Childhood, The Hague and New York City; Princeton, 1929; career in radio, 1930s and 40s; advertising, directing, writing for networks, government, and independent producers; establishment of Columbia University's Department of Radio and Television, 1946; editor, Center for Mass Communication, Columbia University Press, 1948; film and television productions; writing a history of film industry, India , 1963; blacklisting in the 1950s; censorship; writers unions: Authors' League, Radio Writers Guild, Authors Guild, Writers Guild of America
Educators; Authors; Radio supplies industry; Television--Production and direction; Motion pictures--Production and direction; Advertising; Internal security--United States; Barnouw, Erik, 1908-2001; Columbia University; Authors' League of America; Writers Guild of America