{"title":"CBQ CLASSICSVintage Works Still Relevant Today","authors":"C. Sterling, Albert R. Abramson","doi":"10.1080/10948007.2019.1615347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10948007.2019.1615347","url":null,"abstract":"What books (if any) does a longtime reviewer and collector retain upon retirement? That quandary faced me a couple of years ago as I began to cull a large media and telecommunications collection built over 45 years of editing CBQ and its predecessors. Given that total elimination wasn’t a viable option for my peace of mind, I needed to make some difficult choices: Which books to retain? Which to go along with me to that legendary “desert island” called retirement? Every title discussed in this three-part essay series survived the cut before I donated the larger part of the library to two specialized institutional collections. So, why these particular “keepers”? Overall, these are among the best researched works that are likely to hold their substantive value over time. There’s an emphasis on technological development and its social and economic impact—and a strong American bias because that’s the milieu I know best. And some books simply were (and remain) enjoyable reads that I may return to. There are several limitations to this selection other than those primary biases. With but two partial exceptions (multivolume sets by Barnouw and Briggs described next) all were published in the half-century since Booknotes began in 1969. Only English language books are included. All are monographs—despite many good ones, no edited anthologies are included. The subject focus is admittedly fairly narrow: there are, for example, no general mass communications or journalism (a massive literature in itself), very little on programming, and no histories of computers (despite many good ones) and their ubiquitous impacts. This first portion of a review essay (that will appear here and in the next two issues) focuses on broadcasting both here and in Britain. Part 2 (next issue) will review American and international telecommunications, while Part 3 will assess some of the best relevant biographies. Finally, all of what follows is based on the opinions of but one reader...","PeriodicalId":38174,"journal":{"name":"Communication Booknotes Quarterly","volume":"50 1","pages":"72 - 80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10948007.2019.1615347","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45993693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EDITOR’S NOTE Celebrating 50 years of CBQ: History and Forward Steps","authors":"Meta G. Carstarphen","doi":"10.1080/10948007.2019.1615339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10948007.2019.1615339","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38174,"journal":{"name":"Communication Booknotes Quarterly","volume":"50 1","pages":"1 - 3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10948007.2019.1615339","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48825768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CBQ BOOKNOTESCondensed Reviews","authors":"Alan H. Goldman","doi":"10.1080/10948007.2018.1548203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10948007.2018.1548203","url":null,"abstract":"The Politics of the Superficial: Visual Rhetoric & the Protocol of Display by BrettOmmen (Tuscaloosa, AL: TheUniversity ofAlabama Press, 2016 —$44.95, hardcover, ISBN 978-0-8173-1918-2, [e-book available], 176pp., introduction, 5 chapters, conclusions and caveats, notes, bibliography, and index) examines the use of surface space for rhetorical messages. Ommen opens the book with a discussion on the multibillion dollar highway billboard sign industry that included a congressional hearing. Chapter one addresses the job of a graphic designer, including its various dynamics and cites sources such as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In chapter two, Ommen addresses the meaning and fundamentals of graphic design. Chapter three, the protocol of display, discusses content, concealment, public artifice, visual communication, and other related areas and topics of debate within the field. In chapter four, the public chamber of fear, Ommen calls graphic design “a cultural force” and uses a Nike campaign in China with NBA player LeBron James as the star as a case story to highlight several points.Chapter five addresses someof the politics in the field of graphic design and display. The text is also peppered with industry information, historical elements, and addresses numerous controversies and debates. Ommen, an independent scholar, has written several books on a variety of communication topics.","PeriodicalId":38174,"journal":{"name":"Communication Booknotes Quarterly","volume":"49 1","pages":"137 - 168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10948007.2018.1548203","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47391904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}