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Books by Professor Emeritus Douglas Gomery






Patsy Cline
The Making of an Icon
by Professor Emeritus Douglas Gomery
Paperback, 408 Pages, Published 2011 by Trafford Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-4269-5988-2, ISBN: 1-4269-5988-5

"Patsy Cline remains a much beloved singer, even though she died in 1963. By 1996, Patsy Cline had become such an icon that The New York Times magazine positioned her among a pantheon of women celebrities who transcended any single cultural genre. A series of essays on "Heroine Worship" included Patsy Cline with such "feminine icons" as Eleanor Roosevelt, Martha Graham, Indira Gandhi, Aretha Franklin, and Jackie Onassis. The making of ..."






Movie History(1st Edition)
A Survey: Second Edition
by Professor Emeritus Douglas Gomery, Clara Pafort-Overduin
Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2011 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-77545-8, ISBN: 0-415-77545-0

"Covering everything from Edison to Avatar, Gomery and Pafort-Overduin have written the clearest, best organized, and most user-friendly film history textbook on the market. It masterfully distills the major trends and movements of film history, so that the subject can be taught in one semester. And each chapter includes a compelling case study that highlights an important moment in movie history and, at the same time, subtly introduces ..."






Producing
(Behind the Silver Screen Series)
by Jon Lewis, Mark Lynn Anderson, Professor Toby Miller, Saverio Giovacchini, Bill Grantham, Professor Emeritus Douglas Gomery, Professor Joanna E. Rapf
Hardcover, 216 Pages, Published 2016 by Rutgers University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-6722-8, ISBN: 0-8135-6722-X

"Of all the job titles listed in the opening and closing screen credits, producer is certainly the most amorphous. There are businessmen (and women)-producers, writer-director- and movie-star-producers; producers who work for the studio; executive producers whose reputation and industry clout alone gets a project financed (though their day-to-day participation in the project may be negligible). The job title, regardless of the actual wor ..."






Producing
(Behind the Silver Screen Series)
by Jon Lewis, Saverio Giovacchini, Bill Grantham, Professor Toby Miller, Douglas Gomery, Mark Lynn Anderson, Professor Joanna E. Rapf, Professor Emeritus Douglas Gomery, Rutgers University Press
Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 2015 by Rutgers University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-6721-1, ISBN: 0-8135-6721-1

"Of all the job titles listed in the opening and closing screen credits, producer is certainly the most amorphous. There are businessmen (and women)-producers, writer-director- and movie-star-producers; producers who work for the studio; executive producers whose reputation and industry clout alone gets a project financed (though their day-to-day participation in the project may be negligible). The job title, regardless of the actual wor ..."






Media in Society(1st Edition)
A Brief Introduction
by University Richard Campbell, Professor Joli Jensen, Professor Emeritus Douglas Gomery, Professor Bettina Fabos, Professor Julie Frechette, Julie D. Frechette
Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2013 by Bedford/St. Martin's
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-17986-1, ISBN: 0-312-17986-3

"Critiquing the mass media, and the role those media play in our lives, requires a critical eye. "Media in Society" gives students in upper level media courses a unique narrative-based approach to media criticism, exploring the stories media tell as well as the stories we tell about the media when we describe how it affects us. Organized thematically, "Media in Society" examines topics like narrative genre, entertainment culture, news, p ..."






A History of Broadcasting in the United States(1st Edition)
by Professor Emeritus Douglas Gomery
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2008 by Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-2282-5, ISBN: 1-4051-2282-X

"This powerful history of broadcasting in the United States goes beyond traditional accounts to explore the field's important social, political, and cultural ramifications. It examines how broadcasting has been organized as a business throughout much of the 20th century, and focuses on the aesthetics of programming over the years. * Surveys four key broadcasting periods from 1921 to 1996, drawing on a range of new sources to examine rec ..."






Movie History(2nd Edition)
A Survey: Second Edition
by Professor Emeritus Douglas Gomery, Clara Pafort-Overduin
Hardcover, 480 Pages, Published 2011 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-77544-1, ISBN: 0-415-77544-2

"Covering everything from Edison to Avatar, Gomery and Pafort-Overduin have written the clearest, best organized, and most user-friendly film history textbook on the market. It masterfully distills the major trends and movements of film history, so that the subject can be taught in one semester. And each chapter includes a compelling case study that highlights an important moment in movie history and, at the same time, subtly introduces ..."






Television Industries
by Luke Hockley, Professor Emeritus Douglas Gomery
Paperback, 142 Pages, Published 2008 by British Film Institute
ISBN-13: 978-1-84457-107-9, ISBN: 1-84457-107-6

"While not a production study, this book attempts to provide an insight into the inner workings of the television industry. As such its central concern is with processes, not texts or techniques or histories. "Television Industries" focuses on the essential elements of the industry: the policy and regulatory frameworks, the swiftly changing world of video production technology, all of which provides the backdrops against which broadcaste ..."






Media Economics(3rd Edition)
Theory and Practice (Routledge Communication Series)
by Alison Alexander, James Owers, C. Ann Hollifield, Albert N. Greco, Rodney A. Carveth, Rod A. Carveth, Nina Alexander, Alan B. Albarran, Eric Rothenbuhler, Todd Chambers, Mary Alice Shaver, Michael O. Wirth, Douglas A. Ferguson, Benjamin J. Bates, Barry R. Litman, Tom Mccourt, Robert G. Picard, Professor Emeritus Douglas Gomery, Gary W. Ozanich
Paperback, 312 Pages, Published 2003 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-8058-4580-8, ISBN: 0-8058-4580-1

"Media Economics: Theory and Practice focuses on the basic principles of economics in the business sector and applies them to contemporary media industries. This text examines the process of media economics decision making through an exploration of key topics, such as industrial restructuring, regulatory constraints upon media operations, and changing economic value, providing key insights into media business activities. With the structu ..."






The Future of News(1st Edition)
Television, Newspapers, Wire Services, Newsmagazines
by Douglas Gomery, Professor Philip S. Cook, Lawrence W. Lichty, Lawrence Wilson Lichty, Professor Lawrence W. Lichty, Philip S. Cook, Professor Emeritus Douglas Gomery
Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 1992 by Woodrow Wilson Center Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-943875-34-7, ISBN: 0-943875-34-X

"Will shrinking budgets and growing competition force network television news to compromise program quality? Can big-city newspapers improve circulation in the audiences advertisers want to reach? Will the wire services diversify into other areas of communications technology? What changes lie ahead for nation newsmagazines? In The Future of News, top media experts offer a probing analysis of the news business today and its place in Amer ..."






Who Owns the Media?(3rd Edition)
Competition and Concentration in the Mass Media industry (Routledge Communication Series)
by Professor Emeritus Douglas Gomery, Benjamin M. Compaine, Etc. Etc.
Paperback, 632 Pages, Published 2000 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-8058-2936-5, ISBN: 0-8058-2936-9

"This thorough update to Benjamin Compaine's original 1979 benchmark and 1982 revisit of media ownership tackles the question of media ownership, providing a detailed examination of the current state of the media industry. Retaining the wealth of data of the earlier volumes, Compaine and his co-author Douglas Gomery chronicle the myriad changes in the media industry and the factors contributing to these changes. They also examine how the ..."

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