Several SOC faculty members have published books recently, following SOC’s tradition of highly acclaimed academic and personal works.
Rodger Streitmatter
Streitmatter is also the author of:
Sex Sells!: The Media’s Journey from Repression to Obsession (HarperCollins, 2004), Streitmatter's sixth book, looks at the portrayal of sex in pop culture.
Voices of Revolution: The Dissident Press in America (Columbia University Press, 2001).
Empty Without You: The Intimate Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok (Free Press/Simon & Schuster, 1998; paperback: DaCapo Press/Perseus, 2000).
Mightier Than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped America History (Westview Press/ Harper Collins, 1997).
Raising Her Voice: African-American Women Journalists Who Have Changed History (University Press of Kentucky, 1994).
Unspeakable: The Rise of the Gay and Lesbian Press in American (Faber & Faber 1994).
John Watson
Journalism Ethics by Court Decree: The Supreme Court on the Proper Practice of Journalism (LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2008) is the latest book by SOC professor John Watson. The book is covers historic Supreme Court decisions relating to the First Amendment and conflicts between law and journalism ethics. Read more
Nick Clooney
The Movies That Changed Us: Reflections on the Screen (Atria, 2003) is Nick Clooney’s analysis of 20 films that impacted society and the basis of a course he will teach in Spring 2009. Clooney is also the author of Cincinnati: Majestic Vision (2001) and Nick: Collected Columns of Nick Clooney.
Patricia Aufderheide
Professor Patricia Aufderheide's book Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2007) covers genres and styles of documentaries and issues such as ethics and objectivity. She cites examples from both classics and modern documentary films. Her past books include Communications Policy and the Public Interest: The Telecommunications Act of 1996 and The Daily Planet: A Critic on the Capitalist Culture Beat.
Kathryn Montgomery
In Montgomery's latest book, Generation Digital: Politics, Commerce, and Childhood in the Age of the Internet (The MIT Press, 2007), she examines the impact of the new media landscape on children's social and political development and the policy battles that have been waged by parents, politicians and advocacy groups on their behalf. Click here to read sample chapters from Generation Digital
Montgomery is also author of Target: Prime Time - Advocacy Groups and the Struggle Over Entertainment Television (Oxford University Press, 1989) and currently directs the Project on Youth, Media, and Democracy through AU's Center for Social Media.
W. Joseph Campbell
The Year That Defined American Journalism: 1897 and the Clash of Paradigms (Routledge, 2006) is the story of American journalism in 1897, a year when journalists were wrestling with the character and future of their profession. The Year That Defined American Journalism was a finalist for the 2007 Tankard Book Award, given by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Campbell is also the author of:
The Spanish-American War: American Wars and the Media in Primary Documents (Greenwood, 2005).
Yellow Journalism: Puncturing the Myths, Defining the Legacies (Praeger, 2001).
The Emergent Independent Press in Benin and Côte d'Ivoire: From Voice of State to Advocate of Democracy (Praeger, 1998).
Richard Stack
Dead Wrong: Violence, Vengeance and the Victims of Capital Punishment (Praeger, 2006) reveals the human side of the death penalty and comes face-to-face with current issues involving capital punishment.
Stack, a lawyer, is also author of Courts, Counselors and Correspondents: a Media Relations Analysis of the Legal System (Fred Rothman & Co.,1998) and co-editor of Litigation Public Relations: Courting Public Opinion.
Lenny Steinhorn
In The Greater Generation: In Defense of the Baby Boomer Legacy (St. Martins Press, 2006) Steinhorn defends baby boomers against critics' claims that they are self-centered, elitist and self-indulgent, arguing instead that the generation has improved forever American culture.
Steinhorn is also the author of Double Exposure II: Integration, Education and Race in America (Sharpe, 2000) and co-authored By the Color of Our Skin: The Illusion of Integration and The Reality of Race (1999).
Jerry Hendrix and Darrell Hayes
AU Professor Emeritus Jerry Hendrix and Assistant Professor Darrell Hayes teamed up to revise a classic source for case study courses with almost all new material, primarily from the Public Relations Society of America's award-winning cases. Using the ROPE process model (research, objectives, programming, and evaluation) developed by Hendrix, the authors keep students focused on the strategic elements of exemplary communications campaigns.
Rick Rockwell
Rockwell’s Media Power in Central America (University of Illinois Press, 2003) won a "Choice" award for 2003 from the American Library Association, which listed it as one of the best academic books of the year.
Rockwell also contributed to Latin Politics, Global Media (University of Texas Press 2002), Global Journalism: Topical Issues and Media Systems (Longman Press 2003) and The Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications (Academic Press 2003).
Charles Lewis
Charles Lewis co-authored the New York Times best seller “The Buying of the President 2004” (HarperCollins, 2004), an investigative analysis of campaign contributions and how they affect candidates. The book, researched by many SOC journalism students, was written with The Center for Public Integrity, a non-profit, non-partisan investigative reporting organization that Lewis founded.
Lewis also contributed to“The Corruption Notebooks” (Public Integrity Books, 2004), a compilation of essays by journalists about corruption in their home countries.
He has also co-authored:
“The Cheating of America” (William Morrow, 2001).
“The Buying of the President 2000” (Harper Perennial, 2000).
“The Buying of Congress” (Avon, 1998).
“The Buying of the President 1996” (Avon, 1996).
