CBQ Review Essays Since 1998

Nearly every CBQ issue begins with a 10-15 page review of books, websites and other material concerning a specific topic. The idea is to provide a useful summary of what is available on a subject by the time of publication. On occasion, an essay will revisit and update one published earlier.

A. General Media

African Americans and the Media, 1995-97 — 29:1 (1998)
American Media Audience Research, Developing — 40:3 (2009)
First Amendment and Freedom of Expression — 33:1/2 (2002)
Focus Group Interviewing and Mass Communication, Recent Books on — 37:2 (2006)
Islam, Arabs, Middle East and Media, 1995-2002 — 34:2 (2003)
Media and Religion: A Decade of Print and Electronic Publications —31:1 (2000)
Poststructuralism and Communications Literature 1990-2001 — 33:3 (2002)
Women and the Mass Media: Reference works in the 1990s — 29:3 (1998)          
Women's Periodicals: A Review of Recent Books — 30:4 (1999)

B. Electronic Media

BBC History — 39:2 (2008)
Early Wireless/Radio Inventors, Biographies of — 37:1/4 (2006)
Educational/Public Radio, Development of — 40:4 (2009)
Educational Television Before 1970 — 41:1 (2010)
Innovating Digital Television — 41:2 (2010)
Radio Reference Books Since 1980 — 32:2 (2001), 36:3/4 (2005)
Rise of Recorded Sound — 42:3 (2011)
Television to 1960-A Guide to Current Resources, Development of — 31:4 (2000)

C. Information and Telecommunications

Computers: From Aiken to Zuse. Histories of — 33:4 (2002)
Computer Programming: From ALGOL to Windows XP, Histories of — 34:3 (2003)
Cryptography in 20th Century History — 30:3/4 (1999), 33:2 (2002), 35:1 (2004)
Cyborg Discourse: Technology’s Transformation of Communication — 38:1 (2007)
Global Histories of Telecommunication — 38:4 (2007)
Global Telecommunication Company History — 39:1 (2008
Going Mobile: Rise and Impact of the Cell Phone — 41:3/4 (2010)
Health Communication: Review of Books Since 1990 — 32:3 (2001)
Military Communication History — 34:4 (2003)
Satellite Communications History — 36:2 (2006)
Telegraph and Telegraphy History — 35:2 (2004)
Telephone, History of — 35:4 (2004) , 36:1 (2005)
United Nations Publications on Telecoms and the Internet — 34:3 (2003)
U.S. Govt Publications about Information/Communication — 34:2 (2003)
U.S. Telecommunications Policy Since the 1996 Act — 31:2 (2000)
Who's on First? Pioneering Books about Telegraph, Telephone,
       Wireless and Broadcasting — 38:2/3 (2007)
Wireless Pioneer: Biographies of and Writings by Guglielmo Marconi — 37:1 (2006)

D. Journalism and Political Communication

Crisis in Journalism — 42:1/2 (2011)
Journalism: Encyclopedias and Reference Books Since 1985 — 37:3 (2006)
News Agency History and Operations: Book and Web Resources — 34:2 (2003)
Press Reacts to 9-11 — 35:1 (2004)
Selected Journalism/Mass Communication Library Web Sites — 31:3 (2000)
Tabloid Journalism Redux: English Language Sources, 1996-98 — 30:2 (1999)
Presidents and Journalists — 40:2 (2009)
Reporting on Wars and the Military — 40:1/2 (2009)

E. Motion Pictures and Popular Culture

Ebonics and American Popular Culture: Review of Recent Literature — 32:1 (2001)
Motion Picture Reference Sources, 2000-2004 — 36:1 (2005)
Real and Imaginary Monsters, Sex, Love and Romance, and
      Some Things Out of the Ordinary: A Review of Some Recent 
      Motion Picture Reference Sources, 2000-2004 — 36:1 (2005)