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Communication Research Guide
Audio/Video (AV) Materials
Search the Library Catalog by subject or title, then limit the search by "Material Type," such as "videos, films slides" or "spoken recording." The "Location" box will indicate whether materials are located in W.E.B. Du Bois Library Reserves, Special Collections, or another part of the Library.
Of special interest to Communication students is the Library's collection of videos on the subject of mass media representation, most produced by Communication Professor Sut Jhally. Below is a partial list with descriptions and video call numbers.
- Advertising & the End of the World. Sut Jhally. Northampton, MA: Media Education Foundation, 1998. (47 min. VHS)
Presents a compelling and accessible argument about consumerism and its impact on the earth's future.
UM/RESERVE-Video, Call #: V 2007
- Behind the Screens: Hollywood goes Hypercommercial. Matt Soar and Susan Ericsson. Northampton, MA: Media Education Foundation, 2000. (37 min. VHS)
Examines the invasion of mainstream, big-budget movies by advertising and marketing.
UM/RESERVE-Video, Call #: V 1862
- Being True to your Voice: Breaking Through the Information Divide. Maria Hinojosa. University of Massachusetts, 2000. VHS.
Her experiences as a journalist and the importance of having a diversity of perspectives in the media.
UM/Media Call #: P94.5.M55 H55 2000
- Cultural Criticism & Transformation. Bell Hooks. Northampton, MA: Media Education Foundation, 1997. (66 min. VHS)
Compelling argument for the transformative power of cultural criticism.
UM/RESERVE-Video, Call #: V 1607
- Dreamworlds: Desire/Sex/Power in Rock Video. Sut Jhally. Amherst: MA: Foundation for Media Education, 1991. (55 min. VHS)
Controversial video which shows the impact that sex and violence in media have on society and culture in our everyday life.
UM/RESERVE-Video, Call #: V 898
- Edward Said on Orientalism. Sanjay Talreja. Northampton, MA: Media Education Foundation, 1998. (40 min. VHS)
Influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. Talks about the context in which the book was conceived, its main themes, and how its original thesis relates to the contemporary understanding of "the Orient."
UM/RESERVE-Video, Call #: V 1733
- Game Over: Gender, Race & Violence in Video Games. Nina Huntemann. Northampton, MA: Media Education Foundation, 2000. (41 min. VHS)
This educational documentary offers a refreshing dialogue about the complex and controversial topic of video game violence, and is designed to encourage high school and college students to think critically about the video games they play instead of dismissing the technology as 'harmless fun'--Container.
UM/RESERVE-Video, Call #: V 1861
- Inside Story: The Press Coverage of Jesse Jackson. Alexandria, VA: Press and the Public Project, 1984. (30 min. VHS)
Discusses the press coverage of Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign.
UM/RESERVE-Video, Call #: V 429
- Killing Screens: Media and the Culture of Violence. Sut Jhally. Northampton, MA: Media Education Foundation, 1994. (41 min. VHS)
Explores why there is so much violence on television and its effects on viewers. Addresses psychological, political, social, and developmental impacts of growing and living within a cultural environment of pervasive, ritualized violent representation. Suggests new ways of thinking about the negative effects of mass media on society, and discusses what can be done.
UM/RESERVE-Video, Call #: V 1286
- Material Witness: Race, Identity and the Politics of Gangsta Rap. Michael Eric Dyson. Northampton, MA: Media Education Foundation, 1995, (42 min. VHS)
Dyson talks about the important issues of essentials and notions of identity within the context of race, and discusses hip hop culture and the conflicts around gangsta rap.
UM/RESERVE-Video, Call #: V 1389
- Race: The Floating Signifier. Sut Jhally. Northampton, MA: Media Education Foundation, 1996. (632 min. VHS)
Stuart Hall, a renowned public speaker and teacher, presents a lecture on race and the meaning of racial signifiers (like skin color) at Goldsmiths College, New Cross, London. Also includes an interview with Hall by Sut Jhally.
UM/RESERVE-Video, Call #: V 1555
- Representation & The Media. Sut Jhally. Northampton, MA: Media Education Foundation, 1997. (55 min. VHS)
Stuart Hall, a renowned public speaker and teacher, lectures on the central ideas of cultural studies--that reality is not experienced directly, but through the lens of culture, through the way that human beings represent and tell stories about the world in which they live. Using visual examples, Hall shows how the media--and especially the visual media--have become the key players in the process of modern storytelling.
UM/RESERVE-Video, Call #: V 1556
- Slim Hopes: Advertising and the Obsession with Thinness. Jean Kilbourne. Northampton, MA: Media Education Foundation, 1995 (30 min. VHS)
Explores the manner in which women are portrayed by advertising with the focus on thinness. Discusses the impact this portrayal has on the self-images of women and girls.
UM/RESERVE-Video, Call #: V 1390
- Spin. Brian Springer. (57 min. VHS)
Excerpts from 500 hours of "satellite feeds" taped by Springer during 1992; includes pre-broadcast and post-broadcast footage from network sources (makeup sessions, off-camera discussions), broadcasts from various presidential campaigns to local television stations for rebroadcast, from Pat Robertson's Christian network, local station feeds, and other sources of television never "broadcast," which illustrate the various uses of television by journalists, politicians, consultants and pressure groups to affect the political process, with much attention to the new role of television talk shows such as the Larry King Show.
UM/RESERVE-Video, Call #: : V 1401
Comments and suggestions toElizabeth B. Fitzpatrick ebf@library.umass.edu |
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