Tom Streeter's *Selling the Air* is a great study of the development of broadcasting policy. >From: Marlyn Robinson <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: reference sources > >This is a mundane question, and as a librarian, one I should easily be able >to answer myself, but I need additional expert advice. I have some extra >money to spend on books before close of the fiscal year, and both for my >own selfish interests and to support our various courses on media, >entertainment and broadcasting law, I'd like to put together a small core >collection of the best historical reference-type resources on film, >television and radio. >We already have the AFI catalogs, History of the American Cinema, John >Dunning's On the Air, Albert Abramson's History of Television, Bordwell's >Film Art, Film History, History of Film Style and Film Viewer's Guide, and >books by our local heroes Tom Schatz and Janet Staiger. We have many >subject-specific titles, mainly dealing with legal aspects of these media, >e.g. censorship, corporate histories, broadcast regulation, etc. We're >clearly short on tv and radio titles and I've not had a lot of luck in >finding books that will seem to be useful in the long term. Please let me >know what you think are the most useful and authoritative general resources. >Thanks in advance for your help. > >Marlyn Robinson >University of Texas School of Law >[log in to unmask] > >---- >For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: >http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 17:14:26 -0500 >From: chad <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: reference sources > >These titles are not law related, but I think they would provide a >well-rounded introduction to TV. > >-chad > >Butler, Jeremy. Television: Critical Methods and Applications. Mahwah, >NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2002. > >Casey, Bernadette, et al. Television Studies: The Key Concepts. London: >Routledge, 2002. > >Corner, John. Critical Ideas in Television Studies. Oxford Television >Studies. Eds. Charlotte Brundson and John Caughie. Oxford: Clarendon >Press, 1999. > >Ellis, John. Visible Fictions. Revised ed. London: Routledge, 1992. > >Fiske, John. Television Culture. London: Routledge, 1987. > >Thompson, Kristin. Storytelling in Film and Television. Cambridge, MA: >Harvard University Press, 2003. > >Williams, Raymond. Television: Technology and Cultural Form. New York: >Shocken Books, 1974. > > >On Friday, July 2, 2004, at 10:36 AM, Marlyn Robinson wrote: > > > >>This is a mundane question, and as a librarian, one I should easily be >>able >>to answer myself, but I need additional expert advice. I have some >>extra >>money to spend on books before close of the fiscal year, and both for >>my >>own selfish interests and to support our various courses on media, >>entertainment and broadcasting law, I'd like to put together a small >>core >>collection of the best historical reference-type resources on film, >>television and radio. >>We already have the AFI catalogs, History of the American Cinema, John >>Dunning's On the Air, Albert Abramson's History of Television, >>Bordwell's >>Film Art, Film History, History of Film Style and Film Viewer's Guide, >>and >>books by our local heroes Tom Schatz and Janet Staiger. We have many >>subject-specific titles, mainly dealing with legal aspects of these >>media, >>e.g. censorship, corporate histories, broadcast regulation, etc. We're >>clearly short on tv and radio titles and I've not had a lot of luck in >>finding books that will seem to be useful in the long term. Please >>let me >>know what you think are the most useful and authoritative general >>resources. >>Thanks in advance for your help. >> >>Marlyn Robinson >>University of Texas School of Law >>[log in to unmask] >> >>---- >>For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: >>http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html >> >> >> >> > >---- >For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: >http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html > >------------------------------ > >End of SCREEN-L Digest - 1 Jul 2004 to 2 Jul 2004 (#2004-112) >************************************************************* > > ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]