Religion, Television & the Information
Superhighway
(Conference Report)
paperback $14.95
368 pages, 8 pages of photographs
This book looks at the development of twentieth century media through the
experience of Robert Lewis Shayon who was a player in three areas: as a
writer-producer-director in early radio and television, Saturday Review
critic and commentator on television from its formative years to a global
phenomenon at the threshold of the digital revolution, and finally as a
professor at a leading graduate school of communication.
Odyssey is of interest to the general reader who wants to understand how the communication revolution facing us today is grounded in the one that occurred after the turn of the last century.
"Tonight radio came of age," Edward R. Murrow said after one of the many influential documentaries Shayon wrote, produced, or directed. It's a gem of a memoir ... eloquent, entertaining, informative, inspiring ... rich in rewards for casual readers and serious scholars alike. ... As Shayon acutely observes in his conclusion, only by comprehending the inner workings of yesterday's and today's electronic media can prospects for constructive evolution of the Internet be improved."
Al Balk S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University
"Robert Lewis Shayon, who his lived this important odyssey and now gives us a vivid account of it, is a multi-talented media maven…. This book is a splendid introduction to the broadcasting world."
Erik Barnouw, author of The History of Broadcasting in the United States
"Perhaps his most important contribution is his role as a catalyst of the media's responsibility to society.... A pioneer in the growth of radio and the development of television, as a writer, producer, director, and critic, Shayon brings us new information and insights into how radio and television have affected the public's political and social attitudes, in large part through the accounts of the programs he developed and directed and the personalities with whom he worked."
Robert Hilliard, Professor of Media Arts, Emerson College
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