B William Silcock
Biographic Data
| ID | 4907826 |
|---|---|
| NAME | B William Silcock |
| GIVEN NAMES | B William |
| FAMILY NAME | Silcock |
| SIGNATURE | SILCOCK B W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6291-9851 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
What We Inherit, What We Teach
Electronic news education stands at an inflection point as artificial intelligence, streaming platforms, and mobile-first consumption reshape newsroom practice and classroom pedagogy. This article situates current disruption within a longer history of broadcast journalism education, from early radio laboratories and the Missouri Method to teaching hospital models grounded in experiential learning. Drawing on a systematic review of 88 electronic n…
The Heart of the Interview
In this interview, Al Tompkins reflects on the future of broadcast journalism education within the rapid technological change and the rise of the artificial intelligence era. He suggests educators to move beyond platform-specific training and focus instead on enduring skills such as critical thinking, ethical reporting, storytelling craft, and asking meaningful “so what” questions. Tompkins discusses AI as both a disinformation challenge and a po…
Researching the Framing of Still and Moving Images across Media Platforms
Prevailing models of news framing effects focus on the influence of news frames on audience perceptions and attitudes toward social and political issues. These models pay scant attention to the way people select news stories today and how the media environment can influence who receives the frames that circulate in news discourse. Recent research in audience selectivity in news exposure suggests that people relying on high-choice media, such as n…
Beyond Walter Cronkite’s “And That’s The Way It Is”
Television anchors are key public figures in the American news media, vital for the ratings success of their outlets. This study uses content analysis and framing theory to examine US network news anchors’ role at a pivotal career moment—the last minutes in the all-powerful anchor chair—their swan songs. These final words are examined for messages as anchors express gratitude, sum up careers, provide journalism insights, and pronounce final words…
Gatecheckers at the Visual News Stream
Over the past 65 years, scholars have reframed the original model of gatekeeping to reflect the changing dynamics of news creation, distribution, and curation. In recent years, communication technologies have opened digital news gates to a proliferation of images captured by professionals and amateurs alike. Anyone with a camera or cell phone can shoot and distribute photographs and videos on the internet. Social media facilitates audience-to-aud…
Comparing war images across media platforms
Although many news consumers see war images on multiple media platforms, scholars generally have studied those visuals a single medium at a time. This article discusses the challenges of conducting a quantitative content analysis of war images across print, broadcast and online media in a single research project. It details some of the obstacles the authors faced in their examination of visuals of the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq and offers sugge…
Managing Television News
Managing Television News provides a practical introduction to the television news producer, one of the most significant and influential roles in a newscast. Recognizing the need for formal training in this key role, authors B. William Silcock, Don Heider, and Mary T. Rogus have combined their expertise and experience to shape this essential resource on the responsibilities, demands, and rewards of the news producer position. Their book provides a…
Every edit tells a story Sound and the Visual Frame
The way video images are edited together to frame stories have historically evolved through news routines from linear to nonlinear (digital) editing contributing, in part, to the globalization of television news. The tape editing process, specifically in Western television newsroom cultures—such as those found in Germany, Britain, and the United States—have historically exhibited different news routines that have seldom been discussed. This resea…
Translating the Tower of Babel
This study sought to determine how convergence is defined by the journalists involved and to identify areas where news operations that adopt convergence encounter language- and culture-based challenges. It draws on the developing literature of convergence and interviews with journalists and managers working at two convergence partnerships: the Tampa Tribune and WFLA-TV in Tampa, Florida, and the Arizona Republic and KPNX-TV in Phoenix, Arizona. T…
Global News, National Stories
This article explores the mythic nature of television news in a global-newsroom context. News routine analysis of newscast producers and ethnographic data from a case study of the English-language newsroom at Germany's Deutsche Welle point to the existence of sociocultural filters influencing news decisions and, in turn, mythmaking. These filters reveal a uniquely German myth—the Past—not shared and even resisted by English-language (Anglo) produ…
Gatecheckers at the Visual News Stream
Over the past 65 years, scholars have reframed the original model of gatekeeping to reflect the changing dynamics of news creation, distribution, and curation. In recent years, communication technologies have opened digital news gates to a proliferation of images captured by professionals and amateurs alike. Anyone with a camera or cell phone can shoot and distribute photographs and videos on the internet. Social media facilitates audience-to-aud…
Translating the Tower of Babel
This study sought to determine how convergence is defined by the journalists involved and to identify areas where news operations that adopt convergence encounter language- and culture-based challenges. It draws on the developing literature of convergence and interviews with journalists and managers working at two convergence partnerships: the Tampa Tribune and WFLA-TV in Tampa, Florida, and the Arizona Republic and KPNX-TV in Phoenix, Arizona. T…
Global News, National Stories
This article explores the mythic nature of television news in a global-newsroom context. News routine analysis of newscast producers and ethnographic data from a case study of the English-language newsroom at Germany's Deutsche Welle point to the existence of sociocultural filters influencing news decisions and, in turn, mythmaking. These filters reveal a uniquely German myth—the Past—not shared and even resisted by English-language (Anglo) produ…
Comparing war images across media platforms
Although many news consumers see war images on multiple media platforms, scholars generally have studied those visuals a single medium at a time. This article discusses the challenges of conducting a quantitative content analysis of war images across print, broadcast and online media in a single research project. It details some of the obstacles the authors faced in their examination of visuals of the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq and offers sugge…
Every edit tells a story Sound and the Visual Frame
The way video images are edited together to frame stories have historically evolved through news routines from linear to nonlinear (digital) editing contributing, in part, to the globalization of television news. The tape editing process, specifically in Western television newsroom cultures—such as those found in Germany, Britain, and the United States—have historically exhibited different news routines that have seldom been discussed. This resea…
Global News, National Stories
This article explores the mythic nature of television news in a global-newsroom context. News routine analysis of newscast producers and ethnographic data from a case study of the English-language newsroom at Germany's Deutsche Welle point to the existence of sociocultural filters influencing news decisions and, in turn, mythmaking. These filters reveal a uniquely German myth—the Past—not shared and even resisted by English-language (Anglo) produ…
Translating the Tower of Babel
This study sought to determine how convergence is defined by the journalists involved and to identify areas where news operations that adopt convergence encounter language- and culture-based challenges. It draws on the developing literature of convergence and interviews with journalists and managers working at two convergence partnerships: the Tampa Tribune and WFLA-TV in Tampa, Florida, and the Arizona Republic and KPNX-TV in Phoenix, Arizona. T…
Every edit tells a story Sound and the Visual Frame
The way video images are edited together to frame stories have historically evolved through news routines from linear to nonlinear (digital) editing contributing, in part, to the globalization of television news. The tape editing process, specifically in Western television newsroom cultures—such as those found in Germany, Britain, and the United States—have historically exhibited different news routines that have seldom been discussed. This resea…
Managing Television News
Managing Television News provides a practical introduction to the television news producer, one of the most significant and influential roles in a newscast. Recognizing the need for formal training in this key role, authors B. William Silcock, Don Heider, and Mary T. Rogus have combined their expertise and experience to shape this essential resource on the responsibilities, demands, and rewards of the news producer position. Their book provides a…
Comparing war images across media platforms
Although many news consumers see war images on multiple media platforms, scholars generally have studied those visuals a single medium at a time. This article discusses the challenges of conducting a quantitative content analysis of war images across print, broadcast and online media in a single research project. It details some of the obstacles the authors faced in their examination of visuals of the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq and offers sugge…
Gatecheckers at the Visual News Stream
Over the past 65 years, scholars have reframed the original model of gatekeeping to reflect the changing dynamics of news creation, distribution, and curation. In recent years, communication technologies have opened digital news gates to a proliferation of images captured by professionals and amateurs alike. Anyone with a camera or cell phone can shoot and distribute photographs and videos on the internet. Social media facilitates audience-to-aud…
Researching the Framing of Still and Moving Images across Media Platforms
Prevailing models of news framing effects focus on the influence of news frames on audience perceptions and attitudes toward social and political issues. These models pay scant attention to the way people select news stories today and how the media environment can influence who receives the frames that circulate in news discourse. Recent research in audience selectivity in news exposure suggests that people relying on high-choice media, such as n…
Beyond Walter Cronkite’s “And That’s The Way It Is”
Television anchors are key public figures in the American news media, vital for the ratings success of their outlets. This study uses content analysis and framing theory to examine US network news anchors’ role at a pivotal career moment—the last minutes in the all-powerful anchor chair—their swan songs. These final words are examined for messages as anchors express gratitude, sum up careers, provide journalism insights, and pronounce final words…
What We Inherit, What We Teach
Electronic news education stands at an inflection point as artificial intelligence, streaming platforms, and mobile-first consumption reshape newsroom practice and classroom pedagogy. This article situates current disruption within a longer history of broadcast journalism education, from early radio laboratories and the Missouri Method to teaching hospital models grounded in experiential learning. Drawing on a systematic review of 88 electronic n…
The Heart of the Interview
In this interview, Al Tompkins reflects on the future of broadcast journalism education within the rapid technological change and the rise of the artificial intelligence era. He suggests educators to move beyond platform-specific training and focus instead on enduring skills such as critical thinking, ethical reporting, storytelling craft, and asking meaningful “so what” questions. Tompkins discusses AI as both a disinformation challenge and a po…
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