Robert Bellamy, Ph.D.

Professor, Advisor to WDSR
412.396.6443
bellamy@duq.edu

Degrees:

  • Ph.D. (granted May 1985) Communication/Broadcasting - University of Iowa
  • M.A. Communication-University of Kentucky, Lexington

Courses Taught:

  • Media and Society
  • Media and Sports
  • Media Research Methods
  • College Radio Practicum
  • Media Law and Regulation

Works:

  • Centerfield Shot: A History of Major League Baseball on Television (tentative title) (w. James R. Walker) (2006?). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press [Have received contract offer, in process of negotiating terms].
  • Hockey Night in the U.S.: Mass or Niche? (w. Kelly Schultz) (2005), in press. In David Whitson and Richard Gruneau (eds.) Artificial Ice: Hockey, Commerce, and Canadian Culture. Toronto: Garamond Press.
  • Sports Media: A Modern Institution. (2005),in progress (manuscript submitted). In Jennings Bryant and Arthur A. Raney (eds.) Handbook of Sports and Media. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Did Television Kill the Minor Leagues?: A Reassessment. (2004). (w. James R. Walker). NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture, 14:1 (32-43).
  • Nonprime-Time Network Television Programming (w. James R. Walker) (2001). In S.T. Eastman and D. A. Ferguson, Broadcast and Cable Programming, 5th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. Revisions for 6th submitted.
  • Global promotion and marketing of television (w. J.B. Chabin). (1999). In S.T. Eastman, D.A. Ferguson, & R.A. Klein, (Eds.) Promotion and marketing for broadcasting and cable(pp. 211-32). Boston: Focal. Revisions for 2"d edition in progress.
  • Baseball and television origins. (2001). NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture, 11:1-2 (36-47).
  • "Motion Picture" and "Newpaper" industry overviews. (2001, in press). In J. Schement (ED.). The encyclopedia of communication and information. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
  • Television branding as promotion (w. Paul J. Traudt). (2000). In S.T. Eastman, (Ed.) Research in media promotion (pp.127-59). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • RCDs and family viewing (w. James R. Walker). (2000). In J. Bryant & A. Bryant, (Eds.). Television and the American family, 2"d ed. (pp. 75-90). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • The evolving television sport marketplace. (1998). In L.A. Wenner, (Ed.) MediaSport: Cultural sensibilities and sport in the media age (pp. 73-87). London: Routledge.
  • Broadcasting economics. (1998). In M.A. Blanchard (Ed.) History of the mass media in the United States: An encyclopedia (pp. x. -x). New York: Garland.
  • Remote control device. (1997). In H. Newcomb (Ed.) The encyclopedia of television (pp. x-x). Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn.
  • Television and the remote control: Grazing on a vast wasteland (w.J.R. Walker). (1996). New York: Guilford.