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COMMUNICATIONS ARTS BOOKS

Hastings House has long been renowned for its specialized books on the communications arts. For full information about any selection, just click on its title below.

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Editorial and Persuasive Writing, Revised Edition. Henry W. Stonecipher; 0-8038-9317-5; $24.00; tp

Mass Media and the Supreme Court. Kenneth S. Devol; 0-8038-9305-1; $30.00; tp

Graphic Designer's Production Handbook. Norman Sanders; 0-8038-5896-5; $12.95; tp

Media Elite, The. S. Robert Lichter, Stanley Rothman & Linda S. Lichter; 0-8038-9350-7; $12.95; tp

Music in the Air. Philip K. Eberly; 0-8038-4743-2; $23.00; tp

Role of Script Supervision in Film and Television, The. Shirley Ulmer and C.R. Sevilla; 0-8038-6366-7; $22.00; tp

Script Models — A Handbook for the Media Writer. Robert Lee and Robert Misiorowski; 0-8038-6754-9; $10.00; tp

TV Director/Interpreter, The. Colby Lewis & Tom Greer; 0-8038-9318-3; $24.00; tp

THE TV DIRECTOR / INTERPRETER

THE TV DIRECTOR / INTERPRETER

Revised Edition

By Colby Lewis & Tom Greer

A standard work in the field of television directing for more than twenty years. This book will help television professionals and students to translate the meaning of their programs through the media of cameras and microphones. The director's job is to convey the meaning of the action that passes before his cameras, according to the authors, so that on reaching the viewer, it is evident (clear to the vision and understanding), engrossing (fully occupying the mind and attention) and effective (producing the intended result). Principles for achieving these "three E's" are exemplified by actual situations, presented throughout this clearly-written manual. This new edition brings the technical information up-to-date and includes step-by-step diagrammatic illustrations that clarify the text. Thousands of students and professionals have been educated and inspired by this simple yet comprehensive guide to the art of television directing.

Hastings House

ISBN: 0-8038-9318-3

Trade paperback, $24.00

The Media Elite

THE MEDIA ELITE

America's New Powerbrokers

S. Robert Lichter, Stanley Rothman, and Linda S. Lichter

A Smith College political science professor and two research associates from Columbia's Research Insitute on International Change interviewed 240 journalists and gave them the Thematic Apperception Test. As one might expect, the TAT finds these journalists from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, among others to be urban, nonreligious, and liberal. They, not surprisingly, "subconsciously structure social reality" and search for and find "abuses of power."

Hastings House

ISBN: 0-8038-9350-7

Trade paperback, $12.95

SCRIPT MODELS

SCRIPT MODELS

A Handbook for the Media Writer

This valuable "stylebook" is designed to provide a resource for writers commencing work in radio, television, and film. Technical terms are defined and every step of the mechanics of scripting is clarified in a logical and concise manner. The numerous script examples included illustrate most of the situations the media writer is apt to encounter and will help him to make the script a highly effective communication tool.

Robert Lee and Robert Misiorowski

Hastings House

ISBN: 0-8038-6754-9

Trade paperback, $10.00

Music in the Air

MUSIC IN THE AIR

America's Changing Tastes in Popular Music, 1920 - 1980

Philip K. Eberly

Diversity has been the distinguishing attribute of that branch of entertainment we call popular music. Technology and media have helped keep the pop music fires burning. Edison's phonograph and Emile Berliner's flat disc recording inventions, and the introduction of the home radio receiver transfigured American popular music.

Here in 21 chapters that range from the makeshift early broadcasts to speculation about Formats for the Future, is a well-documented "history" of radio's contribution to our popular music.

Hastings House

ISBN: 0-8038-4743-2

Trade paperback, $23.00

Editorial & Persuasive Writing

EDITORIAL AND PERSUASIVE WRITING

Opinion Functions of the News Media

Second Edition

Harry W. Stonecipher

The growing complexity of news today makes its interpretations of the issues of increasing importance to readers and viewers.

This distinguished book discusses and illustrates every aspect of print and electronic editorial writing. It is both a practical instruction book, dealing with the various opinion functions of the news media, as well as a theoretical and analytical examination of the role of the news media as persuaders.

Hastings House

ISBN: 0-8038-9317-5

$24.00, trade paperback

Mass Media & The Supreme Court

MASS MEDIA AND THE SUPREME COURT

The Legacy of the Warren Years

4th Edition

Dr. Kenneth S. Devol

A newly aroused interest in the Supreme Court emerged buring the 1960s — and continued into the early 1970s — largely because of the Justices' willingness to speak out on a series of First Amendment questions. With the democratic concept of a majority rule as a foundation, the Warren Court turned its attention to the protection of minority rights, and included among these was freedom of expression — freedom to profess unorthodox and unpopular views.

The Warren Court undertook questions of obscenity, motion pictire censorship, libel, right of privacy and trial by television — questions largely ignored prior to the 16 years of the Warren era. This new legal activism increases the importance of the Court to those interested in the mass media, political science, sociology and other disciplines devoted to the changing patterns of our social fabric.

Hastings House

ISBN: 0-8038-9305-1

Paperback, $30.00

Graphic Designer's Production Handbook

GRAPHIC DESIGNER'S PRODUCTION HANDBOOK

Norman Sanders

Illustrated by William Bevington

A graphic designer's "comp" — the comprehensive layout of his presentation — is often a thing of great beauty. Carefully hand-crafted, it is immune to the vagaries of typesetting, printing and binding machinery. It is precise, impeccable and elegant. If ever a designer prayed that the printed replica of his or her work might approach the perfection of the comp, this book will answer that prayer.

There are one hundred mini subjects covered in this manual. With each, a suggested procedure is presented and technical reason for that suggestion is explained from the perspective of the printer. You will learn to use the language the printer understands.

Hastings House

ISBN: 0-8038-5896-5

$12.95, trade paperback

The Role of Script Supervision in Film and Television

THE ROLE OF SCRIPT SUPERVISION IN FILM AND TELEVISION

Shirley Ulmer and C.R. Sevilla

This is a profusely illustrated, clearly written, comprehensive manual that ogffers the basic tools and concepts necessary to perform the job of script supervision, including chapters on the Theory of Continuity, The Shoot, Scripting Videotape, and more.

Hastings House

ISBN: 0-8038-6366-7

$22.00, tp