TO: Faculty in Culture Com, Legal Studies, Journalism, Strat Com, & TVR
FROM: Cathy Michael, Communications and Legal Studies Librarian
DATE: December 17th, 2009
Seasons Greetings! Here is a report of Acquisitions to date. Note that my colleagues also purchase titles that may be of interest to you so ask me if you don’t see something. I’ve appended [...]
Archive for the ‘Television’ Category
Library News & Acquisitions Summary
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations, Radio, Television on December 17, 2009 | Comments Off
FAIR: NOW and Bill Moyers Journal off air April 2010
Posted in Indymedia, Journalism, Television on December 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Tell PBS: Don’t abandon hard-hitting journalism. (n.d.). FAIR. Retrieved December 16, 2009, from http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/592/t/10115/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=2195
FAIR set up a petition to urge PBS to keep quality investigative journalism:
PBS’s mission is to “provide a voice for groups in the community that may otherwise be unheard,” to serve as “a forum for controversy and debate,” and broadcast programs that [...]
Variety: Golden Globe nominations
Posted in Television on December 15, 2009 | Comments Off
They’re here.
MLPB: FCC appoints scholar in residence
Posted in Legal Studies, Public Relations, Radio, Television on December 14, 2009 | Comments Off
Corcos, C. (2009, December 11). FCC Appoints First “Scholar in Residence,” Stuart Benjamin. Media Law Prof Blog. Retrieved December 14, 2009, from http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/2009/12/fcc-appoints-first-scholar-in-residence-stuart-benjamin.html
Prof. Stuart M. Benjamin’s page (cited in MLPB).
LexisNexis Academic Webinar Schedule
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations, Radio, Television on December 14, 2009 | Comments Off
See the website to register.
Tuesday, December 29, 12 Noon (EST)
Monday, January 4, 2:00 p.m. (EST)
Tuesday, January 5, 4:00 p.m. (EST)
Wednesday, January 6, 12 Noon (EST)
Wednesday, January 6, 2:00 p.m. (EST)
Monday, January 11, 2:00 p.m. (EST)
Tuesday, January 12, 12 Noon (EST)
Tuesday, January 12, 2:00 p.m. (EST)
Tuesday, January 12, 4:00 p.m. (EST)
Tuesday, January 19, 12 Noon (EST)
All Things D: MSN local news portal
Posted in Journalism, Television on December 11, 2009 | Comments Off
Swisher, K. (2009, December 9). MSN in Local News, Information Deal With NBCU and Hearst. AllThingsD. Retrieved December 11, 2009, from http://kara.allthingsd.com/20091209/msn-strikes-another-local-deal-this-time-with-nbcu-and-heart/
MSN has created a local news portal. “Local news is booming”. Check it out.
Nominations Open For Second Annual ‘Izzy Award’ For Independent Media
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Journalism, Television on December 11, 2009 | Comments Off
From the press release:
Nominations Open For Second Annual ‘Izzy Award’ For Independent Media
ITHACA, NY — Nominations for the 2009 Izzy Award are officially open. The annual award for special achievement in independent media — named after legendary muckraker I. F. “Izzy” Stone — is a project of the Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM) at [...]
OECD Info. & Comm. Policy News 12/09
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Gaming, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Radio, Television on December 9, 2009 | Comments Off
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE DECEMBER 2009 NEWSLETTER
December 2009 issue
OECD Information and Communication Policy News
Communication Infrastructures & Services – Information Economy
Security & Privacy – Consumer Protection – Statistics & Indicators
In this issue:
UPCOMING EVENT:
2009 Conference on Empowering E-Consumers: Strengthening Consumer Protection in the Internet Economy, Washington, 8-10 Dec. 2009
NEW PUBLICATIONS:
Background Report on Empowering E-Consumers: [...]
Gamers wanted
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Conferences &Events, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Indymedia, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Television on December 9, 2009 | Comments Off
Students in the Game Design class have created 9 original videogames. They need play testers to help them find any last minute bugs and give feedback to improve the games.
When: Thursday, 12/10/9, 1:30 to 3:00
Where: Park 273
Come play some games, give some feedback
Variety: Sesame Street goes to Nigeria
Posted in Culture and Communications, Television on December 8, 2009 | Comments Off
Whiteman, B. (2009, December 7). ‘Sesame Street’ goes to Nigeria – Entertainment News, International News, Media – Variety. Variety. Retrieved December 8, 2009, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118012325.html?categoryId=19&cs=1&nid=2248
The globalization of Big Bird.
Launching the PBS NewsHour
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Journalism, Public Relations, Television on December 8, 2009 | Comments Off
Check out the new PBS NewsHour. Along with NPR, it is where I get most of my news.
Here is an article explaining the change by Jim Lehrer.
Also read Dave Gustafon’s list of Jim Lehrer’s journalistic guidelines:
* Do nothing I cannot defend.
* Cover, write and present every story with the care I would want if the [...]
Onion News: Historic ‘Blockbuster’ Store Offers Glimpse Of How Movies Were Rented In The Past
Posted in Culture and Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Radio, Television on December 7, 2009 | Comments Off
Students of US Mass Media History will appreciate this! Cathy
more about “Onion News: Historic ‘Blockbuster’ St…“, posted with vodpod
Multichannel: FTC wants more restrictions on advertising violent content on tv
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Integrated Marketing Communications, Legal Studies, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Television on December 4, 2009 | Comments Off
Eggerton, J. (2009, December 3). FTC Wants More Restrictions On Advertising Violent Content On TV. Multichannel News. Retrieved December 4, 2009, from http://www.multichannel.com/article/426294-FTC_Wants_More_Restrictions_On_Advertising_Violent_Content_On_TV.php
FTC release 12/3/09
HERE IS A PDF COPY OF THE REPORT
New York Times: G.E. Comcast Deal
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Radio, Television on December 3, 2009 | Comments Off
Arango, T. (2009, December 4). Comcast Gets NBC From G.E. in Deal That Reshapes TV. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/business/media/04nbc.htmlNY
More Big Media. If this deal disturbs you, see FreePress.
Pew Research: Reportage on pending court martial of 3 Navy seals
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Journalism, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Radio, Television on December 3, 2009 | Comments Off
Blogs Find Fox News Story on SEALs. (2009, December 3). Pew Research Center. Retrieved December 3, 2009, from http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1430/blogs-fox-news-court-martial-navy-sealses
Interesting report from Pew: “A story that has generated little attention in the mainstream media was the most popular subject among bloggers last week.”
MediaPost: Consumers will pay for unique news
Posted in Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Radio, Television on December 2, 2009 | Comments Off
Loechner, J. (2009, December 2). Consumers Will Pay For News if Unique, Not Yet Known. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved December 2, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=118120&lfe=1
Summarizes research from The Boston Consulting Group
Trailer: “The Most Dangerous Man in America” in re: the Pentagon Papers
Posted in Journalism, Legal Studies, Radio, Television on December 2, 2009 | Comments Off
Check it out from Multimedia Services @ IC Library: DVD 4230
more about “Trailer — Most Dangerous Man“, posted with vodpod
RCFP: DoD v. ACLU on the torture photos
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Media Literacy, Television on December 1, 2009 | Comments Off
Fleschert, M. (2009, November 30). High court throws out order to release torture photos. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Retrieved December 1, 2009, from http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=11143
The Supreme Court sent the cast back to the Appellate Court:
The high court ordered the appeals court to reconsider the case in light of a provision of the homeland [...]
Ebrary: service down from 8 to 9 pm
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations, Radio, Television on November 30, 2009 | Comments Off
From Ebrary:
Ebrary has notified us that there will be a scheduled upgrade to the system today from 8:00-9:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. During this period, ebrary may not be available. (see details below):
Dear ebrary Customer,
ebrary will be deploying a new system release from 5:00PM to 6:00PM
US Pacific Standard Time (UTC – 8) on Monday November [...]
MediaPost: Measurement: Newspaper readers or circulation
Posted in Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Radio, Television on November 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Loechner, J. (2009, November 23). Measurement: Newspaper Readers or Circulation? MediaPost Publications. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=117854
From the research summary of Scarborough’s study, “The analysis of Scarborough audience data not only indicated that newspapers are being read by a majority of adults in print and online, but also that these Integrated Newspaper Audiences continue [...]
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