Talk:George Gerbner

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Needs Work[edit]

Somebody with a time to do it should work on the George Gerbner page, he passed away apparently last Saturday, December 24th, according to this LA Times obit:

George Gerbner, 86; Educator Researched the Influence of TV Viewing on Perceptions By Myrna Oliver, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-gerbner29dec29,0,1533958.story?coll=la-home-obituaries

Also online is this Philadelphia Inquirer obit which says his wife passed away on December 8th, earlier this month:

Ilona K. Gerbner, 87, theater instructor By Gayle Ronan Sims Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer Posted on Sat, Dec. 17, 2005 http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/new_jersey/13427263.htm

Mr. Gerbner's work was very insightful. It's very much worth studying by anyone concerned about violence, oppressive trends in society and media, and how disempowered groups are portrayed in the media. *** Southern Students for Choice

added a link[edit]

I added a link to George's webpage.

Somehow this page SHOULD show up when one searches "Gerbner" in the search window. But it doesn't. Alas!

The following link is broken - http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/obituaries/03gerbner.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.36.78 (talk) 02:36, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Was Benedek His Bother or Half Brother[edit]

And, more important we not all brothers, or sisters? Less important, but in the case of this article revevant. Currently Wikipedia says Gerbner and Banedek, the person who helped rescue him from Nazi Europe were half brothers. In Gerbner's obituary in NY Times it says they were brothers^[1] in Benedek's it doesn't mention Gerbner.^[2]

Annenberg Center and others say they were half brothers but... were they just copying Wikipeda? Annenberg: https://web.asc.upenn.edu/gerbner/archive.aspx?sectionID=18 LA Times and WA Post say they were brothers, just copying NY Times?

I know not a hugely pressing issue, but figure the point here is to share what we know. And yes I also know a half brother is a brother. But still, should the Wikipedia article, mention the half-ness?

References[edit]

^ "George Gerbner, 86, Researcher Who Studied Violence on TV, Is Dead". The New York Times. 3 January 2006. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ Honan, William H (14 March 1992). "Laslo Benedek, 87, Film Director Known for 'Wild One,' Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[1] "George Gerbner, 86, Researcher Who Studied Violence on TV, Is Dead". The New York Times. 3 January 2006. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[2] Honan, William H (14 March 1992). "Laslo Benedek, 87, Film Director Known for 'Wild One,' Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

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