Mass Media and Society
Finding Articles:
The library subscribes to a number of databases that provide abstracts (summaries) and often the full text of journal, newspaper, and magazine articles on topics relevant to this course. Some of the relevant databases are:
For additional databases see the Electronic Databases List and click on the Subjects tab, Social Sciences listing, then Communication subject for more options.
If you already have the citation for a specific article from a specific journal, go to the E-Journal Portal to see if the full text is available online or in print at the ECU Libraries.
Web Sites:
Finding Books:
Use the Joyner Library catalog to find books relevant to the topics discussed in this course. Try General Keyword searches such as:
| mass media and children | Internet and children |
| media and violence | Internet and censor* |
| mass media and politic* | Internet and filter* |
| mass media and politic* and united states | television and violen* |
| media and (ethic* or moral*) | television and (family or families) |
The following terms are subject headings used in the Joyner Library catalog. Use the Subject Alphabetical search option to see titles listed under each heading and to see related terms:
| Computers and children | Mass media and culture |
| Internet and children | Mass media policy |
| Internet marketing | Mass media -- influence |
| Internet -- law and legislation -- United States | Mass media -- social aspects |
| Internet -- political aspects -- United States | Mass media -- United States -- influence |
| Internet -- social aspects | Television and children -- United States |
| Mass media and children | Television and family -- United States |
Use the Library of Congress Subject Heading books, located on Index Shelf 2 in the Reference Department to look up additional headings.
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