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Mass Media in a Changing World

George Rodman, Brooklyn College of CUNY

ISBN: 0072957115
Copyright year: 2006

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You might say that George Rodman was genetically hard-wired for an interest in media and mass communication. His grandmother was a first cousin to, and grew up with, Cecil B. DeMille, who became one of the best-known filmmakers in Hollywood history. His grandfather was a personal lab assistant to Thomas Edison, later produced some of the first crystal radio sets for the home and was the founding president of the Radio Manufacturers Association. His father was an entrepreneur whose start-up business ventures included importing European recording equipment, printing, and manufacturing custom computers for small businesses.

Today, Rodman is professor and chair of Television and Radio at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. His PhD in communication is from the University of Southern California (1975), his MS in communication is from Illinois State University (1971), and his BA in English (1970) is from Glassboro State College (now Rowan University). He has taught the Introduction to Media course for 25 years, both at Brooklyn College (1978–present) and at the University of New Hampshire (1975–1978). He is the author, coauthor, and editor of several books, including four editions of Mass Media Issues (1981 and 1984 with SRA, 1989 and 1993 with Kendall-Hunt), nine editions of Understanding Human Communication (with Ron Adler, Oxford University Press), and four books on public speaking, including The New Public Speaker (Harcourt Brace, 1997), a book that features the role of public speaking in the media/information age. He has written for newspapers, magazines, journals, film, television, radio, and multimedia programs. He is listed in Who's Who in Entertainment and Who's Who in Education

Rodman lives in Long Island, New York, with his wife Linda and three children: Jennifer, Alexandra, and Dean. Maintaining the family interest in media careers, Jennifer has worked as a movie extra and Alexandra as an actress in television commercials.


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