas. In the television spot, Douglas encourages people with information on securities fraud to contact the FBI. FBI agent David Chavez discusses the investigation, which includes 240 individuals.

The article reports on the agreement among U.S. motion picture studios to place antismoking public-service announcements on all digital video disc (DVD) releases of new, youth-oriented films featuring tobacco use. The studios that consented to the agreement which will run until the end of 2009 include Sony Pictures, Universal Studios and Warner Bros. It mentions that the group Entertainment Industry Foundation has intervened for in the deal as well as is paying for the costs for the talent linked to the advertisements.

The article reports on the possibility that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission will adopt a more flexible plan proposed by broadcasters instead of another that would have required television stations to air as many as a dozen public-service advertisements per day about the transition of the country to digital television in 2009. It cites the terms of the flexible plan. It notes that people who use antennas to obtain television (TV) signals will need to purchase a set-top box that converts digital signals for older TVs.

Reports the United States government is about the begin a public-service advertising campaign aimed at educating Americans about obesity and persuade people to lose weight. Description and tone of advertisements that were created by the Ad Council; Recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) related to governmental action on the issue of obesity; Statistics related to obesity and its potential to cause death, according to data compiled by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published in the "Journal of the American Medical Association."

Discusses the preparation of public-service messages by Sesame Workshop, maker of the "Sesame Street" TV program, intended to calm children and their parents in the event of a war. Outlook for the messages to be broadcast on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) stations; Suggestion of PBS to extend programming for preschool children in order to create a so-called safe zone for children in the event of a war; Impact of war footage on children.

Focuses on the public service announcements produced by the Hollywood 9/11 Coalition to boost U.S. morale and support the U.S. war against terrorism.

Reports on the move of the Ad Council, USA Freedom Corps and the Corporation for National and Community Service to launch a public service advertisement effort calling for U.S. citizens to volunteer their time.

Reports on the American Legacy Foundation, which accuses Philip Morris Cos. of creating advertisements to dissuade teenagers from smoking that are actually ineffective. Details on the American Legacy Foundation's Truth advertising campaign against smoking; Comments from Carolyn J. Levy, the Philip Morris executive who oversees the company's youth-smoking prevention program.

Reports on the view of U.S. drug czar John P. Walters on an advertising campaign designed to reduce drug use among youth. How Walters, the head of the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy, criticized ads in use when he took office; Details on the National Youth Anti-Drug Media campaign; How U.S. Congress forced television networks to donate time to the campaign; Responses of youth to ads, including an increased likelihood of using marijuana.

Focuses on the print campaign to be launched by the United States Army Reserves aimed at young women. Creator of the advertisement; Recruitment problems faced by the Army Reserves.

Focuses on a cable television commercial for emergency radios that was made using a public-service announcement by United States Vice President Al Gore. The advertisement for a `Weatherman' alert radio, which was made by Media Group, a Stamford, Connecticut direct marketer; Description and function of a weather radio; Ambiguous promotion of the radio by Gore; Lack of any copyright protection for public-service announcements; Comments of Gore's press secretary.

Comments on the distortions in the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations' (AFL-CIO) `educational' advertisements about corporate pension funds and Congressman Greg Ganske's role in corporate pension raiding. Idea perpetrated by the ads; Information withheld in the ads; Editorial in the `Des Moines Register' in defense of Ganske.

Focuses on the launch of the first antismoking campaign to be financed by a state settlement in April 1998. The advertisements in Florida that were developed with input from Florida teenagers; Who the advertisements are geared towards; Examples of advertisements.

Focuses on what sort of antismoking ad campaigns is effective in preventing the teenagers from smoking as discussed with the members of Red Bridge YMCA Adventure Club. INSET: A panel of experts..

Reports launching of a radio and television advertising campaign on September 6, 1995 by organization called The Coalition for Change initiated by various business leaders to garner support for closing the federal budgetary deficit gap.

Informs about the airing of an antismoking television advertisement against the tobacco industry, featuring Victor Denoble, a former Philip Morris Cos. scientist, by the state of Massachusetts. Comments of Denoble on nicotine addiction; Testimony of Denoble on the effect of nicotine concealed during his tenure from 1980-1984 in Philip Morris; Advertisement created by Boston advertisement agency Houston Effler Herstek Favat.