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Bibliographies, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias
and Web Portals
See also TOPIC-SPECIFIC Reference Resources
Bibliographical information on cultural workers working in such areas as
Black literary criticism, Black popular culture, Critical Race Theory and film theory.
Online directory/encyclopedia on various subjects in
cultural and media studies, including term definitions, biographical entries,
and media news.
A dictionary of communication and media studies. James Watson
and Anne Hill. 4th ed. London; New York: Arnold; New York, NY: St. Martin's
Press, 1997.
SML, Reference P90 W38 1997
Dictionary of personal computing and the Internet. S. M. H.
Collin. 2nd ed. Teddington: Peter Collin, 1998.
SML, Reference QA76.15 C587 1998
Encyclopedic dictionary of semiotics, media, and communications.
Marcel Danesi. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000.
SML, Reference P87.5 D36X 2000
The Observatory gathers data on film, television,
video/DVD, and new media activity in Europe. It covers markets and
statistics, law, production and financing.
History of American
Broadcasting. Jeff Miller, New Port Richey, FL.
This list includes sections on AM, FM, and TV broadcasting. The links page gives access to many additional
resources.
International dictionary of broadcasting and film. Desi K.
Bognar. Boston; Oxford: Focal Press, 1995.
SML, Reference PN1990.4 B64X 1995
Mass communications research resources: an annotated guide.
Ed. Christopher H. Sterling, James K. Bracken, and Susan M. Hill. Mahwah,
N.J.; London: L. Erlbaum Associates, 1998.
SML, Reference Z7164 T28 M37X 1998 (LC)
Mass media: a bibliography. Ed. James B. Martin. Hauppauge,
N.Y.: Nova Science, c2002.
CCL, Stacks Z5630 .M288 2002 (LC)
Mass media bibliography: an annotated guide to books and journals
for research and reference. Eleanor Blum and Frances Goins Wilhoit.
3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990.
SML, Reference Z5630 +B55X 1990
Media and Communication Studies
Site (University of Wales--Aberystwyth)
An extensive Web directory, with access to many
articles and several databases.
Media History Project (University of
Minnesota)
Links and information on many types of communication media, from 25,000
BCE to
the present.
Media Studies
links (University of Technology, Sydney)
A research resource for those interested in the Critical Theory project.
Firmly based in Frankfurt School thought, this site maintains a collection of articles, excerpts, and
chapters
from many contemporary writers of and about Critical Theory.
Poststructuralism and communication: an annotated bibliography.
Gerald S. Greenberg. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2005.
SML, Stacks Z5630 .G74X 2005 (LC)
Terra Media is a UK-oriented site with four sections:
Chronomedia (a timeline of developments in communications media); media themes
and documents; quotations about the media, and British historical media statistics.
Violence and terror in the mass media: an annotated bibliography.
Compiled by Nancy Signorielli and George Gerbner. New York: Greenwood Press,
1988.
SML, Reference Z5633 V56 S54 1988
Covers media theory and history, journalism, TV, film,
radio, comics, cyberculture, and more.
Webster's New World dictionary of media and communications.
Richard Weiner. Rev. and updated. New York: Macmillan, 1996.
SML, Reference P87.5 W45 1996
This file last modified Wed, 25 Nov 2009 Copyright © Yale University Library.
Yale University Library Research Guide for Mass Media and Popular Culture
Comments to Tobin Nellhaus, Librarian for Performing Arts, Media and Philosophy