Research Guides: Media Studies: Starting Your Research

Starting Your Research

These sources can help you identify a topic for your research. Some provide an overview of a specific issue and suggest other materials which might be useful for your research. Others help you to find a topic that might be of interest to you. Some are available online, while others are only available in print at the library.

Reference Materials

Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies
The Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies has provided students and the general public alike with a gateway into the study of intercultural communication, public relations and marketing communications since 1984.
Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media
This reference resource features essays on social movement media in the last two centuries.

Encyclopedia of Television
Call Number: e-book
The Encyclopedia of Television, second edtion is the first major reference work to provide description, history, analysis, and information on more than 1100 subjects related to television in its international context. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclopedia of Television, 2nd editionwebsite.

The Handbook of Media and Mass Communication Theory
Presents a comprehensive collection of original essays that focus on all aspects of current and classic theories and practices relating to media and mass communication.
International Encyclopedia of Communication
A reference resource covering a wide area of topics in the communication field.
Oxford Bibliographies: Cinema and Media Studies
Oxford Bibliographies: Communication

The International Encyclopedia of Media Studies by Angharad N. Valdivia (Editor)
Call Number: Knight Library Reference (P87.5 .I585 2013)
Publication Date: 2013
Encyclopedia of Media and Communication by Marcel Danesi
Call Number: Knight Library Reference P87.5 .E54 2013
Publication Date: 2013

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