Electronic media

SMOOTH TALKERS: THE LINGUISTIC PERFORMANCE OF AUCTIONEERS AND SPORTSCASTERS by Koenraad Kuiper (Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 1996—$16.50, paper, ISBN 0–8058–1720–4, 110 pp.)

PUBLIC INTIMACIES: TALK SHOW PARTICIPANTS AND TELL‐ALL TV by. Patricia Joyner Priest (Creskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1995—$19.95, paper, ISBN 1–57273–003‐X, 246 pp.)

Dominick, Joseph R. et al. BROADCASTING/CABLE AND BEYOND: AN INTRODUCTION TO MODERN ELECTRONIC MEDIA (New York: McGraw‐Hill, 1996—price not given, ISBN 0–07–017988–3, 493 pp.)

BASICS OF VIDEO PRODUCTION by Des Lyver and Graham Swainson (Newton, MA: Focal Press, 1995—$14.95, paper, ISBN 0–240–51409–2, 128 pp.)

DUNCAN'S RADIO MARKET GUIDE: 1996 EDITION by James H. Duncan Jr. (Duncan's American Radio, PO Box 90284, Indianapolis, IN 46290—$325, spiral bound, no ISBN given, about 400 pages)

THE CAMERA ASSISTANT: A COMPLETE PROFESSIONAL HANDBOOK by Douglas C. Hart (Newton, MA: Focal Press, 1996—price not given, ISBN 0–240–80042–7, 421 pp.)

STUDIO MONITORING DESIGN: A PERSONAL VIEW by Philip Newell (Newton, MA: Focal Press, 1995—price not given, ISBN 0–240–51407–6, 393 pp.)

TIMECODE: A USER'S GUIDE by John Ratcliffe (Newton, MA: Focal Press, 1996—price not given, ISBN 0–240–51404–1, 236 pp.)

BROADCAST SOUND TECHNOLOGY by Mike Talbot‐Smith (Newton, MA: Focal Press, 1995—$32.95, paper, ISBN 0–240–51436‐X, 224 pp.)

BASICS OF VIDEO SOUND by Des Lyver (Newton, MA: Focal Press, 1996—$14.95, paper, ISBN 0–240–51410–6, 128 pp.)     

Communication technology

ELECTRONIC ENTERPRISES: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE by the Office of Technology Assessment (Washington: Government Printing Office, May 1994—$12.00, Superintendent of Documents No. 052–003–01375–4, 176 pp.)

INTELLIGENT NETWORKS by Jan Thorner (Norwood, MA: Artech, 1994—price not given, ISBN 0–89006–706–6, 191 pp.)

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY UPDATE edited by August E. Grant (Newton, MA: Focal Press, 1994— $34.95, paper, ISBN 0–7506–9593–5, 350 pp.)

NAB 1993 GUIDE TO HDTV IMPLEMENTATION COSTS by S. Merrill Weiss and Rupert L. Stow (1993—$75.00, paper, ISBN 0–89324–167–9, about 200 pp.)

UNDERSTANDING DAB: A GUIDE FOR BROADCAST MANAGERS & ENGINEERS by Kenneth Springer and Janella Newsome (1994—$40,00, paper, ISBN 0–89324–152–0, 167 pp.)

DBS: THE TIME IS NOW by Michael S. Alpert and Marcia L. De Sonne (1994—$29.50, paper, ISBN 0–89324–213–6, 150 pp.)

CONVERGENCE: TRANSITION TO THE ELECTRONIC SUPERHIGHWAY edited by Marcia L. De Sonne (1994—$395, paper, ISBN 0–89324–212–8,260 pp.)

MULTIMEDIA WORLD JOURNAL (1994—$50.00, paper. ISBN 0–89324–217–5, 528 pp.)

1994 FM SUBCARRIER MARKET REPORT by Kenneth D. Springer and Mark R. Fratrik (1994_$30.00, paper, ISBN 0–89324–215–2, 17 pp.)

DICTIONARY OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY by BKSTS (Newton,MA: Focal Press, 1994— $29.95, paper, ISBN 0–240–51364–9, 168 pp.)

PUBLIC TELEVISION IN THE INFORMATION AGE by James Trautman and Paul Bortz (Association of America's Public Television Stations, 1350 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036—apparently free on request, paper, 45 pp.)

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY FOR EVERYONE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CLASSROOM AND BEYOND by Peter David Blanck (Washington: Annenberg Program, 1994—free on request, 24 pp.)     

French Books on Media

INFORMATION HIGHWAYS &; BYWAYS FROM THE TELEGRAPH TO THE 21st CENTURY by Irwin Lebow (IEEE Press, 445 Hoes lane, PO Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855–1331, 1995—$29.95, paper, ISBN 0–7803–1073‐X, 307 pp.)

AMERICAN COMMUNICATION RESEARCH: THE REMEMBERED HISTORY edited by Everette E. Dennis and Ellen Wartella (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1996—$39.95/19.95, ISBN 0–8058–1743–3 hard, 0–8058–1744–1, 210 pp.)

BRITISH TELEVISION: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE by Tise Vahimagi (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994—$25.00, paper, ISBN 0–19–818336–4, 364 pp.)

DYNAMICS OF MODERN COMMUNICATION: THE SHAPING AND IMPACT OF NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES by Patrice Flichy (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1995—$69.95/22.95, ISBN 0–8039–7850–2 hard, 0–8039–7851–0 soft, 182 pp.)

POSTCARDS IN THE LIBRARY: INVALUABLE VISUAL RESOURCES edited by Norman D. Stevens (The Haworth Press, 10 Alice St., Binghampton, NY 13904–1580, 1995—$39.95, ISBN 1–56024–776–2, 233 pp.)

THE MEDIA IN AMERICA: A HISTORY edited by Wm. David Sloan and James D. Startt (Vision Press, PO Box 1106, Northport, AL. 35476—price not given, paper, ISBN 1–885219–03–2, 600 pp.)     

Electronic Media

THE FUTURE OF TELEVISION: A GLOBAL OVERVIEW OF PROGRAMMING, ADVERTISING, TECHNOLOGY AND GROWTH by Marc Doyle (Lincolnwood, IL: NTC Business Books, 1992‐$39.95, ISBN 0–8442–3461–3, 187 pp.)

TELE‐ADVISING: THERAPEUTIC DISCOURSE IN AMERICAN TELEVISION by Mimi White (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992‐$29.95/10.95, ISBN 0–8078–2055–5 hard, 0–8078–4390–3, 218 pp.)

THE FACTS ON FILE DICTIONARY OF FILM AND BROADCASTTERMS by Edmund F. Penney (New York: Facts on File, 1991‐$29.95/14.95, ISBN 0–8160–1923–1 hard, 0–8160–2782‐X paper, 251 pp.)

SOCIETY'S IMPACT ON TELEVISION: HOW THE VIEWING PUBLIC SHAPES TELEVISION PROGRAMMING by Gary W. Selnow and Richard R. Gilbert (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1993‐$49.95, ISBN 0–275–94390–9, 240 pp.)

TELELITERACY: TAKING TELEVISION SERIOUSLY by David Bianculli (New York: Continuum, 1992—$24.95, ISBN 0–8264–0535–5, 315 pp.).

THE RADIO STATION by Michael Keith, with Joseph M. Krause (Stoneham, MA: Focal Press, 1993—price not given, paper, ISBN 0–240–80159–8, 315 pp.)

ELECTRONIC MEDIA PROGRAMMING: STRATEGIES AND DECISION MAKING by Raymond L. Carroll and Donald M. Davis (New York: McGraw‐Hill, 1993—price not given, ISBN 0–07–010298–8, 532 pp.)

WHY VIEWERS WATCH: A REAPPRAISAL OF TELEVISION EFFECTS by Jib Fowles (Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1992‐$19.95, paper, ISBN 0–8039–4077–7, 280 pp.)

CRITICAL THINKING IN AN IMAGE WORLD: ALFRED KORXYBSKI'S THEORETICAL PRINCIPLES EXTENDED TO CRITICAL TELEVISION EVALUATION by Geraldine E. Forsberg (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1993–18.50, paper, ISBN 0–8191–8971–5, 208 pp.)

TUNED IN: TELEVISION IN AMERICAN LIFE by Lloyd DeGrane (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1991‐$11.95, paper, ISBN 0–252–06222–1, about 80 pp.)

BROADCASTING/CABLE AND BEYOND: AN INTRODUCTION TO MODERN ELECTRONIC MEDIA by Joseph Dominick, Barry Sherman, and Gary Copeland (New York: McGraw‐Hill, 1993—price not given, ISBN 0–07–017819–4, 493 pp.)

CABLE TELEVISION LAW 1993: LEARNING TO LIVE WITH THE 1992 CABLE ACT (Practicing Law Institute, 810 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10019‐$80.00, paper, two vols, no ISBN given, 1,040 pp.)

BASIC LIGHTING WORKTEXT FOR FILM & VIDEO by Richard K. Ferncase (Stoneham, MA: Focal Press, 1992—price not given, paper, ISBN 0–240–80085–0, 109 pp.)

SINGLE‐CAMERA VIDEO PRODUCTION by Robert B. Musburger (Stoneham, MA: Focal Press, 1993‐$22.95, paper, ISBN 0–240–80034–6, 195 pp.)

THE AGE OF MISSING INFORMATION by Bill McKibben (New York: Random House, 1992‐$20.00, no ISBN available, 261 pp.)

POLITICAL BROADCAST CATECHISM (National Association of Broadcasters, 1771 N St. NW, Washington, DC 20036–1992, price not given, ISBN 0–89324–151–2, 103 pp.)

DUNCAN'S RADIO MARKET GUIDE 1993 EDITION (Duncan's American Radio, PO Box 90284, Indianapolis, IN 46290‐$265, paper, about 350 pp.)

BROADCAST AND CABLE SELLING by Charles Warner and Joseph Buchman (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1993—price not given, ISBN 0–534–19770–1, 447 pp.)

DUNCAN'S RADIO COMMENTS... by James H. Duncan, Jr. (Duncan's American Radio, Box 90284, Indianapolis, IN 46290‐$50.00

PRICING & RATE FORECASTING USING BROADCAST YIELD MANAGEMENT by Shane Fox (Washington, DC: National Association of Broadcasters, 1992—price not given, paper, ISBN 0–89324–150–4, 138 pp.)     

German communication books

CONVERGENCE: THE JOURNAL OF RESEARCH INTO NEW MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES (John Libbey &; Co., 13 Smiths Yard, Summerley St., London SW 18 4HR, England—various rates ranging from $32 for individuals by surface mail to $90 for institutions by air mail, ISSN 1354–8565)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH RESOURCES: AN ANNOTATED GUIDE by James K. Bracken and Christopher H. Sterling (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1995—$36.00/17.50, ISBN 0–8058–1886–3 hard, 0–8058–1887–1 soft, 173 pp.)

PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE INTERNET edited by Brian Kahin and James Keller (Cambridge, MA: NIT Press, 1995—$40/20, ISBN 0–262–11207–8 hard, 0–262–61118‐X, 390 pp.)

COMPUTER PIONEERS by J.A.N. Lee (IEEE Computer Society Press, 10662 Las Vaqueros Circle, P.O. Box 3014, Los Alamitos, CA 90720–1264— $54.00, ISBN 0–8186–6357‐X hardcover, 0–8186–6356–1 microfiche, 816 pp.)

WIRELESS AND SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS: THE TECHNOLOGY, THE MARKET &; THE REGULATIONS by Joseph N. Pelton (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall PTR, 1995—price not given, ISBN 0–13–140493–8, 277 pp.)     

Electronic media

ELECTRONIC MEDIA LAW AND REGULATION by Kenneth C. Creech (Stoneham, MA; Focal Press, 1993—$34.95, paper, ISBN 0–240–80130‐X, 404 pp.)

MEDIA, SEX AND THE ADOLESCENT edited by Bradley S. Greenberg, Jane D. Brown, and Nancy L. Buerkel‐Rothfuss (Creskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1993—$55.00/24.95, ISBN 1–881303–36–5 cloth, 1–881303–37–3 paper, 376 pp.)

CHILDREN & TELEVISION: IMAGES IN A CHANGING SOCIOCULTURAL WORLD edited by Gordon L. Berry and Joy Keiko Asamen (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1993—$23.95, paper, ISBN 0–8039–4700–3, 332 pp.)

“RADIO: THE FORGOTTEN MEDIUM.” Media Studies Journal 7:3, Summer 1993 (Freedom Forum Media Studies Center, Columbia University, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY 10027–7004—$5.00 per copy, ISSN 1057–7416, 204 pp.)

ALL TALK: THE TALKSHOW IN MEDIA CULTURE by Wayne Munson (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993—price not given, ISBN 0–87722–995–3, 216 pp.)

THE GODS OF TELEVANGELISM: THE CRISIS OF MEANING AND THE APPEAL OF RELIGIOUS TELEVISION by Janice Peck (Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1993—$45.00/19.95, ISBN 1–881303–65–9 cloth, 1–881303–66–7 paper, 296 pp.)

WORKING IN COMMERCIALS: A COMPLETE SOURCEBOOK FOR ADULT AND CHILD ACTORS by Elaine Keller Beardsley (Stoneham, MA: Focal Press, 1993—$19.95, paper, ISBN 0–240–80160–1,194 pp.)

THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND THE FIFTH ESTATE: REGULATION OF ELECTRONIC MASS MEDIA by T. Barton Carter, Marc A. Franklin, and Jay B. Wright (Westbury, NY: Foundation Press, 1993—price not given, ISBN 1–56662–039–2, 891 pp.)     

Electronic Media Production

AUDIO IN MEDIA by Stanley R. Alten (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 1990—price not given, ISBN 0-534-12132-2, 644 pp.)

RADIO PRODUCTION WORKTEXT: STUDIO AND EQUIPMENT by Lynne Gross and David E. Reese (Stoneham, MA: Focal Press, 1990—$19.95, paper, ISBN 0-240-80045-1,146 pp.)

BROADCAST/CABLECOPYWRITING by Peter B. Orlik (Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 1990—price not given, ISBN 0-205-12325-2, 746 pp.)

REWRITING NETWORK NEWS: WORDWATCHING TIPS FROM 345 TV AND RADIO SCRIPTS by Mervin Block (Chicago: Bonus Books, 1990—price not given, ISBN 0-929387-15-5, 221 pp.)

SCRIPT SUPERVISING AND FILM CONTINUITY by Pat Miller (Stoneham, MA Focal Press, 1990—$24.95, paper, ISBN 0-240-80018-4, 228 pp.)

PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING by E. W. Brody and Dan L. Lattimore (New York: Praeger, 1990—$16.95, ISBN 0-275-92896-9, 267 pp.)

SIGHT SOUND MOTION: APPLIED MEDIA AESTHETICS by Herbert Zettl (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1990—price not given, ISBN 0-534-07952-0, 408 pp.)

THE TECHNIQUE OF TELEVISION PRODUCTION by Gerald Millerson (Stoneham, MA: Focal Press, 1990—price not given, paper, ISBN 0-240-51289-8, 566 pp.)

TV SCENIC DESIGN HANDBOOK by Gerald Millerson (Stoneham, MA: Focal Press, 1989—price not given, paper, ISBN 0-240-51285-5, 249 pp.)

THE VIDEO STUDIO by Alan Bermingham, et al. (Stoneham, MA: Focal Press, 1990—$18.95, paper, ISBN 0-240-51267-7,192 pp.)

ELECTRONIC POST-PRODUCTION TERMS AND CONCEPTS by Arthur Schneider (Stoneham, MA: Focal Press, 1990—$19.95, paper, ISBN 0-240-80006-0,152 pp.)

INTRODUCTION TO TELEVISION PRODUCTION by Ken Fielding (White Plains, NY: Longman, 1990—price notgiven, ISBN 0-8013-0313-3, 307 pp.)

CORPORATE TELEVISION: A PRODUCER'S HANDBOOK by Ray DiZazzo (Stoneham, MA: Focal Press, 1990—price not given, paper, ISBN 0-240-80023-0, 201 pp.)     

9. GENERAL MEDIA

CONVERGENCE: INTEGRATING MEDIA, INFORMATION &; COMMUNICATION by Thomas F. Baldwin, D. Stevens McVoy, and Charles Steinfield (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1996—$48.00/$22.00, ISBN 0–8039–5904–4 hard, ISBN 0–8039–5905–2 paper, 430 pp., figures, notes, index)

PLUNKETT'S INFOTECH INDUSTRY ALMANAC: THE ONLY COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE COMPANIES THAT ARE CHANGING THE WAY THE WORLD THINKS, WORKS AND COMMUNICATES by Jack W. Plunkett (Galveston, TX: Plunkett Research, 1996—$125.00, paper, ISBN 0–96382–682–4, 697 pp.)

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES: 1958–1995 by Donald H. Martin (Aerospace Press [PO Box 80966, Los Angeles, CA 90080–0966], 1996 [3rd ed.]— $35.00, paper, ISBN 1–884989–02–0, 484 pp., diagrams, tables, maps, glossary, bibliography)

SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION by Andrew F. Inglis and Arch C. Luther (Woburn, MA: Focal Press, 1997 [2nd ed.]—$24.95, paper, ISBN 0–240–80295–0, 134 pp., diagrams, tables, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index)

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY HANDBOOK by Geoff Lewis (Woburn, MA: Focal Press, 1997 [2nd ed.]—$79.95, ISBN 0–2405–1461–0, 467 pp., diagrams, tables, appendices, index)     

Regulation

AMERICAN REGULATORY FEDERALISM & TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE edited by Paul Teske (Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1995—$36.00, ISBN 0–8058–1615–1, 167 pp.)

CROSSROADS ON THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY: CONVERGENCE AND DIVERSITY IN COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES (Institute for Information Studies, The Aspen Institute, Wye River Conference Centers, PO Box 222, Queenstown, MD 21658—$10.00, paper, ISBN 0–89843–164–6, 166 pp.)

MASS MEDIA LAW: CASES AND MATERIALS by Marc A. Franklin and David A. Anderson (Westbury, NY: Foundation Press, 1995—price not given, ISBN 1–56662–256–5, 802 pp.)

BROADCAST REGULATION: A REVIEW OF ‘94, A PREVIEW OF ‘95 (National Association of Broadcasters, 1771 N St. NW, Washington, DC 20036—$25 to BEA members; $65 to NAB members; $110 list price, paper, no ISBN given, 250 pp.)     

Production and performance

SOUND SYNTHESIS AND SAMPLING by Terence Russ (Boston: Focal Press “Music Technology Series,”; 1996—$32.95, ISBN 0–2405–1429–7, 400 pp., diagrams, chapter questions, time lines, references, glossary, jargon, and index)

VIDEO PRODUCTION HANDBOOK by Leonard Shyles (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998 —$43.96 paper, ISBN 0–395–714–885, 403 pp., illustrations, photos, charts, diagrams, tables, chapter key terms, questions, bibliography, glossary, index; INSTRUCTOR'S RESOURCE MANUAL also available)

FOCAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA [CD‐ROM] edited by Christopher H. Sterling (Boston, MA; Focal Press, 1998—$149.95 [individual license]/250.00 [network version for up to 10 users], ISBN 0–240–80133–4, 0–240–80310–8, 1 disk, over 4,000 entries, color motion video and sound clips, B/W and color illustrations, bibliographies, and electronic media chronology [system requirements: PC compatible, 386 or higher, 8MB of RAM, 16MB HD, Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher, 2X CD‐ROM drive, 256 color SVGA card or better, and sound card, MAC 68020 or greater, Mac system 7,0 or higher, 6MB of RAM, 16MB HD> CD‐ROM drive])

SOUND ASSISTANCE by Michael Talbot‐Smith (Oxford, England: Focal Press, 1997— $22.95, ISBN 0–2405–1439–4, 230 pp., illustrations, charts, diagrams, safety chapter, further reading, glossary, and index)

THE MOBILE DJ HANDBOOK: HOW TO START AND RUN A PROFITABLE MOBILE DISK JOCKEY SERVICE by Stacy Zemon (Newton, MA: Focal Press, 1997—$19.95, ISBN 0–240–80266–7, 170 pp., photos, lists, forms, illustrations, appendices, biographies of successes, and index)     

British Communications

THE MASS MEDIA AND POWER IN MODERN BRITAIN by John Eldridge, Jenny Kitzinger and Kevin Williams (Oxford, England: Oxford University Press “Oxford Modern Britain”; series, 1997—£8.99, paper, ISBN 0–19–878171–7, 199 pp., photos, bibliography, index)

A JOURNALIST'S GUIDE TO SOURCES by David Spark (Jordan Hill, England/Newton, MA: Focal Press “Journalism Media Manual”; series, 1997—$28.95, paper, ISBN 0–240–51470‐X, 398 pp., appendices, index)

CREATING LOCAL TELEVISION: LOCAL AND COMMUNITY TELEVISION UNDER THE RESTRICTED SERVICES LICENSE by Dave Rushton (Luton, England: University of Luton Press/John Libbey Media, 1997—about $16.00, paper, ISBN1–89940–501–1, 96 pp. Diagrams, appendix)

THE PRESS AS PUBLIC EDUCATOR by Colin Lacey and David Longman (Luton, England: University of Luton Press/John Libbey Media, 1997—about $28, paper, ISBN 1–86020–536–4, 236 pp., tables, charts, bibliography, index)

MEDIA, CULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT by Alison Anderson (London: UCL Press/New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1997—$50/17.95, ISBN 0–8135–2394‐X hard, 0–8135–2395–8 paper, 236 pp., photos, diagram, references, index)     

Changing Technologies

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS: THE FIRST QUARTERCENTURY OF SERVICE by David W.E. Rees (New York: John Wiley, 1990—$44.95, ISBN 0-471-62243-5, 329 pp.)

THE NEW COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES by Michael Mirabito and Barbara Morgenstern (Stoneham, MA: Focal Press, 1990—$24.95, paper, ISBN 0-240-80012-5, 244 pp.)

COMMUNICATION TOMORROW: NEW AUDIENCES, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NEW MEDIA by E. W. Brody (New York: Praeger, 1990—$45.00/15.95, ISBN 0-275-93280-X hard, 0-275-93281-8 soft, 295 pp.)

HDTV: HIGH-DEFINITION TELEVISION by Stan Prentiss (Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Tab Books, 1990—$16.95, paper, ISBN 0-8306-3272-7, 232 pp.)

FIBER OPTICS AND CATV BUSINESS STRATEGY by Robert K. Yates, Nolwen Mahe, and Jerome Masson (Norwood, MA: Artech House, 1990—price not given, ISBN 0-89006-413-X, 159 pp.)

GLOBAL IMPACT: THE NEW TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES by Loy A. Singleton (New York: Harper & Row, 1989—$26.95, ISBN 0-88730-259-9, 270 pp.)

COMMUNICATION WHEN IT'S NEEDED MOST: HOW NEW TECHNOLOGY COULD HELP IN SUDDENDISASTERS, Report of the International Disaster Communications Project (Annenberg Washington Program, 1455 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington 20004—free on request, paper, no ISBN given, 129 pp.)

THE FUTURE OF TELEVISION (National Cable Television Association, 1724 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036—free, paper, no ISBN given, 42 pp.)

COMPUTER A PPUCA TIONS IN FILM & VIDEO: A NE WSLETTER FOR EDUCATORS AND PROFESSIONALS (David Katz, ed.. Communications Development Center, Univ. of Wisconsin Extension, Radio Hall, Madison, WI—53706 price information not given, ISSN not provided)

SATELLITES & BROADCASTING 1990 by Marcia DeSonne (National Association of Broadcasters, 1771 N St. NW, Washington, DC 20036—price not given, paper, ISBN 0-89324-075-3, 42 pp.)

GENERAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICE NATIONAL REPEATER GUIDE (Personal Radio Steering Group, P.O. Box 2851, Ann Arbor, MI 48106—$10.00, paper, no ISBN given, 80 pp.)     

Australian/British/ Canadian media

COMMUNICATION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF ECONOMICS by Robert E. Babe (Boulder, CO: Westview, 1995—$45.00/16.00, ISBN 0–8133–2672–9 hard, 0–8133–2671–0 paper, 270 pp.)

A DIFFERENT ROAD TAKEN: PROFILES IN CRITICAL COMMUNICATION edited by John A. Lent (Boulder, CO: Westview, 1995—$49.95/18.95, ISBN 0–8133–1635–9 hard, 0–8133–1636–7 paper, 319 pp.)

AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE: A GUIDE TO THE REFERENCE LITERATURE by Frank W. Hoffman (Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1994— $37.50; $45.00 outside of North America, ISBN 1–56308–142–3, 286 pp.)

THEORY &; RESEARCH IN MASS COMMUNICATION: CONTEXTS AND CONSEQUENCES by David K. Perry (Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 1996—$39.95/19.95, ISBN 0–8058–1923–1 hard, 0–8058–1924‐X paper, 230 pp.)

MANAGING THE PUBLISHING PROCESS: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY by Bruce W. Speck (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1995—$69.50, ISBN 0–313–27956‐X, 360 pp.)

UNDERSTANDING THE MEDIA: A SOCIOLOGY OF MASS COMMUNICATIONS by Joel Smith (Creskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1995—$28.50, paper, ISBN 1–57273–005–6, 392 pp.)

MEDIA MADNESS: PUBLIC IMAGES OF MENTAL ILLNESS by Otto F. Wahl (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1995—$25.95, ISBN 0–8135–2212–9, 260 pp.)

Burleson, Brant R., ed. COMMUNICATION YEARBOOK 19 (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1996—$49.95, ISBN 0–8039–0165–5, 458 pp.)

CULTURAL STUDIES AND COMMUNICATIONS edited by James Curran, et al. (London: Arnold/New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996—$59.95/16.95, ISBN 0–340–65268–3 hard, 0–340–61417‐X, 371 pp.)

SOCIAL APPROACHES TO COMMUNICATION edited by Wendy Leeds‐Hurwitz (New York: Guilford Publications, 1995—$42.50/19.95, ISBN 0–89862–867–9 hard, 0–89862–873–3 paper, 260 pp.)

THE IOWA GUIDE: SCHOLARLY JOURNALS IN MASS COMMUNICATION AND RELATED FIELDS by Carolyn Stewart Dyer and Shannon Heim (Iowa Center for Communication Study, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242—$15.00, paper, no ISBN given)

RESEARCH STRATEGIES IN TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION by Lynnette R. Porter and William Coggin (New York: Wiley, 1995—$34.95, paper, ISBN 0–471–11994–6, 374 pp.)     

Technology and culture

INTERFACE CULTURE: HOW NEW TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMS THE WAY WE CREATE AND COMMUNICATE by Steven Johnson (San Francisco: HarperEdge, 1997‐$24.00, ISBN 0–06–251433–4, 272 pp., index)

IMMERSED IN TECHNOLOGY: ART AND VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS edited by Mary Anne Moser with Douglas MacLeod (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1997‐$22.50, ISBN 0–262–63183–0, 368 pp., technical glossary, 64 illustrations, 18 in color)

INTERNET DREAMS: ARCHETYPES, MYTHS, AND METAPHORS by Mark Stefik (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1996‐$30.00/$15.00, ISBN 0–262–19373–6 hard, 0–262–69202–3 paper, 412 pp., further reading, sources, contributors, index)

POSTMORTEM FOR A POSTMODERNIST by Arthur Asa Berger (Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press/Sage, 1997‐$36.00/17.95, ISBN 0–8039–8910–2 hard, 0–8039–8911–0 paper, 184 pp., cartoons, bibliography, index)

THE NETWORKED SOCIETY: HOW TECHNOLOGIES ARE TRANSFORMING MARKETS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS: A Report of The Fifth Annual Aspen Institute Roundtable on Information Technology, Aspen, Colorado, August 15–18, 1996 by David Bollier and Charles M. Firestone (Washington: The Aspen Institute, 1997‐$10.00, ISBN 0–89843–213–8, 43 pp., endnotes, appendix)

THE McDONALDIZATION OF SOCIETY: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CHANGING CHARACTER OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL LIFE by George Ritzer (Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, 1997 [2nd ed.]—$17.95, paper, ISBN 0–8039–9076–6 hard, 0–8039–9077–4 paper, 265 pp., bibliography, index)

PARCHMENT, PRINTING, AND HYPERMEDIA: COMMUNICATION IN WORLD ORDER TRANSFORMATION by Ronald J. Deibert (New York: Columbia University Press “New Directions in World Politics,”; 1997‐$49.50/$ 17.50, paper, ISBN 0–231–10712–9 hard, 0–231–10713–7 paper, 329 pp., illustrations, charts, index)

BEYOND THE HORIZON: COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE by Stephen Lax (Luton, England: John Libbey Media/University of Luton Press, 1997—price not given, ISBN 1–860–20514–3 paper, 133 pp., technical illustrations, index)

CYBERSCHOOLS: AN EDUCATION RENAISSANCE by Glenn R. Jones (Englewood, MA: Jones Digital Century, Inc., 1997—$19.95, ISBN 1–885400–60–8, 180 pp., appendices, index)

THE ORYX GUIDE TO DISTANCE LEARNING: A COMPREHENSIVE LISTING OF ELECTRONIC AND OTHER MEDIA‐ASSISTED COURSES by William E. Burgess (Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1997 [2nd ed.]—$98.50, ISBN 1–57356–073–1, 497 pp.)

THE U.S. ALL MEDIA E‐MAIL DIRECTORY: COMMUNICATE VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL WITH MAGAZINE, NEWSPAPER, TV AND RADIO MEDIA AND CONTACTS NATIONWIDE by Paul J. Krupin (Kennewick, WA: Direct Contact Publishing, 1997‐$49.00, ISBN 1–885035–03–9, 229 pp., index)

THE RISE, DECLINE, AND RENEWAL OF SILICON VALLEY'S HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY by Dan M. Khanna (New York: Garland “Garland Studies on Industrial Productivity,”; 1997‐$52.00, ISBN 0–8153–2724–2, 182 pp., tables, notes, bibliography, index)

THE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF KNOWLEDGE‐BASED RESOURCES IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY by Russell W. Wright (New York: Garland “Garland Studies on Industrial Productivity,”; 1997‐$37.00, ISBN 0–8153–2785–4, 108 pp., tables, diagrams, bibliography, index)

MOTHS TO THE FLAME: THE SEDUCTIONS OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY by Gregory J. E. Rawlins (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1997‐$10.00, paper, ISBN 0–262–68097–1, 184 pp., subject index)

TIME DETECTIVES: HOW SCIENTISTS USE MODERN TECHNOLOGY TO UNRAVEL THE SECRETS OF THE PAST by Brian Fagan (New York: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1995‐$14.00, paper, ISBN 0–684–81828–0, 288 pp., index)

COMMUNICATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND POLITICS IN THE INFORMATION AGE by Gerald Sussman (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997‐$56.00/$27.95, ISBN 0–8039–5139–6 hard, 0–8039–5140‐x paper, 317 pp., tables, references, subject index)

THE NEW COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES by Michael M.A. Mirabito with contributions by Barbara Morgenstern (Boston, MA: Focal Press, 1997 [3rd ed.]—$32.95, paper, ISBN 0–240–80258–6, 256 pp., index)

COORDINATING THE INTERNET edited by Brian Kahin and James H. Keller (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press “Publication of the Harvard Information Infrastructure Project,”; 1997‐$25.00, paper, ISBN 0–262–11230–2 hard, 0–262–61136–8 paper, 491 pp., glossary of acronyms, tables, charts, notes, index)

THE INTERNET & WORLD WIDE WEB: THE ROUGH GUIDE by Angus J. Kennedy (London and New York: Rough Guides [distribution by Penguin Group], 1997‐$8.95, paper, ISBN 1–85828–288–8, 432 pp., illustrations, index)

TELECOMMUTING: MODELING THE EMPLOYER'S AND THE EMPLOYEE'S DECISION‐MAKING PROCESS by Adriana Bernardino (New York: Garland “Garland Studies on Industrial Productivity,”; 1996‐$46.00, ISBN 0–8153–2723–4, 169 pp., tables, charts, references survey instruments, index)     

4. PROPAGANDA

RESIDENTIAL BROADBAND by George Abe (Indianapolis: Macmillan Technical Publishing “Cisco Press Design and Implementation Series,”; 1997—$55.00, ISBN 1–57870–020–5, 500 pp., charts, graphs, acronyms list [inside covers], appendix directory of companies, index)

INTRODUCTION TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK ENGINEERING by Tarmo Anttalainen (Norwood, MA: Artech House “Communications Library,”; 1998—price not given, ISBN 0–89006–984–0, 297 pp., diagrams, chapter problem and review sets, references, index)

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS: STANDARDS, REGULATION, AND APPLICATIONS by Rudi Bekkers and Jan Smits (Norwood, MA: Artech House “Mobile Communications Series,”; 1998—$95.00, ISBN 0–89006–806–2, 467 pp., diagrams, tables, glossary, bibliography, notes, index)

HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKS, PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS AND MOBILE COMPUTING by Dimitris Chorafas (Basingstoke: Macmillan “Business,”; 1997—£45.00, ISBN 0–333–66683–6, 340 pp., figures, tables, charts, list of contacts, index)

DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCASTING: TECHNOLOGY, STANDARDS, AND REGULATIONS by Ronald de Bruin and Jan Smits (Norwood, MA: Artech House “Digital Audio and Video Library,”; 1999—$73.00, ISBN 0–89006–743–0, 315 pp., diagrams, references, glossary, index)

FROM TALKING DRUMS TO THE INTERNET: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY by Robert Gardner and Dennis Shortelle (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC‐Clio, 1997—$65.00, ISBN 0–87436–832–4, 355 pp., photos, diagrams, references, bibliography, index)

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY UPDATE edited by August E. Grant and Jennifer Harman Meadows (Woburn, MA: Focal Press, 1998 [6th ed.]—$35.00, paper, ISBN 0–240–80326–4, charts, diagrams, tables, notes, chapter bibliographies, glossary)

ISDN EXPLAINED: WORLDWIDE NETWORK AND APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY edited by John M. Griffiths (Chichester, England and New York: John Wiley, 1998 [3rd ed.]—$74.95, ISBN 0–471–97905–8, 291 pp., charts, tables, notes, glossary, index)

DICTIONARY OF COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY: TERMS, DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS by Gilbert Held (New York: John Wiley, 1998 [3rd ed.]—$160.00, paper, ISBN 0–471–97517–6, 672 pp., tables, charts, appendices)

RESIDENTIAL BROADBAND: AN INSIDER'S GUIDE TO THE BATTLE FOR THE LAST MILE by Kim Maxwell (New York: Wiley, 1998—$39.99, paper, ISBN 0–471–25165–8, 390 pp., diagrams, tables, bibliography, index)

MAKING MICROCHIPS: POLICY, GLOBALIZATION, AND ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY by Jan Mazurek (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press “Urban and Industrial Environments,”; 1999—$30.00, ISBN 0–262–13345–8, 245 pp., charts, references, index)

UNDERSTANDING MODERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY by John G. Nellist and Elliott M. Gilbert (Norwood, MA: Artech House, 1999—$49.00, ISBN 0–89006–322–2, 285 pp., photos, diagrams, charts, chapter bibliographies, glossary, index)

WORLD‐CLASS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE DEVELOPMENT by Ellen Ward (Norwood, MA: Artech House “Telecommunications Library,”; 1998—$59.00, ISBN 0–89006–922–0, 260 pp., diagrams, acronyms list, index)

UNDERSTANDING CELLULAR RADIO by William Webb (Norwood, MA: Artech House “Mobile Communications Series,”; 1998—$59.00, ISBN 0–89006–994–8, 283 pp., diagrams, glossary, index)     

Production Guides

VIDEO COMMUNICATION: STRUCTURING CONTENT FOR MAXIMUM PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS by David L. Smith (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 1991—price not given, paper, ISBN 0-534-13146-8, 412 pp.)

RADIO PRODUCTION: ART AND SCIENCE by Michael C. Keith (Stoneham, MA: Focal Press, 1990—price not given, paper, ISBN 0-240-80017-6, 255 pp.)

TELEVISION AND RADIO ANNOUNCING by Stuart W. Hyde (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991—price not given, ISBN 0-395-54446-7, 576 pp.)

BROADCAST VOICE HANDBOOK: HOW TO POLISH YOUR ON-AIR DELIVERY by Ann S. Utterback (Chicago: Bonus Books, 1990—$26.95, ISBN 0-929387-16-3, 264 pp.)

HOW TO READ COPY: PROFESSIONAL'S GUIDE TO DELIVERING VOICE-OVERS AND BROADCAST COMMERCIALS by Adrian Cronauer (Chicago: Basic Books, 1990—$29.95, ISBN 0-929387-14-7, 208 pp.)

INSTITUTIONAL VIDEO: PLANNING, BUDGETING, PRODUCTION AND EVALUATION by Carl Hausman (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1991—price not given, ISBN 0-534-12786-X, 295 pp.)

ELECTRONIC MOVIEMAKING by Lynne S. Gross and Larry W. Ward (Belmont: Wadsworth, 1991—no price given, paper, ISBN 0-534-13620-6, 313 pp.)

WRITING FOR TELEVISION AND RADIO by Robert L. Hilliard (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 1991—no price given, paper, ISBN 0-534-14262-1, 485 pp.)

THE ESSENTIAL FEATURE: WRITING FOR MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS by Vicky Hay (New York: Columbia University Press, 1990—$45.00/20.00, ISBN 0-231-06886-7 hard, 0-231-06887-5 paper, 289 pp.)

MUSIC IN FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCTIONS by Dan Carlin, Sr. (Stoneham, MA: Focal Press, 1991—$21.95, paper, ISBN 0-240-80009-5, 173 pp.)

SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS by Vincent J-R Kehoe (Stoneham, MA: Focal Press, 1991—$19.95, paper, ISBN 0-240-80099-0, 134 pp.)

BROADCAST NEWS: WRITING AND REPORTING by Peter E. Mayeux (Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown, 1991—price and ISBN not given, paper, 414 pp.)     

Foreign/International Communication

NEWSPAPER POWER: THE NEW NATIONAL PRESS IN BRITAIN by Jeremy Tunstall (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1996—£13.99, paper, ISBN 0–19–871133–6, 441 pp.)

UNGLUED EMPIRE: THE SOVIET EXPERIENCE WITH COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES by Gladys D. Ganley (Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1996—$54.95/24.95, ISBN 1–56750–197–4 hard, 1–56750–198–2, soft, 234 pp.)

COMMUNICATION TRADITIONS IN 20TH CENTURY AUSTRALIA by Graeme Osborne and Glen Lewis (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995—$22.00, paper, ISBN 0–19–553511–1,195 pp.)

MEDIA USE AS SOCIAL ACTION: A EUROPEAN APPROACH TO AUDIENCE STUDIES edited by Karsten Renckstorf, et al. (London: John Libbey, 1996—price not given, paper, ISBN 0–86196–485–3, ISSN 0956–9057, 200 pp.)

INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS edited by Hugh M. Culbertson and Ni Chen (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1996— $79.95/36.00, ISBN 0–8058–1684–4 hard, 0–8058–1685–2 soft, 454 pp.)

THE KNOWLEDGE‐CREATING COMPANY: HOW JAPANESE COMPANIES CREATE THE DYNAMICS OF INNOVATION by Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995—$25.00, ISBN 0–19–509269–4, 284 pp.)

JAHRESBIBLIORAPHIE MASSENKOMMUNICATION 1994 by Wilbert Ubbens (Berlin: Wissenschaftsverlag Volker Spiess, 1996—price not given, paper, ISBN 3–89166–189–4, 433 pp.)     

5. BOOKS AND LIBRARIES

THE HIGHWAYMEN: WARRIORS OF THE INFORMATION SUPER‐HIGHWAY by Ken Auletta (New York: Random House, 1997—$27.50, ISBN 0–679–45378–0, 346 pp., index)

THE BARRY DILLER STORY: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AMERICA'S GREATEST ENTERTAINMENT MOGUL by George Mair (New York: John Wiley, 1997—$24.95, ISBN 0–471–13082–6, 348 pp., notes, photos, index)

MONOPOLY TELEVISION: MTV'S QUEST TO CONTROL THE MUSIC by Jack Banks (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996—$22.00, ISBN 0–8133–1820–3, 291 pp., notes, references, index)

BE SEEING YOU ...DECODING THE PRISONER by Chris Gregory (Luton, England: John Libbey Media/University of Luton Press, 1997—$24.00, paper, ISBN 1–86020–521–6, 228 pp., bibliography and filmography, index)

GLOBAL SPOTLIGHTS ON LILLEHAMMER: HOW THE WORLD VIEWED NORWAY DURING THE 1994 WINTER OLYMPICS edited by Roel Puijk (Luton, England: John Libbey Media/ University of Luton Press, 1997— $40.00, ISBN 1–86020–520–8, 285 pp., appendix)

BROADCAST/CABLE PROGRAMMING: STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES by Susan Tyler Eastman and Douglas A. Ferguson (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 1997 [5th ed.]— $58.95, ISBN 0–534–50744–1, 471 pp., abbreviations and acronyms, glossary, annotated bibliography, bookmarks for the world wide web, index to program titles, general index)

TV DRAMA IN TRANSITION: FORMS, VALUES AND CULTURAL CHANGE by Robin Nelson (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997—$55.00, ISBN 0–312–17276–1, 277 pp., notes, references, index)

GLUED TO THE SET: THE 60 TELEVISION SHOWS AND EVENTS THAT MADE US WHO WE ARE TODAY by Steven D. Stark (New York: Free Press, 1997—$17.50, ISBN 0–684–82817–0, 340 pp., appendix, bibliography, index)

GEN X TV: THE BRADY BUNCH TO MELROSE PLACE by Rob Owen (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1997—$24.95, ISBN 0–8156–0443–2, 240 pp., photos, bibliography, index)