Background
McCombs, Maxwell Elbert was born on December 3, 1938 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Max Elbert and Anne Gertrude (Smith) McCombs.
(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
McCombs, Maxwell Elbert was born on December 3, 1938 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Max Elbert and Anne Gertrude (Smith) McCombs.
Bachelor, Tulane University, 1960. Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1966.
Journalist The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, 1961-1963. Lecturer, then assistant professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1965-1967. Assistant, then associate professor University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1967-1973.
John Ben Snow research professor Syracuse (New York ) University, 1973-1985. Jesse H. Jones centennial professor in communications, chairman department Journalism University Texas, since 1985. Consultant General Motors Research Laboratory, 1975-1978.
Director American Newspaper Publications Association, News Research Center, Syracuse and Washington, 1975-1984.
(Looks at the influence of television on the way Americans...)
Member Association Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (head communication theory and methodology division 1974-1975), American Association Public Opinion Research, World Association Public Opinion Research (treasurer since 1985).
Married Zoe Helen Collins, August 27, 1964. Children: Mary Elizabeth, Leslie Annual.