Cable Communications

Walter S. Baer's Cable Television: A Handbook for Decisionmaking

Baer's basic report (New York: Crane, Russak and Co., 1974 -- $11.00)

Cable Television: Franchising Considerations

Steven Rivkin's Cable Television: A Guide to Federal Regulations

Cable Television: Developing Community Services

The Complete Guide to Cable Marketing (Washington, D.C.: National Cable Television Association, 918 16th St., N.W., 1973 -- $4.95, or $2.95 if NCTA member, paper)

Bridger Mitchell and Robert Smiley's Cable, Cities and Copyrights (Santa Monica, Calif.: Rand Corporation, 1973 -- $3.00, paper)     

Cable Communications

Clarification of Rules on Cable Television and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Federal Register 39:73:14288 - 14300, April 22, 1974)

Richard Adler and Walter S. Baer's The Electronic Box Office: Humanities and Arts on the Cable (Palo. Alto, Calif.; Aspen Program, 770 Welsh Rd., 1974 -- $3.95, paper ... also New York: Praeger Special Studies, 1974 -- $11.00)     

Cable Communications

Cable Television Interconnection (1974, 40 pp., around $4.00, paper)

Educational Uses of Cable Television (1974, 105 pp. price not known, paper)

William G. Shepherd and Thomas G. Gies' Regulation in Further Perspective: The Little Engine that Might (Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger Publishing Co., 1974—$13.50)

Districting: Report of the Advisory Committee on Cable Communications (Metropolitan Council, 300 Metro Square Bldg., 7th and Robert, St., Paul, Minn. 55101—price not given, paper)     

Communications

CONGLOMERATES AND THE MEDIA by Erik Barnouw, et al. (New York: The New Press, 1998‐$23.00, ISBN 1–56584–386‐X, 190 pp., photos, notes)

THE MEDIA IN QUESTION: POPULAR CULTURES AND PUBLIC INTERESTS by Kees Brants, Joke Hermes, and Liesbet van Zoonen (London: Sage, 1998‐$26.50, paper, ISBN 0–7619–5723–5, 184 pp., references, index)

POLITICS IN WIRED NATIONS: SELECTED WRITINGS OF ITHIEL DE SOLA POOL edited by Lloyd S. Etheredge (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1998‐$44.95, ISBN 1–56000–344–8, 395 pp., tables, figures, notes, bibliography of Pool's works, index)

FREE EXPRESSION AND CENSORSHIP IN AMERICA: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA by Herbert N. Foerstel (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1997‐$65.00, ISBN 0–313–29231–0, 260 pp., table of cases, bibliography, index)

BANNED IN THE MEDIA: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO CENSORSHIP IN THE PRESS, MOTION PICTURES, BROADCASTING, AND THE INTERNET by Herbert N. Foerstel (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998‐price not given, ISBN 0–313–30245–6, 252 pp., notes, appendices, bibliography, index)

MEDIAMAKING: MASS MEDIA IN A POPULAR CULTURE by Lawrence Grossberg, Ellen Wartella, and D. Charles Whitney (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1998‐$31.95, ISBN 0–7619–1177–4, paper, 442 pp., diagrams, boxed features, references, index)

SEMINAR ON INTELLIGENCE, COMMAND, AND CONTROL: GUEST PRESENTATIONS, SPRING 1997 (Incidental paper 1–98–2, April 1998, ISBN 1–879716–47‐X, 220 pp.)

AT THE HEART OF EVOLVING LITERACY: A FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION by Morris L. Ernst (Publication P‐97–3, December 1997, ISBN 1–879716–44–5, 115 pp.)

STANDARDS FOR PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES by David J. Goodman (Publication P‐98–1, April 1998, ISBN 1–879716–46–1, 64 pp.)

CONTEXT FOR DECISIONS: GLOBAL AND LOCAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ISSUES by Anthony Oettinger (Incidental Paper I‐98–1, January 1998, ISBN 1–879716–3, 23 pp.)

PLUNKETT'S ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA INDUSTRY ALMANAC by Jack W. Plunkett (Houston, TX: Plunkett Research, 1998‐$149.99, ISBN 0–9638268–6‐7, 626 pp., tables, index)

MEDIA LITERACY by W. James Potter (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1998‐price not given, paper, ISBN 0–7619–0925–7, 406 pp., tables, boxed features, references, annotated chapter guides to further reading, index)

MEDIA MANAGEMENT REVIEW edited by Charles Warner (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1997‐$39.50/22.50, ISBN 0–8058–1787–5 hard, 0–8058–1788–3 paper; 197 pp., tables, notes, index)     

Communications

Herbert 5. Dordick, The Emerging Network Markeplace (Norwood, N.J.: Ablex, 1981—$24.95)

Herbert I. Schiller, Who Knows: Information in the Age of the Fortune 500 (Norwood,N.J.: Ablex, 1981—$17.95)

G. Cleveland Wilhoit and Harold de Bock, eds. Mass Communication Review Yearbook, Volume 2 (Beverly Hills Ca.: Sage, 1981 -7707730).     

General Communications

Brent D. Ruben, ed. Communication Yearbook 2 (New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Books (Rutgers), 1978---$24.95)

Eric A. Havelock and Jackson P. Hershbell, eds. Communication Arts in the Ancient World (New York: Hastings House, J978---$12.50)

Kit Laybourne and Pauline Cianciolo's Doing the Media (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978---$6.95, paper, with both library and trade hardbacks also available)

Periodicals: just begun under the (temporary) auspices of the Institute of Communication Research (122B Armory, University of Illinois, Champaign, Ill. 61820)

Warren K. Agee, Phillip H. Ault, and Edwin Emery's Introduction to Mass Communications (New York: Harper & Row, 1979---$7.95, paper)

Godwin C. Chu and Brent Cassan, Modern Communication Technology in a Changing Society: A Bibliography (1977, 162 pp., $1.50)

Syed A. Rahim, et al. Planning Methods, Models, and Organization: A Review Study for Communication Policy Making and Planning (1978, 260 pp., $3.00):     

International Communications

Julian Hale's Radio Power: Propaganda and International Broadcasting (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1975—$12.50)

Jay W. Baird's The Mythical World of Nazi War Propaganda, 1939-1945 (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1975—$15.00)

Unesco Statistical Yearbook (Paris: Unesco (New York: Unipub)

New Media in Education in the Commonwealth (Commonwealth Secretariat Publications, Marlborough House, London SW1Y SHX, England—E3.00, or about $7.00, paper)

World Guide to Technical Information and Documentation Services (Paris: Unesco (New York: Unipub), 1975— $19.80, paper)

May Katzen's Mass Communication: Teachin and Studies at Universities (Paris: Unesco (New York: Unipub), 1975—$14.85, paper)     

General Communications

Joseph E. Dispenza's Advertising the American Worpan (Dayton, Ohio: Pflaum Publishing, 1975—price not know, paper)

Len Biegel and Aileen Lubin's Mediability : A Guide for Nonprofits (Taft Products, 1000 Vermont Ave., N.W., Washington D.C. 20005—price not given, paper)

Don Allen's The Electric Anthology: Probes into Vass Media and Popular Culture (Dayton, Ohio: Pflaum Publishing, 1975- 1:Tan- not known paper)

A Perspective on Information Resources: Annual Report 1974-75 (Program on Information Technologies and Public Policy, 200 Aiken Computation Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 02138—$6.00, paper set of two booklets)

Patricia Files' A Guide to Educational Resources: 1975-76 (Box E, School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. 94305— $3.50, paper, with checks made payable to "Box E")     

Mass Communications

Journalism: Readings in the Mass Media (326 pp., 43 articles)

Radio and Television: Readings in the Mass Media (301 pp., 36 articles)

Film: Readings in the Mass Media (315 pp., 43 articles)     

Communications Law

Erwin G. Krasnow and Lawrence D. Longley, The Politics of Broadcast Regulation (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978—$12.95/5.95)

Donald F. Johnston's Copyright Handbook (New York: R.R. Bowker, 1978—$14.95)

Michael A. Newcity's Copyright Law in the Soviet Union (New York: Praeger Special Studies, 1978—$17.95).     

Commonwealth Communications

George Boyce, James Curran, and Pauline Wingate, eds. Newspaper History from the 17th Century to the Present Day (London: Constable Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage, 1978—$20.00/10.95)

Frank W. Peers' The Public Eye: Television and the Politics of Canadian Broadcasting, 1952-1968 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1979—price not given)

K. Watson, et al. "A Financial Analysis of the Private Radio Broadcasting Sector in Canada and the United States" (Ottawa: Department of Communications, Social Policy and Programs Branch, 1978—no price given, paper)

Outcomes from the Telecom 2000 Report (Australian Government Publishing Service, P.O. Box 94, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600 Australia—price not given, paper)

Australian Broadcasting Commission: 46th Annual Report (1977-78) (ABC, 145-153 Elizabeth St., Sydney NSW 2001, Australia—apparently free on request, paper)

Media Centre Papers series (Centre for the Study of Educational Communication and Media, School of Education, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia—about A$2.50 each plus postage, paper)     

Communications Research

Thomas F. Gordon and Mary Ellen Verna Mass Communication Effects and Processes: A Comprehensive Bibliography, 1950-1975 (Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1978—$15.00),

Charles Winick, Deviance and Mass Media (Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1979—$18.50/8.95),

Mail and Telephone Surveys: The Total Design Method by Don A. Dillman (New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1979—$19.95)

Fundamental Statistics in Psychology and Education by J.P. Guilford and Benjamin Fruchter (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979—$16.00)

Jane T. Bertrand Communications Pretesting (Chicago: University of Chicago Community and Family Study Center, 1978—$3.50, paper)

Gary Gumpert and Robert Cathcart, Inter/Media: Interpersonal Communication in a Media World ( New York: Oxford University Press, 1979—$S.95, paper)     

Foreign Communications

Sue Pyne's “Current British Research on Mass Media and Mass Communication: Register of Ongoing and Recently Completed Research” (Documentation Centre for Mass Communication Research, Centre for Mass Communication Research, University of Leicester, 104 Regent Rd., Leicester LE1 7LT, England---£2.00 in the UK and £2.50 outside, paper)

British broadcasting annual yearbooks (BBC and IBA)

David Ellis' Evolution of the Canadian Broadcasting System: Objectives and Realities, 1928-1968 (Canadian Government Printing Office, Mail Order Service, 270 Albert St., Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0S9 ---$3.90, paper)

John C. Merrill and Harold A. Fisher's The World's Great Dailies: Profiles of 50 Newspapers (New York: Hastings House, 1980---$18.50/9.50)

Australian media, eight recent items reviewed by Henry Mayer

Harold D. Lasswell, Daniel Lerner, and Hans Speier, eds. Propaganda and Communication in World History: Volume III, A Pluralizing World in Formation (Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1980---$25.00)     

General Communications

SELF, SYMBOLS & SOCIETY: AN INTRODUCTION TO MASS COMMUNICATION by Stanley J. Baran, et al. (Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1984---price not given, paper)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN CRISIS: THE FIRST AMENDMENT, TECHNOLOGY, AND DEREGULATION by Edwin Diamond, et al. (Cato Institute, 224 Second St., S.E. Washington, D.C. 20003---$6.00, paper)

MEDIA INSURANCE: PROTECTING AGAINST HIGH JUDGEMENTS, PUNITIVE DAMAGES, AND DEFENSE COSTS (Practising Law Institute, 810 Seventh Ave., New York, N.Y. 10019---$35.00, paper)

LAW OF MASS COMMUNICATIONS: FREEDOM AND CONTROL OF PRINT AND BROADCAST MEDIA by Harold L. Nelson and Dwight L. Teeter, Jr. (Mineola, N.Y.: Foundation Press, 1982---$19.75)

A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR ADVERTISING by Burleigh Gardner (Chicago: Crain Books, 1982---price not given)

MASS COMMUNICATION REVIEW YEARBOOK, VOLUME 4 edited by Ellen Wartella and D. Charles Whitney (Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1983---price not given)     

Communications Law

CABLE TELEVISION AND OTHER NONBROADCAST VIDEO: LAW AND POLICY by Daniel L. Brenner and Monroe E. Price (Clark Boardman Co., 435 Hudson St., New York 10014, 1986—$85.00)

THE JOURNALIST'S HANDBOOK ON LIBEL AND PRIVACY by Barbara Dill (New York: Free Press, 1986—$19.95)

THE PRESS AND THE STATE: SOCIOHISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY INTERPRETATIONS by Walter M. Brasch and Dana R. Ulloth (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1986—$47.50/24.95)

THE TOLERANT SOCIETY: FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXTREMIST SPEECH IN AMERICA by Lee C. Bollinger (New York: Oxford University Press, 1986—$19.95)

CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN COPYRIGHT LAU 1986 (922 pp.)

COUNSELING CLIENTS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY (793 pp.)