Books of the Month

THE GENERAL: DAVID SARNOFF AND THE RISE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY by Kenneth Bilby (New York: Harper & Row, 1986—$20.95)

THE BBC: ITS FIRST FIFTY YEARS by Asa Briggs (New York: Oxford University Press. 1985—$24.95)

BETWEEN COVERS: THE RISE AND TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN BOOK PUBLISHING by John Tebbel (New York: Oxford University Press, 1987—$24.95)     

Books of the Month

Point of View in the Cinema: A Theory of Narration and Subjectivity in Classical Film by Edward Branigan (Berlin: Mouton Publishers, 1984---no price given)

TELEVISION'S GUARDIANS; THE FCC AND THE POLITICS OF PROGRAMMING, 1958 - 1967 by James L. Baughman (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1985---$27.50)     

Books of the Month

Elmer L. Struening and Marcia Guttentag (eds.) Handbook of Evaluation Research (Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1975—$50.00, two volumes or $25.00 each).

Arthur S.Banks (ed.) Political Handbook of the World: 1976 (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1976—$19.95)     

Books of the Month

Maurice Horn (ed.) The World Encyclopedia of Comics (New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1976—$30.00 for trade edition; $42.50 for augmented library edition

Anthony Rhodes Propaganda: The Art of Persuasion, World War II (New York: Chelsea House, 1976— $30.00     

Books of the Month

William H. Read's America's Mass Media Merchants (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1977---$10.95)

Wilbur Schramm and Daniel Lerner (eds.) Communication and Change: The Last Ten Years—and the Next (Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1976---$16.00)     

Books of the Month

William T. Stewart, Arthur F. McClure and Ken D. Jones, International Film Necrology (328 pages, $35).     

Books of the Month

FROM TELECOMMUNICATIONS TO ELECTRONIC SERVICES: A GLOBAL SPECTRUM OF DEFINITIONS, BOUNDARY LINES AND STRUCTURES by Robert R. Bruce, et al (London and Stoneham, MA: Butterworths, 1986—$40 approximately)

COMMUNICATIONS DEREGULATION: THE UNLEASHING OF AMERICA'S COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY by Jeremy Tunstall (Oxford and New York: Basil Blackwell, 1986—$24.95)     

Books of the Month

G.C. Wilhoit and Harold de Bock, eds. Mass Communication Review Yearbook, Volume I (Beverly Hills, Ca.: Sage Publications, 1980---$35.00)

Victor E. Ferrall, Jr., ed. Yearbook of Broadcasting Articles: Anthology Edition, Volume 1, 1959-1978 (Federal Publications Inc., 1725 K St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20006---$95.00)     

Books of the Month

Robert Sklar's Movie-Made America: A Social History of American Movies (New York: Random House, 1975---$12.95)

Thomas W. Bohn and Richard L. Stromgren's Light and Shadows: A History of Motion Pictures (Alfred Publishing Co., 75 Channel Drive, Port Washington, N.Y. 11050, 1975---$8.95, paper)     

Books of the Month

Robert Sobel's The Manipulators: America in the Media Age (New York: Doubleday, 1976---$9.95)

Sidney Kraus and Dennis Davis's The Effects of Mass Communication on Political Behavior (University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1976---$16.50/7.95)     

Books of the Month

M. Thomas Inge, Handbook of American Popular Culture (Westport, Ct.: Greenwood Press, 1978—$25.00)

Ray B. Browne and Christopher D. Geist, Popular Abstracts (Bowling Green, Ohio: Popular Press, 1978—S12.95/5.95)     

Books of the Month

THE DEAL OF THE CENTURY: THE BREAKUP OF AT&T by Steve Coll (New York: Atheneum, 1986—$18.95)

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY ECONOMICS: A GUIDE FOR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS by Harold L. Vogel (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986—$24.95)

THE CONTROL REVOLUTION: TECHNOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC ORIGINS OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY by James R. Beniger (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1986—$25.00)     

Books of the Month

THE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICES by Jonathan Fenby (New York: Schocken Books, 1986—$19.95)

MARKETPLACE FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS: REGULATION AND DEREGULATION IN INDUSTRIALIZED DEMOCRACIES edited by Marcellus S. Snow (New York: Longman, 1986—$34.95)     

Books of the Month

James Monaco's American Film Now: The People, The Power, The Money, The Movies (New York: Oxford University Press, 1979—$19.95)

Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh's The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows: 1946-Present (New York: Ballentine Books, 1979—$19.95/9.95)     

Books of the Month

THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND THE FIFTH ESTATE: REGULATION OF ELECTRONIC MASS MEDIA by T. Barton Carter, et al. (Mineola, NY: Foundation Press, 1986—$26.00)

TELEPORTS AND THE INTELLIGENT CITY edited by Andrew D. Lipman, et al. (Homewood, IL: Dow Jones-Irwin, 1986—$55.00)     

Books of the Month

William L. Rivers and William T. Slater (eds.) Aspen Handbook on the Media: 1975-76 Edition (Aspen Institute Program on Communications and Society, 360 Bryant Street, Palo Alto, Calif. 94301—$6.95/3.95)

Richard Dyer MacCann and Edward S. Perry's The New Film Index: A Bibliography of Magazine Articles in English, 1930-1970 (New York: Dutton, 1975—$35.00)     

Books of the Month

Daniel Lerner and Lyle M. Nelson, Communication Research–A Half Century Appraisal (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1977–$16.00).

Les Brown The New York Times Encyclopedia of Television (New York: Times Books, 1977—$20.00)     

Books of the Month: Kidvid

TELEVISION AND BEHAVIOR: TEN YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EIGHTIES (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1982—price not given, paper, two vols)

John P. Murray, TELEVISION & YOUTH: 25 YEARS OF RESEARCH & CONTROVERSY (Bowys Town Center for the Study of Youth Development, Research Use and Public Service Division, Boys Town, Neb. 68010—$10.00, paper)

TELEVISION'S IMPACT ON CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: A SPECIAL INTEREST RESOURCE GUIDE IN EDUCATION (Oryx Press, 2214 N. Central at Encanto, Phoenix, Az. 85004—price not given, paper)     

Books of the Month: TV History

BRITISH TELEVISION: THE FORMATIVE YEARS by R. W. Burns (PPL Deot., IEEE Service Center, 445 Hoes Lane. Piscataway. NJ 08854—$80.00)

THE HISTORY OF TELEVISION, 1880-1941 by Albert Abramson (McFariand & Co.. Box 611. Jefferson, NC 28640—$29.95)     

Books of the Month: Kids!

Gerald S. Lesser's Children and Television: Lessons From Sesame Street (New York: Random House, 1974 -- $10.00)

Richard M. Polsky's Getting to Sesame Street: Origins of the Children's Television Workshop (Palo Alto, Calif.: Aspen Program on Communications and Society, 770 welsh Rd., 1974 --$3.95...also New York: Praeger Special Studies, 1974 -- $11.00)