Background
Marc, David was born on April 27, 1951 in Brooklyn. Son of Benjamin Cohenand Jeanette Nissenbaum. Bachelor in English, State University of New York-Binghamton, 1972, Master of Arts inEnglish, 1976.
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From dominant performers such as Jackie Gleason and Carol Burnett to powerhouse producers such as Norman Lear and Steven Bocho, "Prime Time, Prime Movers" reviews the stories and styles of the most important architects of the airwaves. Television is the most maligned of the modern media. Critics and even reviewers casually call it the "boob tube" or "idiot box". In the hands of certain individuals, however, it can become a creative canvas, a dramatic art that opens a distinctive window on our culture. There is a growing argument - an amateur theory - that despite all commercial constraints, the television producer is capable of using TV as a medium of personal expression. Covering a broad spectrum of TV programming formats, from old-time variety shows to sit-coms, from action/adventure shows to documentaries, from gameshows to soap operas, the authors challenge the tastes and interests of television viewers - a group roughly equivalent to the American population at large.
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(The inaugural volume in The Television Series focuses on ...)
The inaugural volume in The Television Series focuses on the relationship between the rise of the multi-media environment - television and electronic media - and the decline of the humanities in academia, the changing role of print literacy, and the disintegration of historical consciousness. In analyzing the decline of the humanities on college campuses, Marc covers a wide range of issues, including political correctness, the growing tolerance of academic cheating, and institutionalized grade inflation.
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( In Demographic Vistas, David Marc shows how we can take...)
In Demographic Vistas, David Marc shows how we can take television seriously within the humanist tradition while enjoying it on its own terms. To deal with the barrage of messages from television's chaotic history, Marc adapts tools of theatrical and literary criticism to focus on key personalities and genres in ways that reward serious students and casual viewers alike. This updated edition includes a new foreword by Horace Newcomb and a new introduction by the author that discusses the ways in which the nature of television criticism has changed since the book's original publication in 1984. A new final chapter explores the paradox of the diminishing importance of over-the-air broadcasting during the period of television's greatest expansion, which has been brought about by complex technologies such as cable, videocassette recorders, and online services.
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Marc, David was born on April 27, 1951 in Brooklyn. Son of Benjamin Cohenand Jeanette Nissenbaum. Bachelor in English, State University of New York-Binghamton, 1972, Master of Arts inEnglish, 1976.
Bachelor in English, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1972. Master of Arts, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies, University Iowa, 1982.
Junior research assistant NBC-television, New York City, 1976—1977. Adjunct English faculty member Wells College, Aurora, 1980. Adjunct member writing faculty Cornell University, Ithaca, 1981.
Lecturer American civilization Brown University, Providence, 1982—1985. Assistant professor American studies Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1985—1989. Visiting professor Annenberg School Communications, University Southern California, 1988—1997.
Associate professor film and television University California, Los Angeles, since 1993.
(The inaugural volume in The Television Series focuses on ...)
(From dominant performers such as Jackie Gleason and Carol...)
( In Demographic Vistas, David Marc shows how we can take...)
Member writing faculty Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1981.