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The Long Road to Decatur--Drawing from more than 25 hours of oral history interviews, Dr. Glenda Balas of the University of New Mexico has written and produced "The Long Road to Decatur: A History of Personal Influence." The video documentary chronicles the development of the classic (and controversial) book Personal Influence: The Part Played by People in the Flow of Mass Communications, first published in 1955. Jason Balas of the University of Oklahoma was videographer for the project.