Background
Klapper, Joseph Thomas was born on January 11, 1917 in New York City. Son of Paul and Flora (Eydenberg) Klapper.
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This 302 page text is written "for anyone concerned with the impact of television, radio, comic books, and newspapers on the minds of young and old. It reveals what experts have learned about such problems as the actual effects of crime and violence in the media; how children are affected by adult programming; and the extent to which the media shape attitudes and opinions, create apathy and 'passivity'. These studies suggest that many commonly expressed fears are false. However, the media do appear to be quite powerful in creating new opinions and in reinforcing old ones. The author notes that much research is needed toward discovering media effects on particular types of persons who may be especially susceptible to some kinds of media fare and indicates that more study is necessary before the precise effects of mass communication on different types of people can be fully known. The author provides a concise statement of what we know and what we have yet to learn. He advances a series of hypotheses on media effects and evaluates them against empirical findings. He offers a long-needed handbook for the intelligent citizen as well as an unparalleled guide for researchers in the field of communications."
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Klapper, Joseph Thomas was born on January 11, 1917 in New York City. Son of Paul and Flora (Eydenberg) Klapper.
Bachelor of Science cum laude, Harvard University, 1936; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1938; Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, Columbia University, 1960.
Instructor English, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1939-1940; teaching tutor, City College of New York, 1939-1941; research assistant, then research associate, Bureau Applied Social Research, Columbia University, 1946-1949; research associate, project director, Bureau Applied Social Research, Columbia University, 1954-1958; acting assistant professor sociology, U. Washington, 1949-1950; editor, Washington State Public Opinion Laboratory project director, then chief media evaluation section, Voice of America, United States Information Agency, 1951-1954; consultant communications research, behavioral research service, General Electric, 1958-1962; director social research, Columbia Broadcasting System, New York City, 1962-1984. Visiting assistant professor sociology and anthropology Stanford University, summer 1950;consultant communications research American-Jewish Committee, also broadcasting and film commission National Council Churches of Christ, 1957-1964. Associate Columbia Seminaron Public Communication, 1952-1984, Columbia Seminar on Basic and Applied Research.
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Member President's Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, 1968-1970, Surgeon General's Science Advisory Committee, 1969-1971. Plenary speaker on mass communication World Congress World Federation Mental Health, 1973. Capt Army of the United States, 1941-1946.
Member American Sociological Association, American Association Public Opinion Research (executive council 1954-1969, counsellor-at-large 1956-1957, 69-84, secretary-treasurer 1957-1961, president 1962-1963, Exceptionally Distinguished Achievement award 1976), World Association Public Opinion Research, Radio-television Research Council.
Married Hope Lunin, July 15, 1949.