Far more than a biography or a work of film history, Camera Man is a meditation on modernity that paints a complex portrait of a one-of-a-kind artist.

Boasting a career spanning 60 years, he is famous for being among the first to introduce the concept of the Cold War, coining the term “stereotype” in the modern psychological meaning, and critiquing media and democracy in his newspaper column and several books, most notably his 1922 “Public Opinion.”

Professor of American Studies [email protected] 781-736-3032 Brown Social Science Center, 310 Departments/Programs American Studies Degrees University of Iowa, Ph.D. University of Iowa, M.A. Gonzaga University, B.A. Expertise American media and culture. Profile A cultural historian with a special interest in Hollywood cinema, Thomas Doherty is a professor of American Studies at Brandeis University. He is […]

Stuart Liebman’s research focuses on two principal areas: the intersections of the cinema with modernism in the arts, and the representation of history in films.