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Resources for Media Industries Research

Jennifer Holt, UCSB

Film and Media Studies UCSB

Use these online resources for news reporting, research and class projects!
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Media Industry News and Blogs

All Things Digital
Ars Technica
BuzzMachine
CJR (Columbia Journalism Review)
CNET News - Digital Media
Deadline Hollywood
Excess Copyright
Gamasutra News
GamesIndustry.Biz
ICv2 : Inside Pop Culture
IGN
Indiewire
Lost Remote
MediaPost
MediaShift
News for TV Majors
Nielsen Wire
NPR Topics: Media
Pew Research Center's Journalism Project
Tech Insider
TechCrunch
Technology : NPR
Technology Liberation Front
The Big Picture
The Biz Blog
The FutonCritic
The Wrap
Tubefilter
VentureBeat
WIRED

Newspapers and Trade Publications

Advertising Age
Adweek
Box Office Magazine
Broadcasting and Cable
Folio
Hollywood Reporter
Los Angeles Times - Company Town
Los Angeles Times - The Biz
Multichannel News
New York Times - Arts
New York Times - Media and Advertising
New York Times - Television
Silicon Beat
TV Week
Variety

Media Industry Stats and Data

Box Office Mojo
CJR Who Owns What
Lumiere
Pew Internet Project
The Numbers
TV by the Numbers

Trade Organizations

Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers)
Consumer Electronics Association
ESA (Entertainment Software Association)
IGDA (International Game Developers Association)
IRTS (International Radio & TV Society Foundation)
MPAA (Motion Picture Assocation of America)
NAB (National Assoc. of Broadcasters)
NATO (National Assoc. of Theater Owners)
NATPE (National Assoc. of TV Program Executives)
NCTA (National Cable & Telecommunications Assoc.)
RIAA (Recording Industry Assoc. of America)
SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers)

Law, Policy and Media Activism

Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
Center for Digital Democracy
Copyright Watch
Electronic Frontier Foundation
European Audiovisual Observatory
FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
Free Press
OFCOM (Office of Communications - UK)
Public Knowledge
The Benton Foundation
US Copyright Office

Industry Outreach and Education

Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Foundation
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation
Advertising Educational Foundation
Broadcast Education Association
IRTS (International Radio & TV Society) Foundation
NATPE Ed Foundation Channel on Youtube
The Cable Center
The Paley Center for Media

Industry Labor Organizations

ASC (American Society of Cinematographers)
DGA (Directors Guild of America)
IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees)
NABET (National Assoc. of Broadcast Employees and Technicians)
SAG*AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of TV & Radio Artists)
Writers Guild of America, East
Writers Guild of America, West

Media Industries Podcasts

KCRW The Business
KCRW The Spin-off
NPR On The Media
Podcast RE: Searchable archive of podcasts

Scholarly Journals (some are UC-only access)

Antenna
Convergence
Critical Studies in Media Communication
Cultural Studies
Film History
Flow
International Journal of Communication
Journal of e-Media Studies
Journal of Media Economics
Media Fields
Media Industries Journal
Media, Culture & Society
Mediascape
New Media & Society
Television & New Media
Transformative Works and Cultures

Archives, etc.

Media History Digital Library
AMIA (Association of Moving Image Archivists)
Archive of American Television
Civil Rights Digital Library
Internet Archive
Library of American Broadcasting

About Me

Jen Holt: Santa Barbara, CA, United States; I am a film and media studies professor at UC Santa Barbara. I teach media industries, history of television, media criticism and various other film/tv/digital media related courses.

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