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Association of America's Public Television Stations: Non-profit organisation established in 1980 to support the growth and development of a strong and financially sound non-commercial television service for the American public.
Author: Association of America's Public Television Stations
Subjects: media studies, television, united states news
DeweyClass: 384.55
Resource type: institution
British TV Comedy Resources: Provides an alphabetical index of programmes with a summary of each production, details of writers and performers, and a listing of each episode with information about titles and transmission dates.
Author: Hill, Philip
Subjects: media studies, television
DeweyClass: 384.55
Resource type: articles, bookshop, index
British Universities Film and Video Council Television and Radio Index: Database of television programmes broadcast on the UK's 5 terrestrial channels. Covers screenings since 1st July 1995, focusing on documentaries, news and currrent affairs, music, and drama.
Author: British Universities Film and Video Council
Subjects: media studies, television
DeweyClass: 384.55
Resource type: opac
Center for History and New Media: Provides essays on new media and history, a hyptertext guide to history resources on the Web, reviews of relevant CD-ROM's and software, access to teaching projects, and a listing of related university departments.
Author: George Mason University and City College of New York
Subjects: history education, media studies
DeweyClass: 973
Resource type: documents
CTHEORY: Journal of Theory, Technology and Culture: Articles, interviews, and key book reviews in contemporary discourse are published weekly as well as theorisations of major 'event-scenes' in the mediascape.
Author: Concordia University, Montreal
Subjects: book reviews, cultural studies, media studies
DeweyClass: 306
Resource type: journal
EAA - Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920: Images pertaining to the history of US advertising, arranged into categories including J Walter Thompson Company 'House Ads', Ellis Collection of Kodakiana, Scrapbooks, and Tobacco Advertising. Each category is fully browsable and searchable via an interface which highlights different types of illustrations and special features.
Author: Duke University
Subjects: advertising, media studies, united states culture
DeweyClass: 659
Resource type: image collection
Federal Communications Law Journal: Discusses a wide range of US and international communications and information issues, including telecommunications, the First Amendment, broadcasting, telephony, computers, intellectual property, communications and information policy making, and related fields.
Author: Indiana University School of Law and the Federal Communications Bar Association
Subjects: media studies, telecommunications, united states law
DeweyClass: 340
Resource type: journal
Guide to Writing Successful Press Releases: Focusing on the promotion of Web pages, this resource provides guidance on how to create effective press releases. Explains how to structure a media release and what to include in the headline, the opening and closing paragraphs, and the main body, with illustrative examples.
Author: Hansen, Randall S.
Subjects: media studies, writing skills
DeweyClass: 808.02
Resource type: guide
HELIX: Higher Education Library Image eXchange: A collection of over 52,000 images which are free for educational use by the UK higher education community. The collection comprises images of textiles, paintings, ceramics, metalwork, Chinese and Japanese art, Indian art, furniture, glass, photography, sculpture, costume, theatre and manuscripts, Picture Post magazine images (covering social history in Britain from 1938 to 1957), six areas of British history (the Irish troubles, history of sport, women's history, development of the mass media, UK politicians and Labour history), with editorial input from academics, journalists and archivists, and images from the James Valentine collection (a postcard archive of photography over the past 100 years), plus items from the George Cowie and Robert Adam photographic collections.
Author: eLib
Subjects: british history from 1800, computer graphics, ethnic art, media studies, northern ireland, photographs, political history, pottery, sculpture, textiles
DeweyClass: 080
Resource type: image collection
Intute: arts and humanities: A catalogue of Internet resources on arts and humanities, each evaluated and categorised by subject specialists based at UK universities.
Author: Intute
Subjects: architecture links, archives, communication studies, cultural studies, history links, humanities links, language learning, library and information science links, linguistics, media studies, museum links
DeweyClass: 001
Resource type: index
Media Librarians in the UK: Links of interest to UK media librarians, including books, libraries, maps, mailing lists and online databases.
Author: Association of UK Media Librarians
Subjects: media studies, subject librarianship
DeweyClass: 070.4
Resource type: index
Medicine and Madison Avenue: Searchable collection of modern advertisements used in the promotion of medical products. The resource's browse facility highlights key categories covering household products, over the counter drugs, personal and oral hygiene, vitamins and tonics, food, nutrition and diet aids, institutional and pharmaceutical, and cigarette ads. In addition, a timeline from the 1840s onwards shows significant medical and advertising events.
Author: Duke University
Subjects: advertising, media studies, medical links
DeweyClass: 659
Resource type: directory, image collection
MIT Media Laboratory Research: Information about research projects at the Laboratory, including broad themes such as Digital Life, News in the Future, and Things that Think.
Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Laboratory
Subjects: artificial intelligence, media studies, robotics
DeweyClass: 006.3
Resource type: documents
Noam Chomsky Archive: Resource compiling articles, documents, interviews and book excerpts by the renowned US political dissident Noam Chomsky. As professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chomsky has authored over 30 political books dissecting such issues as U.S. interventionism in the developing world, the political economy of human rights and the propaganda role of corporate media. Whilst containing over 750 articles by Chomsky, the fully searchable archive offers the audio to several important lectures and speeches, as well as access to a discussion forum in which US political dissidents such as Chomsky, Howard Zinn and Barbara Ehrenreich regularly engage.
Author: Z Magazine
Subjects: international law, international relations, media studies, political science, united states government, united states politics
DeweyClass: 172
Resource type: articles, documents, index, sounds
Post Soviet Media Law and Policy Newsletter: A monthly newsletter following media law and policy developments in the former Soviet Union, East and Central Europe. Issues archived from June 1994.
Author: Benjamin N.Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, New York and Center for Media Law & Policy Studies, Moscow
Subjects: european law, media studies, russia
DeweyClass: 343.099
Resource type: magazine
Survey of User Information Needs and Search Methods Results: This 1996 report lays out the findings of a Survey of Information Needs and Search Methods used by people involved in teaching, learning and research, in the broad areas of art, design, architecture and media.
Author: Ferry, Alison
Subjects: architecture education, art education, design education, design research, media studies
DeweyClass: 025.5
Resource type: article
Theory, Gender and Identity: Materials about the mass media and its relationship to people's identities, lives, gender and behaviour. Includes sections on role models, queer theory, Michel Foucault and Judith Butler.
Author: Gauntlett, David
Subjects: gender studies, media studies
DeweyClass: 302.23
Resource type: documents
Transparency: Collection of essays which critically discuss representations of popular culture and social theory in the media. Analyses the accuracy of situation comedies as an expression of reality, and the success of post-apocalyptic and science fiction, which seek to transcend reality to explore future worlds. Ideologies of simulation, post-modern societies, and the propagandist potential of news coverage are also covered.
Author: Sanes, Ken
Subjects: cultural studies, media studies, science fiction
DeweyClass: 306
Resource type: essay collection
Utne Lens: Online magazine covering culture, society, spirit, body, and media, facilitating thought and discussion about new ideas.
Author: Lens Publishing Co
Subjects: cultural studies, media studies
DeweyClass: 306
Resource type: magazine
ZNet - A community of people committed to social change: Extensive resource offering news, articles, documents, speeches, commentaries, audio and video clips and interviews pertaining to radical politics and the activities of international political acitivists. Delivers leftist interpretations by prominent academics and activists on such issues as 9/11, feminism, war, biotechnology, animal rights, international law, race and immigration, and cultural imperialism. Though fully searchable, ZNet is divided into numerous subject categories to facilitate browsing and also provides access to an online version of the ZNet affiliated publication, ZMagazine. ZNet is available in English, Norwegian, Bulgarian, Swedish, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Turkish/Kurdish, Japanese and Czech/Slovak.
Author: ZNet
Subjects: human rights, international law, media studies, political science, warfare, women's rights
DeweyClass: 303
Resource type: articles, documents, index