Table of Contents

download	view online		TELEVISION QUARTERLY...... Volume XXXVII Number 2 - Winter 2007

			Frank Stanton: A Great American Hero By Bill Baker, WNET New York’s president who was profoundly impressed by Stanton’s ethics and values.

			eTEENs: Teens and Technology--The Perfect Storm? By Carla Seal-Wanner, an expert in instructional technology who insists that young people’s simultaneous multitasking is actually good for them.

			Plowing the Field of Dreams Part 2 By John V. Pavlik, a new-media specialist who reveals what is fueling the explosive growth of innovation and production in television’s online future.

			A Rare Breed: The New Documentary Makers Tackle Major Social Issues By Greg Vitiello, who examines the work of documentarians following in the footsteps of Edward R. Murrow and his ilk.

			Why Tom Brokaw Quit By Mort Silverstein, who interviews the former NBC Nightly News anchor as he illuminates his career and tells why he changed direction.

			She Made It: Recovering the Woman’s Voice in Radio and Television By Ron Simon, who traces women’s largely ignored contributions to the history of broadcasting.

			¿Que Pasa, USA? By Humberto Delgado and Lorna Veraldi. They demonstrate how Spanish-language television has become an established and growing part of the broadcasting industry.

			Let Me Entertain You By Kenneth Harwood, who describes how, thanks to television, household expenses for entertainment have tripled in the last century.

			“Fats” Domino Survived Hurricane Katrina By Richard G. Carter, who notes that the art of one of the earliest inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is preserved in two PBS specials.

			REVIEW AND COMMENT Christmas on Television By Diane Werts - Reviewed by Paul Noble Reality Television By Richard M. Huff - Reviewed by David Marc Only Joking: What’s So Funny About Making People Laugh? By Jimmy Carr and Lucy Greeves; and I Shouldn’t Even Be Doing This, by Bob Newhart - Reviewed by David Horowitz You’re Lucky You’re Funny By Phil Rosenthal - Reviewed by Earl Pomerantz Prime-Time Television: A Concise History By Barbara Moore, Marvin R. Bensman and Jim Van Dyke - Reviewed by Norman Felsenthal A Great Feast of Light: Growing Up Irish in the Television Age By John Doyle - Reviewed by Fritz Jacobi

			Edward R. Bradley, Jr., My Friend By Charlayne Hunter-Gault, who reveals what made CBS News’s Ed Bradley such a consummate reporter: he loved the profession and he loved life and each complemented the other.