Anth 397: Media, Persons, Publics

"Advances an innovative and sustainable news industry by helping publishers understand and engage audiences, grow revenue, improve public-service journalism, and succeed at organizational change."

Articles on social media and its impact.

An online journal of television and media studies from the University of Texas. "Flow‘s mission is to provide a critical forum where scholars, teachers, students, and the general public can read about and discuss the changing landscape of contemporary media at the speed that media moves."

"Based at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Journalist’s Resource examines news topics through a research lens. We curate scholarship relevant to media practitioners, bloggers, educators, students and general readers."

Media news and commentary from Dan Kennedy (Northwestern School of Journalism).

Podcast covering a wide variety of topics at the crossroads of media, technology, business, and politics.

Commentary on "women, tech, and journalism" from Meg Heckman (lecturer / journalist / writer).

"WNYC’s weekly investigation into how the media shapes our world view."

"A project of the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. It is written and edited by professor Jay Rosen, who has taught at NYU since 1986. The blog is about the fate of the press in a digital era and the challenges involved in rethinking what journalism is today."

Wiki-based encyclopedia of corporate entities that influence public opinion on the behalf of corporations and/or government agencies.

Coverage Dates: unknown - unknown

PBS Frontline documentary and accompanying website on media conglomerations that were formed in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Media History is an interdisciplinary journal which welcomes contributions addressing media and society from the fifteenth century to the present. Its perspective is both historical and international. It explores all forms of serial publication in manuscript, print and electronic media and encourages work which crosses the boundaries of politics, culture and communications.

A free online resource, featuring millions of pages of books and magazines from the histories of film, broadcasting, and recorded sound. From the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

From PBS NOW, a nice timeline of major events in the history of media.