Category: Media
Get reading Critical Studies in Media Communications
The library subscribes to the journal Critical Studies in Media Communications from 1998 onwards. This peer-reviewed journal publishes original scholarship in mediated and mass communication from a cultural studies and/or critical perspective. Articles in...
Get stuck into reading the Convergence journal
The library subscribes to Convergence (the international journal of research into new media technologies) from 1999 to the present day, with online access from 2018 onwards. This academic journal is internationally peer-reviewed and aims...
A graphic novel wins prestigious Illustration award for 2nd year in a row
Jeet Zdung has won the 2023 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration with Saving Sonya: Chang and the Sun Bear. This award is judged by children’s librarians for an outstanding book in terms of illustration...
New books available through Sage Catalyst
The library has recently subscribed to a new collection of eBooks from Sage publishing. The package includes unlimited access to many titles including some we previously could not buy as eBooks. To view eBooks...
Shakespeare Archive database
The Shakespeare database is an up-to-date textual resource and includes information even on the latest feature films that have yet to be broadcast on non-subscription channels available on Box of Broadcasts such as Spielberg’s...
Let’s shine the spotlight on public relations and social media
This week we are highlighting books we have bought on social media and public relations: Atay (2022) Social media, technology and new generations: digital millennial generation and Generation Z Collister & Roberts-Bowman (2018) Visual...
British Journalism Review – get reading
The library subscribes to the British Journalism Review from 1999 to the present day. It is a well-regarded publication including essays and interviews which newspapers don’t reach. This journal is a forum for analysis...
Spotlight on fashion books
This week we are shining a spotlight on fashion books we have recently bought: Findlay (2023) Insights into fashion journalism Gilewska (2011) Pattern-drafting for fashion – volume 3 – draping Jennings (2022) The fashion...
Spotlight on popular culture books
This week we are shining a spotlight on books we have bought on popular culture: Chavez (2021) The sound of exclusion: NPR and the Latinx public Kien (2019) Communicating with Memes: consequences in post-truth...
Explore new performing arts, dance and television books
Come and explore performing arts books purchased this academic year which include: Dietz (2022) The complete book of 1900s Broadway musicals Fuchs et al (2021) Theater of lockdown: digital and distanced performance in a...
Fashion research
These resources are really valuable when researching for your assignments. Euromonitor focusses its industry analysis across consumer goods and services, including market performance, market size, company and brand shares and profiles of leading companies and...
Spotlight on film books
This week we are shining a spotlight on some of our new film books: Blueprints visual scripting for Unreal Engine 5: unleash the true power of Blueprints to create impressive games and applications in...
Check out ‘Cite Them Right’ to help with your Media referencing
Need help with referencing? Cite Them Right is an excellent online tool to help you reference your assignments. You can access Cite Them Right via the link above, at the top of any search...
How to use Newsstream for newspaper research
There are many reasons you might need to do research in a newspaper archive. You might be interested in how an event was reported in London versus Glasgow vs New York. You might be...