NAEB Newsletter (Apr 1957)

QUARTERLY BIBLIOGRAPHY —Eleanor Blum, University of Illinois Journalism Librarian Basic Facts and Figures. Paris, UNESCO, 1956. (Secure through Columbia University Press, New York) Concerns international statistics relating to edu¬ cation, culture and communications. Bogart, Leo. The Age of Television: A study of View¬ ing Habits and the Impact of Television on American Life. New York, Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1956 Facts, figures and surmises combining the infor¬ mation from surveys and research with the author’s knowledge (he is director of account re¬ search at McCann-Erickson and president of Radio and TV Research Council). Elliott, William Y. Television's Impact on American Culture. Lansing, Michigan State, 1956. Discusses the relationship of TV to public policy, education, politics and psychiatry. Head, Sydney W. Broadcasting in America. Hough¬ ton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1956. The author, first president of the newly organized Association for Professional Broadcasting Edu¬ cation, has written a text on broadcasting as com¬ munications in which he discusses its various aspects from its beginning to date, taking the view that the system which has emerged in the U. S. is well suited for our economic, social and political needs. Investigation of So-Called “ Blacklisting” of Enter¬ tainment Industry - Report of the Fund for the Republic, Inc. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1956. U. S. House. Committee on Un-Ameri¬ can Activities. Hearings on John Cogley’s Report on Blacklist¬ ing in motion pictures, radio and TV which he made for the Fund for the Republic. Kumata, Hideya. An Inventory of Instructional Tele¬ vision Research. Ann Arbor, Michigan, ETRC, 1956. Contains an overview of instructional television research, abstracts of pertinent articles, and an annotated bibliography of additional readings. Morris, John. From the Third Programme. London, Nonesuch Press, 1956. On anthology, celebrating the completion of ten years of broadcasting by the. BBC Third Pro¬ gramme. Paulu, Burton. British Broadcasting. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1956. The development of the British Broadcasting Corporation, with major emphasis on program descriptions, but also discussions of audience re¬ actions, finances, staff and technical facilities. Radio Program and Music Preferences of Farm and Smalltown Listeners in Central Ohio; An Ohio State University Radio-TV Audience Study. Columbus, Ohio State University, October, 1956. Summary of the major findings of a study con¬ ducted by Frank W. Norwood, and' one in a con¬ tinuing series of studies of the habits and pref¬ erences of listeners to broadcast programs made by graduate students at Ohio University. Spring, Samuel. Risks and Rights in Publishing'. Television, Radio, Motion Pictures, Ad¬ vertising and the Theatre. New York, Norton, 1956. New edition of a standard work, cited in court decisions. Includes the new international copy¬ right law. Television is Yours. Los Angeles, National Associa¬ tion for Better Radio and Television, 882 Victoria Avenue, 1956. A 54-pagc pamphlet written to brief the lay¬ man in simple language on what he should know about television - how to evaluate pro¬ grams and make his voice heard, fact about codes, censorship and criticism, and a section on children and TV. The Blue Conventions. New York, Columbia Broadcasting System, 1956. A summary of the most recent demonstration of network TV’s ability to “interrupt its reg¬ ularly scheduled programs” to bring an event of national interest to the American people. MAGAZINE ARTICLE BIBLIOGRAPHY —compiled from the Journalism, Quarterly “Israeli-Egyptian Conflict Points up Services of UN.” Broadcasting. 51:19, p. 82, Nov¬ ember 5. Independent station newsmen monitor UN shortwave broadcasts, record phone interviews with Israeli and Egyptian officials. “Listening to Liberty.” Newsweek. 48:20, p. 118, November 12. Radio plays vital role in recent Hungarian up¬ rising. “The Ascending Statistics of Radio-TV Station Growth.” Broadcasting. 51:16, p. 130, October 15. Articles and chart trace growth of broadcasting from 1922 to 1956. 6 NEWSLETTER