| Lynn Davidman, Robert Horwitz, Sonya Michel, Mitchell Silver, and Carmen Sirianni commented on substantial portions of the manuscript in detail. Art Goldhammer in Boston and John Bowes and Pat Dinning in Seattle spent hours at various stages coaxing my intransigent software into producing final copies. Lee Biggerstaff showed unvarying good humor in the face of requests to type awkward portions of manuscript at short notice. Sarah Key provided invaluable research assistance during my stay at the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. |
| Numerous others gave me intellectual and moral support, as well as dinner when things got hecticin particular Allan Arkush, Harriet Baxter, Susan Biskeborn, Wini Breines, Mary Bruno, Anita Diamant, Stephanie Engel, Ora Gladstone, Herman Gray, Judy Howard, Cheryl Klausner, Lynne Layton, Netta Rice, Michal Safdie, George Scialabba, Ann Senechal, and Svi Shapiro. Evan Watkins suggested a change that liberated me from one of those stuck positions that are the occupational hazard of writers. My colleagues in the School of Communications at the University of Washington created time and a supportive environment in which to finish this project. Students who took my media courses at Brandeis, Clark University, Northeastern University, the Annenberg School, and the University of Washington kept me on my toes with their knowledge and enthusiasm and occasionally by dropping quietly off to sleep. Naomi Schneider, Steve Rice, and Marilyn Schwartz at the University of California Press advised and encouraged in countless ways. Richard Miller edited the manuscript with all the skill, tact, and restraint a writer could wish for in an editor. |
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