Media Studies

Use this guide to find resources on media effects, media ecology, media literacy, and children and the media.  It covers a range of disciplines, but especially: communications, education, psychology, and sociology.  The guide is not comprehensive but offers places to start.

Search Several Databases Simultaneously for Scholarly Articles

• A Dictionary of Media and Communication
  By Daniel Chandler and Rod Munday, Oxford University Press, 2011. From the publisher, "The Dictionary of Media and Communication is an authoritative and wide-ranging A-Z providing over 2,200 entries on terms used in media and communication." ONLINE
• Encyclopedia of communication theory
  REF P87.5 .E496 2009
  SAGE, 2009.
• Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications
  Scholarly overview of international media topics. Covers all media types (advertising, books, Internet, etc.) & media outlets (radio, television, etc.). Provides history, theory, and topical issues such as ethics, reporting of disasters, and copyright. ONLINE
• The handbook of media and communication research: qualitative and quantitative methodologies
  London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.  ONLINE
• Media effects : advances in theory and research
  New York : Routledge/Taylor and Francis, 2008. e-Book (single user only). ONLINE
• SAGE Handbook of Media Studies
  REF P90 .S18 2004
  Covers articles on theory and evidence in the field of media studies. Pt I. Prolegomena; Pt. II. Audiences, Users, and Effects; Pt. III. Economy and Power; Pt. IV. Specific Areas of Media Research

Background:

• Children, adolescents, and the media
  HQ784.M3 S78 2009
  Strasburger, Wilson & Jordan. Los Angeles : Sage , c2009. 2nd ed.
• Children, adolescents, and media violence : a critical look at the research
  HQ784.M3 K5677 2012
  Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, c2012.
• Contemporary youth culture: an international encyclopedia
  REF HQ796 .C8454 2006
  Greenwood Press, 2006. Covers popular culture, subculture and youth culture worldwide.
• Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents and the Media
  REF HQ784 .M3 E53 2007
  Sage Publications, 2007. Entries on children and the internet, video games, television, etc.
• Handbook of children and the media
  REF HQ784.T4 H29 2012
  Edited by Dorothy G. Singer, Jerome L. Singer. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, c2012.
• The handbook of children, media, and development
  HQ784.M3 H26 2008
  Calvert and Wilson (eds.).  Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2008.
   

Books by Subject:

• Mass media and children
• Mass media and teenagers.
• Television and children
• Video games and children.

Articles:

• ADVERTISING & children
• MASS media & children
  
• MASS media & teenagers
• TELEVISION advertising & children
• VIDEO games & children

Journals

• Journal of Children and Media  (on order, if you need an article, submit an ILL request)

Organizations:

• Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC)
  A coalition of health care professionals, educators and parents who advocate against children's' exposure to commercialism through marketing. There are almost 30 member organizations.
• Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY)
  Part of the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, CAMY. "monitors the marketing practices of the alcohol industry to focus attention and action on industry practices that jeopardize the health and safety of America's youth."
• International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth & Media
  Located at NORDICOM, Goteborg University, Sweden, the Clearinghouse collects research on children and the media worldwide. Some books are free online; also check the library's catalog.
• Kaiser Family Foundation
  KFF focuses on the major health care issues facing the U.S., as well as the U.S. role in global health policy.  The foundation provides statisical data, polling data, information, and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the public.  (see issue: Media and Health)
• Parents Television Council
  "A non-partisan education organization advocating responsible entertainment" -- website

Definition: 

• "media ecology" A Dictionary of Media and Communication. First Edition by Daniel Chandler and Rod Munday. Oxford University Press Inc. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. 
  
• "What is Media Ecology?" (from the Media Ecology Association)

• Encyclopedia of Semiotics
  REF P99 .E64 1998
  Bouissa (ed.).  New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. Articles on the theory of signs, signification, representation, communication, and meaning.
• Greenwood encyclopedia of world popular culture
  REF HM621 .G74 2007
  Greenwood Press, 2007.
• The handbook of critical intercultural communication
  HM1211 .H34 2010
  Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. 
• The handbook of gender, sex, and media
  REF P96.S5 H36 2012
   Ross (ed.) Malden : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
• Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics
  Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. E-book (2 v. (xxi, 1002 p.)) : ill. available as one online resource. ONLINE
• Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy
  P95.8 .H365 2001
• St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
  REF E169.1 .S764 2000

Books by Subject:

• Communication--Social aspects.
• Communication and technology.
• Digital communications.
• Information technology--Social aspects.
• Intercultural communication.
• Journalism--Social aspects.
• Mass media and globalization.
• Mass media and language.
• Mass media--Social aspects.
• Metaphor.
• Multimedia communications.
• Social media.
• Sociolinguistics.
• Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media.
• Television--Social aspects.
• Violence in mass media.
• Visual communication.

Books by Author:

• Susan Barnes
• Raymond Gozzi
• Paul Levinson
• Neil Postman
• Lance Strate
  

Articles

• "media ecology" (keyword phrase search)
  
• MASS media & culture
• MEDIA studies
  

Journals:

• Communication Research Trends
• ETC: A Review of General Semantics
• Explorations in Media Ecology (on order, submit an ILL request for articles in the meantime)
• Media, Culture & Society

Organizations:

• Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC)
  Non-profit NGO located in Singapore that promotes media and communications in Asia. This membership organization offers research, publication and events.
• Center for Social Media (CSM)
  School of Communication, American University. CSM is an organization that uses media for social action. The site includes many free documents including the Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use, Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Scholarly Research in Communication, Honest Truths: Documentary Filmmakers on Ethical Challenges in Their Work, Code of Best Practices for Sustainable Filmmaking, and Clipping Our Own Wings: Copyright and Creativity in Communication Research.  See the "Documents" page for additional resources.
• China Media Observatory (CMO)
  Created in 2006 by the Faculty of Communication Sciences at the University of Lugano in Switzerland, the CMO studies Chinese media. It generates research, newsletters, and other documents that are available through its website.
• Media Ecology Association (MEA)
  Association that studies media ecology which is, "the relationships between media, consciousness, and culture in interdisciplinary, philosophical and historical contexts to examine our technological society."
• Pew Internet & American Life Project
  From the website, "The Project produces reports exploring the impact of the internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life. "
• Popular Culture Association - American Culture Association (PCA/ACA)
  Founded in 1971, and partnered with the ACA in 1979, the PCA/ACA is an organization that supports the study of popular and American culture. Journals produced include the Journal of Popular Culture and the Journal of American Culture.

Definition: "effects tradition"  A Dictionary of Media and Communication. First Edition by Daniel Chandler and Rod Munday. Oxford University Press Inc. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. 

Reference:

• Encyclopedia of political communication
  REF JA85 .E65 2008
  Kaid & Holtz-Bacha (eds.). Sage Publication, 2008.
• Media effects : advances in theory and research
  New York : Routledge/Taylor and Francis, 2008. e-Book (single user only).
• The SAGE handbook of political communication
  JA85 .S24 2012
• The SAGE handbook of media processes and effects
  P94 .S24 2009
   Nabi & Oliver. Los Angeles : SAGE, c2009.

Books (General)

• Communication in politics
• Mass media--Influence.
• Mass media--Political aspects
• Mass media--Social aspects.
• Mass media--Psychological aspects.

Books (Special Topics: Press Coverage)
(do an Advanced Search on the phrase Press coverage to find additional topics)

• Abortion--Press coverage
• Afghan War, 2001---Press coverage
• Africa, Sub-Saharan--Press coverage
• African Americans--Press coverage.
• Arab-Israeli conflict--Press coverage.
• China--Press coverage.
• Civil rights movements--Press coverage
• Disasters--Press coverage
• Environmental protection--Press coverage.
• Financial crises--Press coverage
• Gangs--Press coverage
• Global warming--Press coverage
• Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Press coverage
• Labor movement--Press coverage
• Middle East--Press coverage.
• Minorities--Press coverage
• Multiculturalism--Press coverage
• Muslims--Press coverage
• Peace--Press coverage.
• Political campaigns--United States--Press coverage
• Presidents--Press coverage
• Propaganda.
• Social problems--Press coverage
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Press coverage
• Space race--Press coverage
• Sudan--History--Darfur Conflict, 2003---Press coverage
• Terrorism--Press coverage
• Trials (Murder)--Press coverage
• War--Press coverage
• Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Press coverage.
• Watergate Affair, 1972-1974--Press coverage.

Books (Special Topics: in Motion Pictures)
Refer to the Research Guide:  Reel Diversity

Articles

• Mass Media Effects
• MASS media & culture
• MASS media influence
• MASS media -- Political aspects
• MASS media -- Social aspects

Journals

• Communication Research
• Critical Studies in Mass Communication
• Human Communication Research
• Journal of Communication
• Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
• Journalism Quarterly
  

Organization:

• CRETV, Center for Research on the Effects of Television
  
• Media Education Foundation
  Organization that produces educational documentaries that examines American mass media's impact on society.
• On the Media
  On the Media is a National Public Radio Program that reflects on how the media covered events in the weekly news. It also discusses issues in the media such as freedom of information .

Definition:

• "media literacy"  A Dictionary of Media and Communication. First Edition by Daniel Chandler and Rod Munday. Oxford University Press Inc. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.  Ithaca College. 
• Media Literacy Defined (from the National Association for Media Literacy Education)

Reference:

• Reel diversity : a teacher's sourcebook
  New York : P. Lang, c2008.
• Encyclopedia of gender in media
  Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, c2012.  Ebook, single user only. 
• The teacher's guide to media literacy : critical thinking in a multimedia world
  P96.M4 S34 2012
  By Scheibe & Rogow. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c2012.  Dr. Scheibe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Ithaca College.
• Teachingmedialiteracy.com: A web-linked guide to resources and activities
  by Richard Beach. Companion to the book by the same title.

Books:

• Critical thinking 
• Media literacy

Articles:

• Critical Thinking and Media
• Media Literacy

Journals:

• Adbusters
  From the Adbusters Media Foundation, this is the online companion to the activist magazine that mocks commercial advertising and offers media criticism through edgy articles and images.
• CriticalThinking.net
• Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines
• Journal of Media Literacy Education
• Journal of Visual Literacy
• Psychology of Popular Media Culture
• SIMILE: Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education
• Skeptic
• Skeptical Inquirer
• Visual Communication
• Visual Communication Quarterly

Organizations:

• Association for Informal Logic & Critical Thinking 
• Center for Media Literacy (CML)
  Educational organization that helps put research into practice.
• Media Education Foundation
  Organization that produces educational documentaries that examines American mass media's impact on society.
• Media Education Lab
  Temple University program that focuses on media education through curriculum materials, publications, workshops, seminars, etc.
• National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE)
  Organization focused on media literacy in the United States. 
• News Literacy Project  A national program to teach news literacy in high schools.
• Ofcom : Office of Communications   OfCom has a whole page of Media Literacy Research.
• Project Look Sharp
  Project Look Sharp provides materials, training and support to help teachers prepare students for life in today's media saturated world. Project Look Sharp promotes the effective integration of media literacy and critical thinking into classroom curricula at all educational levels and instructional areas. Project Look Sharp also evaluates the effectiveness of school-based media literacy education.

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• Communication Research Methods
  
• Culture & Communication 
• Emerging Media
• Global Information
• Issues and the News
• New Media Economics
• Pop Culture Issues
• Psychology
• Reel Diversity
• Sociology
• Television
• Visual Communication

• Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
  A national media watch group that monitors media bias and censorship.
• Journalism.org: Project for Excellence in Journalism: Understanding News in the Information Age
  Site is provided by the Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Committee of Concerned Journalists. Includes a link to The State of the News Media Annual Report as well as other research reports and analysis.
• Media Cloud
  Data tool from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard that visulizes the flow of the media.
• Media Education Foundation
  Organization that produces educational documentaries that examines American mass media's impact on society.
• Media Education Lab
  Temple University program that focuses on media education through curriculum materials, publications, workshops, seminars, etc.
• Media Matters for America
  Progressive news monitoring organization.
• National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE)
  Organization focused on media literacy in the United States.
• Newsflow
  Real-time map of news reporting from the MIT Center for Civic Media.
• Newsy: Multisource video news
  According to the About page, Newsy is the, "only video news service that allows users to compare bias by highlighting nuances in reporting."
• On the Media
  On the Media is a National Public Radio Program that reflects on how the media covered events in the weekly news. It also discusses issues in the media such as freedom of information .
• Pew Research Center for People and the Press
  Organization that conducts national surveys on the politics and the media. Includes data sets, reports, and links to polls.
• Project Look Sharp
  Project Look Sharp provides materials, training and support to help teachers prepare students for life in today's media saturated world. Project Look Sharp promotes the effective integration of media literacy and critical thinking into classroom curricula at all educational levels and instructional areas. Project Look Sharp also evaluates the effectiveness of school-based media literacy education.

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