Erik Barnouw
Biographic Data
| ID | 555252 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erik Barnouw |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erik |
| FAMILY NAME | Barnouw |
| SIGNATURE | BARNOUW E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 81 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1940 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Media Marathon
Journal Article Media Marathon: A Twentieth-Century Memoir. By Erik Barnouw. (Durham: Duke University Press, 1996. x, 264 pp. $22.95, ISBN 0-8223-1728-1.) Get access Michael Curtin Michael Curtin Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 83, Issue 3, December 1996, Pages 1082–1083, https://doi.org/10.2307/2945772 Published: 01 December 1996
Documentary
Now brought completely up to date, the new edition of this classic work on documentary films and filmmaking surveys the history of the genre from 1895 to the present day. With the myriad social upheavals over the past decade, documentaries have enjoyed an international renaissance; here Barnouw considers the medium in the light of an entirely new political and social climate. He examines as well the latest filmmaking technology, and the effects t…
House with a Past
Toddler
The excitement that exploded in 1920 was a nationwide eruption, but activities in Pittsburgh were especially decisive. For the Westinghouse company, the halt in war production had created a bleak outlook. As government contracts for transmitters, receivers, and vacuum rubes ended, the company searched for ways to use its idled production equipment, but for a time found none. When its rival GE, by forming RCA, seemed set to take a dominant role in…
Progeny
Feverish change became a fixed feature of the television scene. The tube seemed likely co retain its central role in American life, but behind the rube a complex struggle was under way, spurred by different visions of the future of television, and with implications for almost every aspect of society. The long-range outcome was a subject of ceaseless discussion and speculation–rhetorical and financial. The stakes seemed enormous, and the odds shif…
Title Pages
Elder
Early in 1964 President Johnson decided–as was later revealed in The Pentagon Papers–on a massive escalation of the Vietnam war. It would include large air attacks on North Vietnam and would begin in 1 965. An arms buildup was begun and at once contributed to business prosperity. But the war decisions remained secret until after the 1964 presidential election. Those around Johnson felt the escalation Was essential. Truman was said to have “lost” …
Forebears
Long before television, long before the broadcasting era, some of their possibilities were glimpsed. v\’hen Alexander Graham Bell began exhibiting his telephone in r 876, his demonstrations provoked diverse and extravagant visions. An artist in the New York Daily Graphic depicted what he called “Terrors of the Telephone.” He showed an orator at a microphone heard by groups of people around the world.
Prime
Throughout 1953 stations made their debuts and were joined by co axial cable and radio relay. National networks took shape. Sponsors made their moves. Schedules expanded. Important stars made the plunge. Sets sold rapidly. Euphoria ruled in executive offices. The mass acceptance that David Sarnoff had so long predicted and which had been delayed by financial debacles, wars. technical problem, spectrum disputes Was finally taking place. The stop a…
Questions for a New Millennium
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Chronology
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Plastic Years
In 1945, as peace came, it was possible to discern an explosive set of circumstances. Electronic assembly lines, freed from production of electronic war matériel, were ready to turn out picture tubes and television sets. Consumers, long confronted by wartime shortages and rationing, had accumulated savings and were ready to buy. Manufacturers of many kinds, ready to switch from armaments back to consumer goods, were eager to advertise. The situat…
Tube of Plenty
Tube of Plenty is an abridgement of Erik Barnouw's classic 3-volume History of Broadcasting in the United States. The paperback edition was first published in 1976 and a second edition in 1982. Much has happened in television in the 1980s; the decline of the three major networks, the expansion of cable and satellite television, film channels like Home Box Office, the success of ESPN (sports), and MTV (pop music), and the increased way in which th…
Torrentius and His Camera
The Hiroshima-Nagasaki footage
The Case of the A-Bomb Footage
Documentary
The Image Empire
The Image Empire
Journal Article The Image Empire: A History of Broadcasting in the United States. Volume III: from 1953. By Erik Barnouw. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. 396 pp. Table, illustrations, notes, appendixes, bibliography, and index. $9.75.) Get access Burl Noggle Burl Noggle Louisiana State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 58, Issue 1, June 1971, Pages 229…
The Golden Web
The Golden Web
Journal Article The Golden Web: A History of Broadcasting in the United States. Volume II: 1933 to 1953. By Erik Barnouw. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1968. 391 pp. Illustrations, notes, appendixes, bibliography, and index. $9.00.) Get access Burl Noggle Burl Noggle Louisiana State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 56, Issue 1, June 1969, Pages 178–179, h…
A Tower in Babel
A Tower in Babel
Journal Article A Tower in Babel: A History of Broadcasting in the United States. Volume I—to 1933. By Erik Barnouw. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. 344 pp. Illustrations, notes, appendices, bibliography, and index. $8.50.) Get access Burl Noggle Burl Noggle Louisiana State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 54, Issue 1, June 1967, Pages 186–187, https:…
Indian Film
Radio Directing
Tube of Plenty
Tube of Plenty is an abridgement of Erik Barnouw's classic 3-volume History of Broadcasting in the United States. The paperback edition was first published in 1976 and a second edition in 1982. Much has happened in television in the 1980s; the decline of the three major networks, the expansion of cable and satellite television, film channels like Home Box Office, the success of ESPN (sports), and MTV (pop music), and the increased way in which th…
Documentary
Now brought completely up to date, the new edition of this classic work on documentary films and filmmaking surveys the history of the genre from 1895 to the present day. With the myriad social upheavals over the past decade, documentaries have enjoyed an international renaissance; here Barnouw considers the medium in the light of an entirely new political and social climate. He examines as well the latest filmmaking technology, and the effects t…
A Tower in Babel
Journal Article A Tower in Babel: A History of Broadcasting in the United States. Volume I—to 1933. By Erik Barnouw. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. 344 pp. Illustrations, notes, appendices, bibliography, and index. $8.50.) Get access Burl Noggle Burl Noggle Louisiana State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 54, Issue 1, June 1967, Pages 186–187, https:…
The Image Empire
Journal Article The Image Empire: A History of Broadcasting in the United States. Volume III: from 1953. By Erik Barnouw. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. 396 pp. Table, illustrations, notes, appendixes, bibliography, and index. $9.75.) Get access Burl Noggle Burl Noggle Louisiana State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 58, Issue 1, June 1971, Pages 229…
Radio Directing
Indian Film
A Tower in Babel
A Tower in Babel
Journal Article A Tower in Babel: A History of Broadcasting in the United States. Volume I—to 1933. By Erik Barnouw. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. 344 pp. Illustrations, notes, appendices, bibliography, and index. $8.50.) Get access Burl Noggle Burl Noggle Louisiana State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 54, Issue 1, June 1967, Pages 186–187, https:…
The Golden Web
The Golden Web
Journal Article The Golden Web: A History of Broadcasting in the United States. Volume II: 1933 to 1953. By Erik Barnouw. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1968. 391 pp. Illustrations, notes, appendixes, bibliography, and index. $9.00.) Get access Burl Noggle Burl Noggle Louisiana State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 56, Issue 1, June 1969, Pages 178–179, h…
The Image Empire
The Image Empire
Journal Article The Image Empire: A History of Broadcasting in the United States. Volume III: from 1953. By Erik Barnouw. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. 396 pp. Table, illustrations, notes, appendixes, bibliography, and index. $9.75.) Get access Burl Noggle Burl Noggle Louisiana State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 58, Issue 1, June 1971, Pages 229…
Documentary
The Hiroshima-Nagasaki footage
The Case of the A-Bomb Footage
Torrentius and His Camera
Toddler
The excitement that exploded in 1920 was a nationwide eruption, but activities in Pittsburgh were especially decisive. For the Westinghouse company, the halt in war production had created a bleak outlook. As government contracts for transmitters, receivers, and vacuum rubes ended, the company searched for ways to use its idled production equipment, but for a time found none. When its rival GE, by forming RCA, seemed set to take a dominant role in…
Progeny
Feverish change became a fixed feature of the television scene. The tube seemed likely co retain its central role in American life, but behind the rube a complex struggle was under way, spurred by different visions of the future of television, and with implications for almost every aspect of society. The long-range outcome was a subject of ceaseless discussion and speculation–rhetorical and financial. The stakes seemed enormous, and the odds shif…
Title Pages
Elder
Early in 1964 President Johnson decided–as was later revealed in The Pentagon Papers–on a massive escalation of the Vietnam war. It would include large air attacks on North Vietnam and would begin in 1 965. An arms buildup was begun and at once contributed to business prosperity. But the war decisions remained secret until after the 1964 presidential election. Those around Johnson felt the escalation Was essential. Truman was said to have “lost” …
Forebears
Long before television, long before the broadcasting era, some of their possibilities were glimpsed. v\’hen Alexander Graham Bell began exhibiting his telephone in r 876, his demonstrations provoked diverse and extravagant visions. An artist in the New York Daily Graphic depicted what he called “Terrors of the Telephone.” He showed an orator at a microphone heard by groups of people around the world.
Prime
Throughout 1953 stations made their debuts and were joined by co axial cable and radio relay. National networks took shape. Sponsors made their moves. Schedules expanded. Important stars made the plunge. Sets sold rapidly. Euphoria ruled in executive offices. The mass acceptance that David Sarnoff had so long predicted and which had been delayed by financial debacles, wars. technical problem, spectrum disputes Was finally taking place. The stop a…
Questions for a New Millennium
Subject Literature Collection: Oxford Scholarship Online
Chronology
Subject Literature Collection: Oxford Scholarship Online
Plastic Years
In 1945, as peace came, it was possible to discern an explosive set of circumstances. Electronic assembly lines, freed from production of electronic war matériel, were ready to turn out picture tubes and television sets. Consumers, long confronted by wartime shortages and rationing, had accumulated savings and were ready to buy. Manufacturers of many kinds, ready to switch from armaments back to consumer goods, were eager to advertise. The situat…
Tube of Plenty
Tube of Plenty is an abridgement of Erik Barnouw's classic 3-volume History of Broadcasting in the United States. The paperback edition was first published in 1976 and a second edition in 1982. Much has happened in television in the 1980s; the decline of the three major networks, the expansion of cable and satellite television, film channels like Home Box Office, the success of ESPN (sports), and MTV (pop music), and the increased way in which th…
Documentary
Now brought completely up to date, the new edition of this classic work on documentary films and filmmaking surveys the history of the genre from 1895 to the present day. With the myriad social upheavals over the past decade, documentaries have enjoyed an international renaissance; here Barnouw considers the medium in the light of an entirely new political and social climate. He examines as well the latest filmmaking technology, and the effects t…
House with a Past
Media Marathon
Journal Article Media Marathon: A Twentieth-Century Memoir. By Erik Barnouw. (Durham: Duke University Press, 1996. x, 264 pp. $22.95, ISBN 0-8223-1728-1.) Get access Michael Curtin Michael Curtin Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 83, Issue 3, December 1996, Pages 1082–1083, https://doi.org/10.2307/2945772 Published: 01 December 1996
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