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The Fifties

The mid-century saw journalist lectures, radio reporting and new journalism opportunities for students.

Highlights from the Stanford Daily Archive

1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959

Teaching

Faculty who taught in the 1950s:

  • J. Stacy Adams, 1958-1959
  • Bruce Bliven, 1957-1960
  • James Everett Brinton, 1953-1965, Advertising and Media Research; Media and Opinion Management; Legal Aspects of Journalism
  • Richard F. Carter, 1958-1965, 1985-1986, Content Analysis; Attitude Measurement
  • Roy Earnest Carter Jr, 1953-1954, Editorial Techniques
  • Henry Lloyd Churchill, 1950-1959, Procedures in Advertising; Forms of Journalistic Writing; Business Management
  • Frank R. Clarvoe, 1939-1952
  • Robert Charles Connell, 1950-1952
  • Wayne Allen Danielson, 1956-1957
  • Paul John Deutschmann, 1954-1955, 1959-1960, Reporting of Public Affairs; Media of Mass Communication; Theory of Communication
  • Alex Edelstein, 1959-1960, History of Anglo-American Journalism; International Communication
  • Ralph N. Haber, 1958-1959
  • Raymond D. Lawrence, 1936-1937, 1938-1941, 1946-1951, Seminar: Society and mass communication; Techniques in Propaganda; Investigative Methods in Journalism
  • Clarence R. Lindner, 1939-1952
  • Norman McKown, 1958-1959
  • Thomas Minton Newell, 1941-1943, 1945-1948, 1949-1953, Mechanics of Publishing; Editorial Techniques; Seminar: Experimental Editorial Techniques
  • Robert M. Pockrass, 1955-1956, Editorial Techniques; Reporting of Public Affairs
  • Merrill Ernest Samuelson, 1959-1963, Editorial Techniques; Mechanics of Publishing; Introduction to Media Research
  • Wilbur Schramm, 1955-1959, 1960-1969, 1970-1988, Communication and Persuasion; Theory of Communication; International Communication
  • Paul Clifford Smith, 1939-1952
  • Clifford Francis Weigle, 1934-1949, 1950-1970, 1971-1981, News Writing; Practical Editing; Feature Article

Course offerings in the 1950s:

1950 - Stanford Bulletin 1951 - Stanford Bulletin 1952 - Stanford Bulletin 1953 - Stanford Bulletin 1954 - Stanford Bulletin
1955 - Stanford Bulletin 1956 - Stanford Bulletin 1957 - Stanford Bulletin 1958 - Stanford Bulletin 1959 - Stanford Bulletin

Research

Books by faculty in the 1950s:

PhD Research:

 

Class Year PhD Graduate Dissertation Topic
1956 John Paul Deutschmann The relationship between interest and perception of headline-type stimuli
1957 Wayne A. Danielson Effects of word frequency, word length, and grammatical probability on perception and immediate recall of words
1957 Kay Herbert Design and attempted validation of a disguised, multiple-choice “pessimism” scale
1957 Reuben Mehling Attitude changing effect of verbal and non-verbal elements in selected news and photo combinations
1959 Jack Lyle Communication, political organization, productivity, and morale in small task-groups