Donald N. Wood

Donald N. Wood in 2005

Donald N. Wood (born September 20, 1934) is an American environmentalist, educator, critical thinker, media theorist, and writer best known for his works in media production, communication, and postmodernism.

A graduate of Earlham College (Richmond, Indiana) with a B.A. in Speech and Music, he went on to the University of Michigan, earning both a M.A. and Ph.D. (emphasizing Radio-TV). He spent about nine years in various production and administrative positions in Educational Broadcasting, and thirty-one years in college education—culminating with 28 years as Professor of Media Studies at California State University, Northridge.

He is now retired and living in the woods of North Carolina, where he teaches courses at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Duke University, continues to write, muses about the decline of democracy and society, and travels with his wife, Marie V. Wood.

Selected Books

• Educational Telecommunications, Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1977. ISBN 978-0-534-00494-1
• Television Production: Disciplines and Techniques (co-authored with Thomas Burrows, et al.), WCB/McGraw-Hill, 1978. Eighth edition, 2001. ISBN 978-0-697-04349-8
• Mass Media and the Individual, West Publishing Co., 1983. ISBN 978-0-314-69687-8
• Designing the Effective Message: Critical Thinking and Communication, Kendall/Hunt, 1996. ISBN 978-0-8403-5517-1
• Post-Intellectualism and the Decline of Democracy: The Failure of Reason and Responsibility in the Twentieth Century, Greenwood Publishing Group/Praeger, 1996. ISBN 978-0-275-95421-5
• The Unraveling of the West: The Rise of Postmodernism and the Decline of Democracy, Greenwood Publishing Group/Praeger, 2003. ISBN 978-0-275-98104-4

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