ALBARRAN, Alan B. 1954-

PERSONAL:

Born July 21, 1954, in Huntington, WV; son of Horatio and Jean (McAlister) Albarran; married Beverly Miller (an information analyst), May 10, 1975; children: Pamela Beth, Amanda Jean. Ethnicity: "Hispanic." Education: Marshall University, B.A., 1976, M.A., 1978; Ohio State University, Ph.D., 1990. Politics: Republican. Religion: Methodist. Hobbies and other interests: Guitar, oil painting, travel, reading.

ADDRESSES:

Office—Department of Radio, Television, and Film, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203-0589. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, instructor, 1979-87; Ohio State University, Columbus, lecturer, 1987-90; Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, associate dean, 1990-2000; University of North Texas, Denton, professor of radio, television, and film, and department chair, 2000—. Center for Global Media Studies, member of board of directors.

MEMBER:

Broadcast Education Association (member of board of directors, 1998—; president, 2003-04), Texas Association of Broadcast Educators.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Frank Stanton Award, International Radio Television Society, 1997, for work in electronic media education; Scholar Award, Southern States Communication Association, 2000.

WRITINGS:

Media Economics: Understanding Markets, Industries, and Concepts, Iowa State University Press (Ames, IA), 1996, 2nd edition, 2002.

Management of Electronic Media, Wadsworth (Belmont, CA), 1997, 2nd edition, 2002.

(Editor, with Sylvia M. Chan-Olmsted) Global Media Economics: Commercialization, Concentration, and Integration of World Media Markets, Iowa State University Press (Ames, IA), 1998.

(With David H. Goff) Understanding the Web: Social, Political, and Economic Dimensions of the Internet, Iowa State University Press (Ames, IA), 2000.

(With Gregory G. Pitts) The Radio Broadcasting Industry, Allyn & Bacon (Boston, MA), 2001.

(Editor, with Angel Arrese) Time and Media Markets, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Mahwah, NJ), 2003.

Contributor to periodicals, including Journalism Quarterly and Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. Editor, Journal of Media Economics, 1997—.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Editing Handbook of Media Management and Economics, publication by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Mahwah, NJ) expected in 2005; research on management and economics aspects of the broadcast, cable, and Internet industries.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, spring, 1997, August Gribbin, review of Media Economics: Understanding Markets, Industries, and Concepts, p. 79; summer, 1997, Kenneth Harwood, review of Media Economics, p. 440.

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, summer, 1997, Kenneth Harwood, review of Media Economics, p. 440; winter, 1998, Benjamin J. Bates, review of Global Media Economics: Commercialization, Concentration, and Integration of World Media Market, p. 845; winter, 1999, Craig Sanders, review of Global Media Economics, p. 88.

Mass Communication and Society, winter, 2001, Mead Loop, review of Understanding the Web: Social, Political, and Economic Dimensions of the Internet, p. 125.