Writing assignment #10 (Due Tuesday): Report on a book covering more than a decade in broadcasting history. (350-500 words; 4-5 secondary sources. Wikipedia and IMDB don’t count here.)

Please turn in this assignment on paper or by email: jmbaxter@jmail.umd.edu

Reading: “Big Bird Flies Right” (PBS); "Introduction," Television and the Performing Arts, by Brian G. Rose. Post comments on the reading here.

Reading: Davies, Maire Messenger and Pearson, Roberta. “Star Trek - Network to Syndication;” Erickson, Hal. “Syndication in a 150-Year Nutshell.” Post thoughts about the reading here for discussion.

Reading: Wu, Tim. Ch. 16 and 19 in The Master Switch; Campbell, W. Joseph. “Fright Beyond Measure? The Myth of The War of the Worlds.” Post thoughts about the reading here for discussion.

Reading: Wu, Tim. Ch. 10 and 13 in The Master Switch. Post thoughts about the reading for discussion.

Writing assignment #9: Find one letter to Howard K. Smith that interests you. Find out some more about the issues addressed in the letter, the actual broadcast, some kind of background. (250-350 words; 4-5 secondary sources).

Writing assignment #8: A 250-word status memo. It should give an account of your search for relevant primary records and secondary sources, the approach you are taking in your research, and the most interesting of your initial findings.