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Communication Studies Resources
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| Webster's New World Dictionary of Media and Communications |
Reference: P 87.5 .W45 1996 |
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| History of the Mass Media in the United States |
Reference: P 92.U5 H55 1998 |
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| International Encyclopedia of Communications |
Reference: P 87.5 .I5 1989 |
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| Encyclopedia of Rhetoric |
Reference: PN 172 .E52 2001 |
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| Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition: communication from ancient times to the information age |
Reference: PN 172 .E53 1996 |
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| Sourcebook on Rhetoric: key concepts in contemporary rhetorical studies |
Reference: PN 172 .J37 2001 |
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| Encyclopedia of Television |
Reference: PN 1992.18 .E53 1997 |
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| Encyclopedia of American Television: broadcast programming post World War II to 2000 |
Reference: PN 1992.18 .L32 2003 |
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| History of the American Cinema |
Reference: PN 1993.5.U6 H55 |
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| Familiar Quotations |
Reference: PN 6081 .B27 1992 |
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| Voices of Multicultural America: notable speeches delivered by African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans, 1790-1995 |
Reference: PS 663.M55 V64 1996 |
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| Graphic Communications Dictionary |
Reference: Z 118 .L96 2000 |
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| Censorship: A World Encyclopedia |
Reference: Z 657 .C46 2001 |
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| Fact Search | Database with statistical data on current issues gleaned from newspapers, magazines, journals and government publications. | ||
| Oxford Reference Online: Quotations |
Includes the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, the Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations, and other useful speech resources. | ||
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| Academic Search Premier | Most communication studies journals are indexed in this database. Many are available in full-text. | ||
| Communications & Mass Media complete (CMMC) | CMMC provides access to a large collection of information in areas related to communication and mass media. In addition to the more than 600 journals that CMMC provides indexing and abstracts for, the database also features full text for more than 240 journals, many of which also offer PDFs of applicable articles. A sophisticated Communication Thesaurus is available to researchers, and searchable cited references are provided for many of the journals covered by the database. | ||
| Lexis Nexis | An electronic news database that contains full-text from all major U.S. and international newspapers and wire services. | ||
| Smithsonian Global Sound | More than 35,000 individual tracks of music and spoken word, including speeches and adresses. | ||
| CQ Researcher | Good place to begin research on current topics. Covers the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, insight into all sides of the issues, bibliographies and more. | ||
| Opposing Viewpoints | Contains information on today's hottest social issues. Drawing on series published by Greenhaven Press and other Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, peer reviewed journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to web sites. | ||
| CQ Weekly | Provides articles, statistics, floor votes and other information on the current activities of Congress. | ||
| General Databases | These databases cover a broad range of topics and may also be useful in your research. | ||
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| Great Speeches Media DVD PN 6121 .G73 2001 |
A series of DVDs that present famous speeches with introductions detailing the time, place and events surrounding them. | ||
| The Public mind: image and reality in America Media Video HM261 .P82 1994 |
Examines the impact on democracy of our mass culture whose basic information comes from image-making, the media, public opinion polls, public relations and propaganda. | ||
| Free speech for sale Media Video JC591 .F74 1999 |
This program examines the effect money has on free speech and political debate. In our society large corporations are increasingly able to drown out opposition buy buying large amounts of air time, while their opponents are silenced by their lack of money. The program also investigates the consequences for our democracy as media outlets are increasingly coming under control of only a few corporations | ||
| Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media Media Video P 96 .C76 M36 1994 |
Explores the political life and times of the controversial author, linguist, and radical philosopher Noam Chomsky. Focuses on Chomsky's analysis of the hidden use of ideological manipulation in democratic societies. | ||
| Sexual Stereotypes and the Media: Superman and the Bride Media Video P 96 .S5 S49 1993 |
This program shows pervasive stereotypes of sex roles on film and TV. | ||
| The Killing Screens: Media and the Culture of Violence Media Video P 96 .V5 K54 1994 |
The media's depiction and marketing of violence and the cumulative effects on society. | ||
| Dreamworlds 2 : desire/sex/power in music video Media Video PN1992.8.M87 D73 1995 |
Portrays the impact that sex and violence in media have on society and culture in our everyday life. Shows scenes from over 165 music videos to show how the media portrays masculinity, femininity, sex, and sex roles. | ||
| Still killing us softly : advertising's image of women Media Video HF5822 .S74 1987 |
Discusses the manner in which women continue to be portrayed by advertising and the effects this has on women, men, and children and their images of themselves. | ||
| Understanding McLuhan Media CD-ROM P92.5.M3 U5 1996 |
CD-ROM uses more than an hour of video, three hours of audio, hundreds of photographs and graphic images and over 3,000 screens of text to illuminate McLuhan's theories and their relevance today. Includes the complete texts of McLuhan's Understanding media and The Gutenberg galaxy, as well as a biography of McLuhan by Philip Marchand entitled Figure & ground. | ||
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