Background
Roberts, Donald Frank was born on March 30, 1939 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Donald Frank Senior, and Ruth Amalia (Geiger) Roberts.
(Looks at the influence of television on the way Americans...)
Looks at the influence of television on the way Americans live. What does television impose on the public's consciousness? Who watches television and when? What has television done to the leisure environment and other media? What are the social effects of television?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0231044216/?tag=2022091-20
Roberts, Donald Frank was born on March 30, 1939 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Donald Frank Senior, and Ruth Amalia (Geiger) Roberts.
Roberts studied at Columbia University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in 1961, at the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned an Master of Arts He received his Doctor of Philosophy from Stanford in 1968 and joined the Stanford faculty at that time.
Instructor, department English, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1963-1964;
assistant director educational service bureau, The Wall Street Journal, Princeton, New Jersey, 1964-1965;
assistant professor, research associate department Comm., Institute Comm. Research, Stanford (California) U., 1970-1976;
associate professor, Stanford (California) U., 1976-1984;
professor Comm., Stanford (California) U., since 1984;
director Institute Comm. Research, Stanford (California) U., 1985-1990;
department chairman Comm., Stanford (California) U., 1990-1996;
Thomas More Storke Professor, Stanford (California) U., since 1991.
Consultant National Institute of Mental Health, 1970-1971, Rand Corporation, 1972-1974, Station KQED-television, 1975-1977, Far West Laboratory Ednl. Research and Development, 1978-1979, Federal Trade Commission, 1978-1980, WestinghouseBroadcasting, 1983-1986, Society Nutrition Education, 1984-1986, The Disney Channel, 1986-1987, World Health Organization, 1988-1989, Socially Responsible Investment International, 1988-1989, Carnegie Council Adolescence, 1989-1990, NBC, 1992, Center Disease Control, 1992, Children Now, since 1992, Software Publications Association, 1994, Nickelodeon, 1994, JP Kids, since 1995, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation, since 1996, Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Entertainment, 1997, EHQ, since 1997. Board advisors Media Scope, 1992-1994.
Board directors Recreational Software Advisory Council, since 1994. Proposal reviewer National Institute of Mental Health, National Science Foundation, United States Agency International Development, Canada Council, John and Mary R. Markle Foundation, W.T. Grant Foundation. Speaker numerous seminars, conferences, symposia.
(Looks at the influence of television on the way Americans...)
Member APA, International Comm. Association, Association Education in Journalism and Mass Comm., Society Research Child Development, Society Personality and Society Psychology.
Married Karlene Hahn, 1963 (divorced 1981): 1 child, Donald Brett. Married Wendy G. Roberts, August 26, 1983. Stepchildren: Richard L., David L., Katherine M.