International Communication

Richard R. Colino's The INTELSAT Definitive Arrangements: Ushering in a New Era on Satellite Telecommunications Geneva, Switzerland: European Broadcasting Union, 1973—about $5.00, paper)

Keith Geddes' Broadcasting in Britain: 1922-1972 (London: Science Museum, 1972—$1.50, paper)

Milton Shulman's The Least Worst Television in the World (London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1973— $7.15)     

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.)     

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.)     

The relationships of trait verbal aggressiveness and frequency of viewing and enjoyment of television sitcoms

Verbal aggressiveness is the tendency to attack the self‐concept of another person with the intent to inflict psychological pain (Infante & Wigley, 1986). This study focused on how low and high verbally aggressives differ in the television sitcoms they watch and how enjoyable they find those shows. Participants (N = 555) first completed the Verbal Aggressiveness Scale. Then they were asked how often they watch particular television sitcoms and if they watched a given sitcom, how entertaining they found that show to be. The sitcoms included in this study were those that were televised in April 1996. Of the 33 shows included in the analyses, low verbal aggressives differed from high verbal aggressives on 8 shows for frequency of watching and on 11 shows for entertainment value.     

Communcating emotional support and its relationship to feelings of being understood,trust, and self‐disclosure

The communicating of emotional support would seem to be an aspect of any successful relationship. Additionally, it would seem to reason that how one communicates emotional support would be an aspect of a relationship pertinent to communication research. Unfortunately, there is very little empirical evidence that illuminates how this is related to other relational outcomes such as trust. Weber and Patterson (1996) first developed a measure that taps into how much emotional support one receives from a specific other. In their initial scale development piece the authors validate the Communication Based Emotional Support Scale (CBESS) by finding positive correlations with both relationship solidarity and relationship satisfaction. This current study aimed to further validate the CBESS by exploring its relationship to trust, self‐disclosure, and feelings of being understood.     

Lost in Narration: Applying Autoethnography

The authors convey a story of getting lost in narration, on an applied and collaborative research project in which they combined autoethnography (AE), mindfulness, and relational communication. They examine common criticisms of AE in an effort to more accurately narrate how the method operates communicatively and resonates with commitments of applied communication research. This tale ends with a few invitational morals that are directed to skeptics and practitioners of AE.     

Influences of politics and economics upon photographic content in Chinese newspapers

During the mid‐1980s political pressure upon Chinese journalists decreased, financial pressure upon their newspapers increased and photojournalism gained importance. This study compares the content of photographs in three ‘official’ and three hybrid ‘official‐commercial’ Chinese newspapers. Photographs were found to be less important in ‘official’ newspapers. Subjects and values of concern to government and Party leaders appeared more frequently in ‘official‐commercial’ papers. This study also shows that in a period of political and economic reform, diversity exists in photographic news content and that photographs frequently serve public interests.     

Convention on Cultural Diversity

UNESCO has given its Director General a mandate to draft a convention on protecting the diversity of cultural contents and artistic expressions by the fall of 2005. Proponents of the convention view commitments made by countries in trade agreements as weakening their ability to preserve and promote cultural diversity. We review the existing draft wording for a convention, developed before the official involvement of UNESCO, by the INCP, an association representing cultural ministries in favour of insulating their cultural policies from liberalization, and conclude that it fails to meet the necessary conditions for an enforceable rules-based international agreement. In the INCP text, countries are given rights to introduce policies that promote a self-defined cultural diversity. The only obligation is to balance their interests with those of others. No standard of adjudication for balance is offered nor any effective dispute resolution mechanism developed. The ultimate purpose of the initiative may be to form a negotiating bloc within the WTO, but the disparate interests of its members and the lack of tangible benefits from the Convention reduce the credibility of bargaining solidarity. In contrast, the WTO provides a flexible and effective forum for negotiating maintenance of current policy options at a cost of making concessions in other sectors.