Lexington Books
Pages: 238
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7391-2017-0 • Hardback • March 2008 • $115.00 • (£88.00)
978-0-7391-2018-7 • Paperback • March 2008 • $51.99 • (£40.00)
Nichola D. Gutgold is associate professor of communication arts and sciences at Pennsylvania State University at Lehigh Valley.
Chapter 1 Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Dedication
Chapter 3 Acknowledgements
Chapter 4 Foreword
Chapter 5 Introduction: Anchors in America
Chapter 6 1 From Persistent to Powerful: Barbara Walters
Chapter 7 2 Anchors Away: Connie Chung and Elizabeth Vargas
Chapter 8 3 Where There's a War, There's Amanpour: Christiane Amanpour
Chapter 9 4 Politically Speaking: Dana Bash, Candy Crowley, Andrea Mitchell, and Judy Woodruff
Chapter 10 5 Veteran and Varied: Diane Sawyer, Lesley Stahl, and Paula Zahn
Chapter 11 6 From Morning to Evening: Katie Couric
Chapter 12 7 Turning Up the Volume: The Future of Women in Television Broadcasting
Chapter 13 Bibliography
Chapter 14 Index
Chapter 15 About the Author
Gutgold's careful selection, comprehensive research, and thoughtful analysis of individual professional style gives Seen and Heard a broad appeal. It belongs on the shelf with the best of the broadcast history books.
— Donna Acerra, associate professor of communication, Northampton Community College
This book is written in an engaging and conversational style. It is thoroughly researched and will appeal to academic audiences, but is still quite accessible to the intelligent lay audience. . . . The book seamlessly integrates into each chapter both academic theory and 'popular' thinking regarding the world of braodcast news and the ever evolving roles of the women in that world.
— Women & Language
Finally a book has been written that gives women in television broadcasting their proper due. In a world of preference for men with 'gravitas,' this rhetorical analysis shows why there is an elite cadre of highly intelligent and tough women—from Barbara Walters to Christiane Amanpour—who can hold their own and surpass many men to gain ratings and communicate the messages audiences want to hear. Gutgold has done an excellent job taking the reader beyond biographical detail to illuminate the skill and power of women in television news.
— Elizabeth J. Natalle, associate professor of communication, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Gutgold has written a book that will be useful as both a resource in media studies courses and in the study of women's public speaking.
— Women's Studies In Communication