Background
Burns, Gary Curtis was born on June 10, 1952 in Elgin, Illinois, United States. Son of William Eugene and Beatrice Ona (Nagel) Burns.
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Making Television : Authorship and the Production Process (Hardcover)--by Robert J. Thompson 1990 Edition
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Making Television: Authorship and the Production Process (Media and Society Series)
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Part of Praeger's Media and Society Series, this contributed volume is the only collection of essays on television authorship. It includes work of some of the most prominent scholars in television studies. Rather than assigning one author to individual television texts, the contributors probe the relationship between the various authors at work within the institutional, cultural, and economic settings that characterize the television industry. This book analyzes and defines the unique methods of television authorship and suggests numerous candidates for authorial accountability allowing the medium to enter the realm of contemporary criticism. The first part of the volume provides a case study in four chapters on authorship issues surrounding Frank's Place, the short lived but compelling situation comedy. This is followed by three chapters focusing on issues of authorship in international television. The book then probes the studio's role as author, including essays on Warner Brothers, Desilu, and Screen Gems. Finally the contributors examine individual TV authors and cover such topics as point of view in music video, television production as collective action, and unconventional television.
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Gary Curtis Burns
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois, 1973; Master of Arts, Northern Illinois U., 1976; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1981.
Career
Graduate teaching assistant speech committee, Northern Illinois U., DeKalb, 1975-1976;
instructor speech, U. Missouri, St. Louis, 1976-1978;
graduate teaching assistant radio, television and film, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1978-1979;
graduate research assistant, instructor radio, television and film, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1979;
instructor speech, U. Missouri, St. Louis, 1979-1981;
assistant professor speech, U. Missouri, St. Louis, 1981-1982;
assistant professor radio, television and film, Northwestern University, 1982-1984;
assistant professor committee, U. Missouri, 1984-1988;
assistant professor committee studies, Northern Illinois U., 1988-1990;
associate professor committee, U. Missouri, 1988-1991;
associate professor committee, Northern Illinois U., since 1990;
assistant chair, Northern Illinois U., since 1996. Local faculty advising committee Museum of Broadcast Comm., Chicago, since 1992. Member North Area Cmty.
Access Board, St. Louis County, 1984-1988, vice chair, 1987-1988. Member National Academy Advisory Board, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, since 1996.
Achievements
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book
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Making Television: Authorship and the Production Process (Media and Society Series)
( Part of Praeger's Media and Society Series, this contri...)
- Making Television : Authorship and the Production Process (Hardcover)--by Robert J. Thompson 1990 Edition
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Making Television: Authorship and the Production Process (Media and Society Series)
Membership
Member NARAS, American Culture Association (governing board 1983-1986, 91-95, vice president, president-elect 1995-1997, president since 1997), Broadcast Education Association, International Association for Study of Popular Music, Society for Cinema Studies, Speech Comm. Association, University Film and Video Association, and others.
Connections
Married Deborah Sue Utz, August 11, 1973 (divorced 1981). 1 child, Rachel Michelle.
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American