Broadcast Communication Resources
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Introduction
Broadcast Communication encompasses the subjects of radio, television, and cable. The resources listed below provide information on mass media and its role in society as a means of communicating ideas and information.


Guides and  Handbooks Top of Page
Broadcast News Manual of Style
  Ref PN4784 .B75 M24 1994
Communication & the Mass Media: A Guide to the Reference Literature
  Ref Z5630 .B54 1991
Handbook of Children and the Media
  Ref HQ784 .T4 S523 2001


Dictionaries and Encyclopedias Top of Page
ABC-CLIO Companion to Media in America
  Ref P92 .U5 H58 1995
Broadcast Communications Dictionary
  Ref PN1990.4 .D5 1989
Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies
  Ref P87.5 .W38 2003
Encyclopedia of Communication & Information
  Ref P87.5 .E53 2002 v.1-3
Encyclopedia of Television
  Ref PN1992.18 .M874 2004 v.1-4
From Talking Drums to the Internet: An Encyclopedia of Communication Technology
  Ref P96 .T42 G374 1997
Glossary for International Communications
  Ref P96 .I5 S9
International Encyclopedia of Communications
  Ref P87.5 .I5
NTC's Mass Media Dictionary
  Ref P87.5 .E45
Practical Media Dictionary
  Ref P87.5 .O75 2003


Directories
Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook
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Histories Top of Page
Encyclopedia of Television News
  Ref PN4888.T4 E53 1999
History of the Mass Media in the United States
  Ref P92 .U5 H55 1998
Mass Media: a Chronological Encyclopedia...
  Ref P92 .U5 H77
Tune in Yesterday
  Ref PN1991.3 .U6 D8


Bibliographies Top of Page
Radio: A Reference Guide
  Ref Z7224 .U6 G74
Television & Ethics: A Bibliography
  Ref Z7711 .C66


Indexes, Abstracts, and Databases Top of Page
Academic Search Elite
Principle ToolCommunication Abstracts
  Ref P87 .C89733
Principle ToolLexisNexis Academic
ProQuest NewsStand (Newspapers)
Social Sciences Citation Index


Internet Sites Top of Page
Federal Communications Commission
  http://www.fcc.gov/
Museum of Broadcast Communications
  http://www.museum.tv/home.php
Newslink
  http://newslink.org
PSA Research Center

  http://www.psaresearch.com/