Mass Media 306 : Media Distribution

Possible subjects might be:

• Motion Pictures
• Motion Pictures Production And Direction
• Performing Arts
   

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Journal Articles

Journals include some of the latest research in the field.  To find scholarly or popular articles, you need to start with a research database.They allow you to search hundreds or even thousands of journals at once.

What is a scholarly article?

Communication & Mass Media Complete
Provides abstracts and full text for more than 200 communication journals.

Academic Search Premier
Full-text. A large, multi-disciplinary database offering full text for nearly 1,850 scholarly journals, including more than 1,250 peer-reviewed titles.

ScienceDirect
Provides full text access to over 1,000 journals covering all fields of science.

MLA
(AKA Bibliography of the Modern Language Association.) Includes abstracts of articles from critical literary and language journals.

Lexis Nexis Academic
Lexis-Nexis Universe provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. Includes full-text articles from non-U.S. publications.

ProQuest Newspapers
Includes coverage of over 300 major U.S. and international newspapers, such as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune

Possible journals to browse include:

• Variety
• Res
• EMediaweekly 
• Current Research In Film
• The Hollywood Reporter 
• Screen Digest 
• Shoot 
   

After you have found the articles you can search for these online Communications journals. A good shortcut is to use the Catalog to search by Genre. Use the term <Electronic Journals Communication >, for a listing of all journals available online.

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Websites

• Indiewire
• Entertainment Law Resources
• Fathom.com
  • The Sky is the Limit: Creativity and Technology
• Garageband.com
• Clickz has some excellent articles in the EXPERTS tab.
  • Band-width: Making music online
• The Electronic Journal of Communication is a searchable full text of the journal published by the Communication Institute for Online Scholarship
• The NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute in Japan has an English-language web site that includes research articles on several issues of broadcasting (not confined to Japan only), e.g. an "Evaluation of Public Broadcasting by Country: Results of an International Comparative Survey by Japan, Britain, and the United States." Its research archive goes back until fall 1997, the first issue of its publication.
• The World Advertising Research Center Select "Research" and then dig deeper for interesting journal articles. The drawback of this web site is that you have to register in order to view the articles. You may register for a 7-day trial period which lets you view all abstracts as well as download 25 articles for free.

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Citing Sources

As you write your paper, you'll need to cite passages and ideas from the sources you've found. Check with your professor which style is preferred for this assignment.

	APA: Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2001. Quick Summary of Bibliography (, 172k) Citing in your paper (, 127k) Library Copies (BF76.7 .P83 2001)
	Chicago manual of style. 15th ed. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003. Quick Summary (, 42k) Library Copies (Z253 .U69 2003)
	MLA handbook for writers of research papers. 6th ed. New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2003. Quick Summary of Bibliography (, 175K) Citing in your paper (, 131k) Library copies (LB2369 .G53)