Subject Guides: Media & Communication Subject Guide: Finding Background Information

Encyclopedias, Handbooks, and More

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Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett (Editor)
ISBN: 9781452265513
Publication Date: 2006-12-14
Encyclopedia of Communication and Information
Call Number: 302.203 E56o
ISBN: 0028653866
Publication Date: 2001-09-21
Encyclopedia of Media and Politics by Todd M. Schaefer (Editor); Thomas Birkland (Editor)
Call Number: 302.230973 E56o
ISBN: 1568028350
Publication Date: 2006-10-27
Encyclopedia of Television by Horace Newcomb (Editor)
Call Number: 384.5503 E56o
ISBN: 1579583946
Publication Date: 2004-10-04
The International Encyclopedia of Communication by Wolfgang Donsbach (Editor)
Call Number: 302.203 I56e
ISBN: 9781405131995
Publication Date: 2008-04-28
The Routledge Companion to Digital Media and Children by Lelia Green (Editor); Donell Holloway (Editor); Kylie Stevenson (Editor); Tama Leaver (Editor); Leslie Haddon (Editor)
ISBN: 9781351004107
Publication Date: 2020-10-27
The Routledge Companion to Radio and Podcast Studies by Mia Lindgren (Editor); Jason Loviglio (Editor)
ISBN: 9781003002185
Publication Date: 2022-06-15

Resources for Newspapers and Magazines

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