Sociology 280: Mass Media and Culture

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Mass Media Issues

Readings and Sites to See

INTRODUCTIONS

Esslin, Drama as Communication

History of mass media
Another good history of mass media site

A World of Hits

Century of the Self (documentary)

People Spend More Than Half Their Day Consuming Media

MASS MEDIA'S AUDIENCE

"college students watch an average of 3 hours and 41 minutes of TV each day...about an hour less than the amount of time an average American spends watching TV each day." Associated Press, 3-18-05

LEBON : Psychology of the Crowd

Kipling, "If"

MacKay, Popular Delusions and Madness of Crowds

ADVERTISING

Advertising

W&W, "Panic Ads"

Links to good collection of articles analyzing, and examples of, advertising

Big Brother isn't Watching You...Unfortunately

Fraim, "Friendly Persuasion: The Growing Ubiquity of Advertising, or What Happens When Everyone Becomes an Ad?"

Crossan, Women and Smoking

Sell! Buy! Semiolinguistic Manipulation In Print Ads

Emergence of Advertising in America

Merchants of Cool

Advertising History

Timeline for advertising history

History of Coke ads

Subliminal advertising

PRINT MEDIA

Periodicals in the 19th century

History of Printing

Thompson,"Turning the Page"

The Opposite of Mass-Media

18th and 19th Century Journals

Comic Books
Censorship of Comics
Evolution of comics

Wolff: Checkout Clout (on 'US Weekly')

Magazines - history

Music Journals and Magazines etc.

MOVIES

About Birth of A Nation

Listen or read about music for silent movies

About The Wizard of Oz

TELEVISION

tv viewing

History of TV:

Top-rated TV shows of 1950s etc.

Television History - The First 75 Years
History of the laugh track

Estimated U.S. TV Sets and Stations

Leno,Letterman, Stewart etc. jokes and monologues

Animated Sitcom: The Simpsons

Owen, Taking Humor Seriously"

"How Great Thou Art, Bart"

Interview with Matt Groening

Episode Guide to the Simpsons

Directory of Simpsonia

Comic Book Store Guy

Most every Simpsons' Couch Gag

Kids and TV

Dance, "Babies and Videos"

Reality TV / TV is Reality:

K.Howley,"Reading Survivor"

H. Forsythe, "Celebrities and 'Real' People:

Contrivance and Authenticity on Survivor"

F. Prose, "Voting Democracy of the Island"

K. Goldie, "A New Spin on the Corporate Jungle: Survivor"

B. Yesil, "Reel Pleasures: Roots of Media Voyeurism and Exhibitionism

Reality TV is Mundane

Reality of Women Behaving Badly on TV

Reality Island: Overcrowded

Song ("Survivor") you must be over 21 to read this

MUSIC'S MEDIA

Radio

Radio in 1930s

Radio Histories

Old time radio shows from '30s-'50s

Music

S.Frith"Industrialization of Popular Music"
America's Greatest Hits -1820-1860

Impact of Electric Microphones (audio)

R.Garofalo, "From Music Publishing to MP3

K.Moerer, "Who Killed Rock Radio?"

Another History of Recording Techology

First recorded sounds

How records are/were made

Slack, "Did Video Kill The Ra dio Star?"

MTV Perspectives-do it yourself

Brief history of rock in movies

Editorial Cartoons

Links to lots of editorial cartoonists

Another set of editorial cartoonist links

NO NEWS IS BAD NEWS

Search for News:

Lexis- Nexis
Google News
Reuters
BBC

W&W, "TV News: The Triumph of Attitude

On The Media: "The Truth of False"

BUT Some sources aren't all bad at all...

BBC hear and/or see

DEMOCRACY NOW learn how to hear and/or read

ON THE MEDIA hear and/or read

VIRTUAL REALITY

Virtual Reality

M. Slouka"Virtual World"

E.M.Forster, "The Machine Stops"

"The Machine Stops" audio version

History of Video Games
Video game site with reviews etc.
Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked

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