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Media Studies
There are currently 56 books catalogued under media studies.
Author Title Date Publisher
  Plug-In Drug: Television, Children and the Family 1977 Penguin
Andriacco, Dan Screen Saved: The Peril and Promise of Media Ministry 1989 St. Anthony Messenger
Berger, Gilda Violence and the Media 1989 Franklin Watts
Brook, James Resisting the Virtual Life: The Culture and Politics of Information 1995 City Lights
Brown, Jay Rating the Movies 1993 Publications International
Brunner, Cornelia New Media Literacy Handbook 1999 Anchor BOoks
Cantor, Joanne Mommy, I'm Scared: How TV and Movies Frighten Children and What we Can Do to Protect Them 1998 Harcourt Brace
Casty, alan Development of the Film: An Interpretive History 1973 Harcourt Brace
Chafets, Ze'ev Double Vision: How the Press Distorts America's View of the Middle East 1985 Morrow
Chambers, John Whiteclay II World War II - Film and History 1996 Oxford University Press
Children Now A Different World: Children's Perceptions of Race and Class in the Media 2001 Children Now
Children Now Fall Colors 2000-2001: Prime Time Diversity Report 2001 Children Now
Cohl, H. Aaron Are We Scaring Ourselves to Death? How Pessimism, Paranoia and a Misguided Media are Leading Us Toward Disaster 1997 St. Martin's Griffin
Davis, Douglas Five Myths of Television Power 1993 Simon and Schuster
Epstein, Edward Jay News From Nowhere 1973 Vintage
Gianetti, Louis Understanding the Media 1990 Prentice Hall
Giannetti, Louis Understanding Movies 1990 Prentice Hall
Grossman, Dave Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill: A Call to Action Against TV, Movie and Video game Violence 1999 Crown
Hazen, Don We The Media: A Citizen's Guide to Fighting for Media Democracy 1997 The New Press
Healy, Jane M. Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect our Children's Minds - for Better and Worse 1998 Simon and Schuster
Heaton, Jeanne Albronda Tuning in Trouble: Talk TV's Destructive Impact on Mental health 1195 Jossey-Bass
Hendershot, heather Saturday Morning Censors: Television Regulation Before the V-Chip 1998 Duke University Press
Hentoff, Nat Free Speech for Me - But Not for Thee 1992 Harper Perennial
Herz, J. C. Joystick Nation: How Videogames Ate our Quarters, Won our Hearts and Rewired our minds 1997 Little, Brown and Company
Hiaasen, Carl Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World 1998 Library of Contemporary Thought/Ballantine
Holloway, Ronald Beyond the Image: Approaches to Religious Dimension in the Cinema 1977 Cinema Oikoumene / World Council of Churches
Jantz, Harold On Pornography 1987 Faith and Life
Jewett, Robert Saint Paul at the Movies: The Apostle's Dialog with American Culture 1993 Westminster
Kagan, Norman War Film 1974 Pyramid Books
Kennel, LeRoy E. Ecology of the Airwaves 1971 Kearl Press
Kohl, Herbert Should We Burn Babar? Essays on Children's Literature and the Power of Stories 1995 The New Press
Lappe, Frances Moore What to Do After You Turn off the TV: Fresh Ideas for family Time 1985 Ballantine
Lauterer, Jock Community Journalism: The Personal Approach 1995 Iowa State University Press
Lee, Martin A. Unreliable Sources: A Guide to Detecting Bias in the News Media 1992 Carol Publishing Group
Leone, Bruno Free Speech: Current Controversies 1994 Greenhaven Press
Levine, Madeline See No Evil: A Guide to Protecting Our Children from Media Violence 1998 Jossey-Bass
Mander, Jerry Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television 1977 Quill
Martin, Joel Screening the Sacred: Religion, Myth and Ideology in Popular American Film 1995 Westview
Mast, Gerald Film Theory and Criticism 1992 OxfordUniversity Press
McKibben, Bill Age of Missing Information 1992 Random House
Miller-Lachmann, Lyn Our Family, Our Friends, Our World 1992 R. R. Bowker
Minow, Newton Abandoned in the Wasteland: Children, television and the First Amendment 1995 Hill and Wang
Moeller, Susan D. Compassion Fatigue: How the Media Sell Disease, Famine, War and Death 1999 Routledge
Pacatte, Rose Guide to Planning In-House Film Festivals 2000 Pauline Center for Media Studies
Rosen, Elana Yonah Changing the World Through Media Education 1998 Fulcrum Resources
Ross, Karen Black and White Media: Black Images in Film and Television 1996 Polity Press
Schultze, Quentin J. Redeeming Television: How TV Changes Christians and How Christians Can Change TV 1992 InterVarsity Press
Shaheen, Jack G. TV Arab 1884 Bowling Green State University Popular Press
Sherrow, Victoria Violence and the Media: The Question of Cause and Effect 1996 The Millbrook Press
Sherrow, Victoria Violence and the Media: The Question of Cause and Effect 1996 Millstone Press
Traverso, Debra Koontz Traverso TV Time: 150 Fun Family Activities that Turn Your Television into a Learning Tool 1998 Avon
Turck, Mary C. Parent's Guide to the Best Children's Videos 1994 Houghton Mifflin
Vaux, Sam Ansen Finding Meaning at the Movies 1999 Abingdon
Walsh, David Selling Out America's Children: How America Puts Profits before Values and What Parents Can Do 1994 Fairview Press
Williamson, Judith Decoding Advertisements: Ideology and Meaning in Advertising 1978 Marion Boyars
Winn, Marie Unplugging the Plug-In Drug: The No TV Week Guide 1987 Penguin

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