Broadcast Journalism (CO2065)

Background Information
Books & Videos at Landmark College
Books & Videos Available from Other Libraries
Articles 
Websites

Media Studies Subject Guide
Citations

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Find Background Information

Use the biographies and encyclopedias in the Reference area and online for biographies, overviews, and multimedia related to broadcast journalism.

Ask a librarian for others.

Reference area (first floor)

• American National Biography v. 1-24 — 920.073 AME
  • Includes biographies of major figures in the history of radio and television.

• Current Biography Yearbook v. 1940-2006 — 920 CUR
  • Includes biographies and obituaries of key figures in the history of broadcast journalism.
  • Use the Cumulated Index 1940-2005 to find the volume with the correct biography.

• Encyclopedia of American Journalism — 070.03 E56
  • Articles on many broadcast journalism topics including:
    • Tom Brokaw
    • Sports broadcasting
    • Space coverage (including impact of Apollo XIII)
    • Radio
    • CNN

• Handbook on the Economics of Sport — 338.4779 H236
  • Includes a chapter on sports broadcasting

• International Encyclopedia of Communications v. 1-4 — 302.2 INT
  • This is a good starting point for researching radio broadcasting history.

• Mass Media — 050 M414 2005/6
  • Includes a selection of the best newspaper and magazine articles on mass media.
  • It has coverage of the Freedom of Information Act, network and cable television, and recent radio history.

• Same Time — Same Station: An A-Z Guide to Radio from Jack Benny to Howard Stern — 791.4475 LAC 1996
  • Useful for information on important figures in radio history
  
  

Find Books & Films at the Landmark College Library

Use WebCat to search for other books, ebooks, and films at the Landmark College Library.

Ask a librarian for others.

Book stacks (second floor)

• Cable Visions: Television Beyond Broadcasting — Banet-Weiser, Sarah — 384.5550 C115

• Center Field Shot: A History of Baseball on Television — Walker, James R. — 796.357 W181C

• Communications and Broadcasting: From Wired Words to Wireless Web — Henderson, Harry — 384 H496C

• The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications — Starr, Paul — 302.2309 S796C

• Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America's Media — Klinenberg, Eric — 302.2309 K65F

• Global Television and the Shaping of World Politics: CNN, Telediplomacy, and Foreign Policy — Ammon, Royce J. — 327.2 AMM

• News Flash: Journalism, Infotainment, and the Bottom-Line Business of Broadcast News — Anderson, Bonnie — 070.4309 A5453N

• Prime-Time Television: A Concise History — Moore, Barbara — 384.550973 M821P

• Something in the Air: Radio, Rock, and the Revolution that Shaped a Generation — Fisher, Marc — 384.54 F535S

 

EBook (NetLibrary)

• Live from the Trenches: The Changing Role of the Television News Correspondent

Videos in our collection (second floor)

• Fear & Favor in the Newsroom (VHS) — 323.445 FEA

• Feeding the Beast: An Inside Look at the News Media (DVD) — 070.4 F295

• Free Speech for Sale: A Bill Moyers Special (DVD) — 323.443 F8535

• The History of Talk Radio (VHS) — 384.5443 HIS

• Media Hype: When News Coverage Goes Too Far — 070.195 M489

• News War (DVD) v.1-2 — 323.445 N5585

• On Air: America’s Alternative Media (DVD) — 302.23 O58

• Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (DVD) — 302.23 O947

• TV News: Writing and Editing the Story — 070.43 T968 (on reserve)

 

Find Books & Films Available from Other Libraries

• Search in WorldCat for materials available from other libraries.

• Bring a print out of the book you want to the front desk of the library.
• Allow up to two weeks (average is one week) for the materials to arrive.

Find Articles

Can't find the article?

• Search for the title of the journal in Serials Solutions to see if the full text is available in one of our databases. 
• If the article is not available, ask for help at the Library front desk. 
• We will get the article from another library.

Ask a librarian for help.

Databases

Academic OneFile

Includes scholarly journal, magazine, and newspaper articles on broadcast journalism.

• Try a Subject Guide Search
• Search for terms, such as "Tom Brokaw ", "Katie Couric" "radio", or "sports broadcasting."
• Click on "Subdivisions" and choose from among the options.
• Or click on the Subject Term and add additional terms in the "Search" box on the left side.

Academic Search Premier

Multi-disciplinary database with extensive coverage of scholarly journals.

• Useful for articles on broadcasters
• Type in the person's name in the search box.
• Choose the individual under the Subject list on the left side.

Biography Reference Bank

Provides biographies, full text articles, and many images of over 500,000 people from antiquity to the present.

• Type the individual's name: last name, first name works best.
• Read the main article and click on linked articles on the left navigation.

CQ Researcher

Includes reports on all aspects of broadcast journalism and related subjects by objective, experienced journalists.

• Type your topic into the search box.
• Browse the list of reports for relevance and currency.
• Once you open a report, check the Issue Tracker on the top, right corner for related reports.
• Use the photos, graphs, and tables for your poster.

Issues and Controversies in American History
Background, outcomes, and contemporary points of view on contentious issues in American history.  Includes articles, biographies, timelines, primary documents, and more.

• Useful for researching radio history

Lexis-Nexis

Includes the full transcripts of radio and television broadcasts and blogs

• In the Search Within section below Enter Search Terms, choose either TV and Radio Broadcast Transcripts or Blogs, depending on your topic.
• In the Specify Date section, choose the range of dates that correspond to your topic.

 

Websites

Use the C.R.A.P. Test to evaluate your web sources.

Some reliable website directories and websites are:

The Museum of Broadcast Communications

http://www.museum.tv/

• Browse the Encyclopedia of Television.
• Use MBC Flashbacks to listen to and watch important moments in radio and television history.

Television Heaven

http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/

• Use the index to search for information on people connected to television.
• Browse the History of Nightly Newscasts for infromation on Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric.

Wireless World: Marconi & the Making of Radio (From the Museum of the History of Science)

http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/marconi/exhibition/index.htm

• Exhibit from the Museum of the History of Science on the early history and development of radio

 

Citations

Use the Landmark College Citation Style Guides.

 

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