Media studies and M Guide - Resources and Review

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.
 
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.
 
Information about research projects at the Laboratory, including broad themes such as Digital Life, News in the Future, and Things that Think.
 
Explanation of terminology used in advertising in the media.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Descriptions and links to high
quality Internet resources covering, film, video, television, animation, multimedia, news, and journalism.
 
Contains close readings and analysis of television programmes, films, and music.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Set of annotated links to online courses, course descriptions, tutorials, assignments, tests and other materials used in the teaching of cultural studies.
 
Information gateway to quality assured Internet resources for the general areas of art, design, architecture, and media.
 
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.
 
Set of annotated links to online courses, course descriptions, tutorials, assignments, tests and other materials used in the teaching of communication studies.
 
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.
 
Guide to basic communication and media theory, covering communication models, empathy as a communication skill, fidelity of transmission, learning and communication, meaning and communication, perception semiotics and social systems.
 
Articles, interviews, and key book reviews in contemporary discourse are published weekly as well as theorisations of major 'event
scenes' in the mediascape.
 
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.
 
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.
 
A monthly newsletter following media law and policy developments in the former Soviet Union, East and Central Europe. Issues archived from June 1994.
 
Online magazine covering culture, society, spirit, body, and media, facilitating thought and discussion about new ideas.
 
Links of interest to UK media librarians, including books, libraries, maps, mailing lists and online databases.
 
Set of annotated links to online courses, course descriptions, tutorials, assignments, tests and other materials used in the teaching of journalism and writing for the media.
 
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