Interview with Lydia Messmer: oral history.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Gerbner, George, 1919-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Pennsylvania. Annenberg School for Communications--Administrators.

University of Pennsylvania.

Communication--Study and teaching--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Communication.

Communication--International cooperation.

Communication--Research--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

World War, 1939-1945--Secret service.

World War, 1939-1945.

University of Pennsylvania--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

3 videotapes (2 U-matic tapes and 1 VHS): accompanying material in the manuscript section of the collection.

Contained In:

University of Pennsylvania. School of Arts and Sciences. Computing Facilities and Services. Multimedia and Educational Technology Services. Records, 1969-1991

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania, c[1987].

Biography/History:

George Gerbner was born in Hungary in 1919. He immigrated to the United States during World War II and earned a bachelor degree in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley. He became a U.S. citizen in 1943 and was recruited into the Office of Strategic Services. He was sent to Slovenia in Eastern Europe and worked with the local guerrillas until the end of the war. He earned a master degree in communications in the post-war years and joined the faculty of the Institute of Communication Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana. In 1964, he was appointed dean of the Annenberg School of Communications of the University of Pennsylvania and held that position until 1989.

Summary:

The interviewee reviewed a wide range of issues he had experienced as dean of the Annenberg School for Communications of the University of Pennsylvania. The questions under discussion included curriculum, development campaign, establishment of a center, conditions of the school when it was first established, methods for the training of students of communications, global research programs, and comparison with communication training in other countries. He also recalled his study program in California and the early years of his teaching career.

Notes:

Produced by the Multimedia Educational Technology Services, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1346384133