Technological Issues in Broadcast Education

?In this collection of essays, some of the top broadcast educators in the country offer diverse thoughts on how technology is impacting broadcast education at the beginning of the 21st century. The contributors describe how their institutions have met the challenge to keep pace with the media industry's transition from analog to digital technology and dealt with the impact of the new technologies on their respective programs....This is an authorative work and required reading for broadcast educators.?-Education Libraries "In this collection of essays, some of the top broadcast educators in the country offer diverse thoughts on how technology is impacting broadcast education at the beginning of the 21st century. The contributors describe how their institutions have met the challenge to keep pace with the media industry's transition from analog to digital technology and dealt with the impact of the new technologies on their respective programs....This is an authorative work and required reading for broadcast educators."-Education Libraries

GERARD DONNELLY is Associate Professor of Mass Communication, Northwest Missouri State University. He has been a radio station manager, broadcast administrator, and News Director in addition to his writing for scholarly journals. JOSEPH R. BLANEY is Assistant Professor of Communication at Illinois State University, Normal. Among his previous published volumes are The Clinton scandals and the Politics of Image Restoration (Praeger, 2001, with W. L. Benoit) and Campaign '96: A Functional Analysis of Acclaiming, Attacking, and Defending (Praeger, 1998, with W. L. Benit and P. M. Pier).

Introduction New Radio-Tv Technologies and "The Digital Perception" by W. A. Kelly Huff Old and New: Teaching Skills in the Digital Age: A Layperson's Guide by Matt Jenkins Using Student Fees for Equipment Maintenance and Replacement: The University of North Texas Experience by Steve Craig Teaching Electronic Media: How Much to Change? by Jerry Condra Technology and Collaboration: Interdisciplinary Programs by Jerry Donnelly Bridging Academic and Professional-Cultural Barriers in a Multimedia Reporting Class by Rick Musser and Doug Sudhoff The Changing of Teaching-Learning Relationships in the Classroom: Exploring the Transition to Teaching Digital Technologies by Joyce Chen Outcome Differences in Modular and Traditional Instruction of Broadcast Production by Joseph R. Blaney, Gerard Donnelly, and Matt Rouch Legal Issues and Digital Technology in Broadcast Education by Dom Caristi Examining Race and Gender in Student Use and Evaluation of New Technologies by Mark Braun and Rebecca Lind Analog to Digital Conversion Considerations by Bruce Mims Learning Beyond the Classroom: Student Stations, Internships, and Distance Education by Kevin C. Lee Characteristics of Broadcasting Curricula: Perspectives from Three Continents by Seok G. Kang and Jong Kang For Further Reading Index About the Editors and the Contributors