| 词条 | John M. Culkin |
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John M. Culkin, Jr. (June 21, 1928 – July 23, 1993)[1] was an American academic and former priest who was a leading media scholar and critic, educator, writer and consultant. Early life and educationHe was born in 1928[2] to an Irish-Catholic family from Brooklyn. He and his brother Gerald attended Xavier High School, an elite Jesuit College Preparatory High School, in Manhattan, where he was on the basketball team. He graduated from there in 1950 and then entered the Society of Jesus. He attended Bellarmine College, was ordained at Fordham University, and received a doctorate in education from Harvard University.[2] CareerAt the seminary, he first became interested in media studies. Later, at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, his dissertation was a curriculum to study film. There, he also met Marshall McLuhan; they became lifelong colleagues because of their mutual interest in mass media and its effect on society. McLuhan appointed Culkin to a position at the University of Toronto. In 1964, Culkin came to Fordham University, convinced them to hire McLuhan for a year, and earned a reputation as an intellectual for his interest in media studies.[3] In 1969, Culkin left the Jesuit priesthood and formed the Center for Understanding Media, named after a McLuhan book. He started a master’s program through the center to study media, which was initially at Antioch College and subsequently moved to the New School for Social Research, where he remained until 1978. There, his Center for Understanding Media administered the film portion of the Artists in Schools program of the National Endowment for the Arts and created a forum for filmmakers in the education field to preview important films, the Metropolitan Area Film Instructors Association.[2] Culkin advocated media studies in public school systems. He observed that children watch television thousands for more hours than they study.[4] Culkin knew that films, radio, and TV profoundly affect young people. He believed that even young children should be taught to analyze mass media, new means of communication should enhance education, and programming quality should be improved and focused on childhood development. He came to believe that children should examine the arts as experience, to develop their own positive value system.[5] Culkin advised the creators of Sesame Street. In 1964, he helped organize parochial school instruction in TV. In 1970, he proposed a special cable TV channel for children.[6] After 1973, he promoted Unifon, a 40-character phonemic English alphabet, to combat illiteracy. On October 7, 1974, he testified before the House Select Subcommittee on Education, which later decided to create the American Film Institute as an independent agency.[7] Culkin formed Hearth Communications, a private consulting firm, with business partner Frank Maguire.[8] Their consulting client list soon became the important international corporations and organizations. Indicative of his varied interests and expertise, Culkin published many articles and wrote several books. He analyzed how a story might be told in print, film, and television, in a book called "Trilogy." Other topics for his articles included theology, the Chicago Cubs, Trachtenberg system of math, the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard, and how to make the calendar more accurate.[9] The Media Ecology Association annual awards includes The John Culkin Award for Outstanding Praxis in the Field of Media Ecology.[10][11] Selected works
QuotesCulkin summarized the driving force behind his life work in a 1981 interview with Maria P. Robbins, then a Contributing Editor for Television and Children Journal.
References1. ^"United States Social Security Death Index," [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKRP-SZH John M Culkin Jr, Jul 1993] {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Culkin, John M.}}2. ^1 {{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/25/obituaries/dr-john-m-culkin-65-scholar-studied-media-s-effect-on-society.html?scp=1&sq=john%20m.%20culkin&st=cse | title=Dr. John M. Culkin, 65; Scholar Studied Media's Effect on Society | author=Lambert, Bruce | work=The New York Times| date=1993-07-25 |accessdate=2009-03-25}} 3. ^John M. Culkin, obituary in Variety Magazine, July 28, 1993 4. ^Why Study the Media? {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070910210516/http://medialit.org/reading_room/article430.html |date=2007-09-10 }} Culkin, John M., SJ Introduction to his doctoral dissertation, "Film Study in the High School: An Analysis and Rationale," Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1964 5. ^1 John Culkin, SJ: The Man Who Invented Media Literacy {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070914044656/http://medialit.org/reading_room/article408.html |date=2007-09-14 }}. Kate Moody, Center for Media Literacy. 6. ^[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/learningresources/fic_intro.html PBS Guide Introduction to Film in the Classroom: "Why Study Film in the Classroom?] 7. ^ED103934 - To Create the American Film Institute 8. ^Speaker biography for Maguire {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814012047/http://www.goodmanspeakersbureau.com/biographies/maguire_frank.htm |date=2007-08-14 }}. 9. ^40 characters, 40 sounds. Culkin, John M., The New York Times, July 20, 1977 10. ^Media Ecology Association awards 11. ^In the Footsteps of Ted Carpenter. Blog post by Lance Strate, April 11, 2007 12. ^“In Conversation with John Culkin,” Maria P. Robbins, Television and Children Journal, Summer, 1981. 11 : American media critics|American media scholars|Fordham University faculty|Former Jesuits|Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni|People from Brooklyn|1928 births|1993 deaths|Xavier High School (New York City) alumni|20th-century American non-fiction writers|Journalists from New York City |
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