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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.
Blum, Eleanor, and Frances Goins Wilhoit. Mass media bibliography: an
annotated guide to books and journals for research and reference. 3rd ed.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990.
SML, Reference Z5630 +B55X 1990
Bognar, Desi K. International dictionary of broadcasting and film.
Boston; Oxford: Focal Press, 1995.
SML, Reference PN1990.4 B64X 1995
Collin, S. M. H. Dictionary of personal computing and the Internet.
2nd ed. Teddington: Peter Collin, 1998.
SML, Reference QA76.15 C587 1998
Online directory/encyclopedia on various subjects in
cultural and media studies, including term definitions, biographical entries,
and media news.
Danesi, Marcel Encyclopedic dictionary of semiotics, media, and communications.
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.
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.
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.
Watson, James, and Anne Hill. A dictionary of communication and media
studies. 4th ed. London; New York: Arnold; New York, NY: St. Martin's Press,
1997.
SML, Reference P90 W38 1997
Weiner, Richard. Webster's New World dictionary of media and communications.
Rev. and updated. New York: Macmillan, 1996.
SML, Reference P87.5 W45 1996
This file last modified Wed, 18 Dec 2002 Copyright © Yale University Library.
Yale University Library Research Guide for Mass Media and Popular Culture
Comments to Tobin Nellhaus, Librarian for Drama, Film and Theater Studies.