Media+Arts

Introduction:
This collection contains materials covering all aspects of media arts specializing in mass media, cinema studies (criticism and analysis), video production (documentary and narrative), political media, animation, photography, computer/video interface and studio production.

Questions for Inquiry:
How does the political climate affect the media? How does the media affect culture and politics? What is the influence of popular culture on the media?

Keywords
Film, Movies, Documentary, Cinema, Motion pictures, Animation, Cartoons, Mass media, Photography, Comics

Subject Headings:
Mass media; Feature films; Animated films; Comic books, strips, etc.;Cartooning; Journalism; Freedom of the Press; Web sites; Blogs

Dewey Decimal Classification(s):
070 Journalism 001.51, 301.16, 302.23 Mass Media 006.7 Web pages; Blogs 778.5, 791.43, 792.9 Motion pictures; Television; Films 384.55, 621.38, 791.45 Television 782.42 Rap (Music); Hip-Hop 791.44 Radio programs

Reference:
Bruns, Roger. __Icons of Lation America: Latino Contributions to American Culture.__ (2 Vol.) Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2008. 920 BRU. Bynoe, Yvonne. __Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip Hop Culture.__ Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, c2006. 782.42 BYN Cogan, Brian. __Encyclopedia of Politics, the Media, and Popular Culture__. Denver, CO.: ABC-CLIO, c2009. 302.23 COG. __Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature__. Ed. by Tarshia L. Stanley. Westport, CT.: Greemwppd Press. c2009. 810.9 ENC. Halper, Donna L. __Icons of Talk: The Media Mouths That Changed America.__ Westport, CT. : Greenwood Press, c2009. 791.45 H. Hess, Mickey. __Icons of Hip Hop: Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture.__ (2 Vol.) Westport, CT. : Greenwood Press, c2007. 782.42 ICO. Knight, Gladys L. __Female Action Heroes: A Guide to Women in Comics, Video Games, Film, and Television__. Denver, CO.: ABC-CLIO, 2010. 791.4 K. Riley, Sam G. __African Americans in the Media Today__ (2 Vol.) Westport, CT. : Greenwood Press, c2007. 302.23 RIL __Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film.__ (4 vol.) Detroit : Schirmer Reference:Thomson/Gale, c2007. 791.43 SCH __Television in American Society.__ (3 vol.) Farmington Hills, MI:Thomson Gale, c2007. 302.23 H

Non-fiction:
Auletta, Ken. __Googled: The End of the World as We Know It__. New York : Penguin Press, c2009. 338.7 A. Belafonte, Harry. __My Song : a Memoir.__ New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2011. BIO BELAFONTE. Bogle, Donald. __Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams.__ New York : One World/Ballantine Books, c2005. 920 BOG. __Born in the Bronx: a Visual Record of the Early Days of Hip Hop__. Ed. by Johan Kugelberg. New York: rizzoli International Publications, c2007. 782.42 B Carr, Nicholas. __The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains.__ New York : W.W. Norton & Company,c 2011. 612.9 C/ Coleman, Brian. __Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies__. New York : Villard Books, c2007. 782.42 COL. Felisbret, Eric. __Graffiti New York__. New York: Abrams, c2009. 751.7 F. Ganz, Nicholas. __ Graffiti World : Street Art From Five Continents.__ New York : H.N. Abrams, c2004. 751.73 GAN. Gastman, Roger. __The History of American Graffiti. New York__ : HarperCollins Publishers, c2010. 751.7 G. Gravett, Paul. __M anga : Sixty Years of Japanese Comics.__ London : Laurence King Pub., c2004. 741.59 GRA. Gross, Terry. __ All I D id Was A sk : Conversations With Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists.__ New York : Hyperion, c2004. 791.44 GRO. King, C. Richard. __Media Images and Representations__ (Contemporary Native American Issues) Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers., c2006. 791.43 K. Lace, William W. __Blacks in Film.__ Farmington Hills, MI : Gale, c2008. 791.43 L. Lynskey, Dorian. __33 Revolutions per Minute : a History of Protest Songs, From Billie Holiday to Green Day__. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, c2011. 782.42 L. __Mass Media: Opposing Viewpoints.__ Ed. by William Dudley. Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2005. 302.23 MAS. __Media Violence.__ Ed. by Louise Gerdes. Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2004. 303.6 MED. __Ousmane Sembene: Interviews__. Ed. by Annett Busch and Max Annas. Jackson, MI. : University Press of Mississippi, c2008. 791.43 O. __Popular Culture: Opposing Viewpoints.__ Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press,c 2005. 302.23 POP. __Rap Music and Culture.__ New York : Greenhaven Press, c2008. 306.4 R. Ruschmann, Paul. __The FCC and Regulating Indecency.__ Philadephia : Chelsea House, c2005. 343.73 R. Sanders, Martin W. __America Through the Lens: Photographes Who Changed the Nation__. New York : Henry Holt and Company, c2005. 770 S. __ Scenes F rom the C ity :__ __Filmmaking in New York, 1966-2006.__ Edited by James Sanders. New York : Rizzoli : Distributed by Random House, c2006. 791.43 SCE. Scott, Damion and Kris Ex. __How to Draw Hip Hop.__ New York : Watson-Guptill, c2006. 741.2 SCO. Seba, Jaime. __Gay Characters in Theater, Movies, and Television: New Roles, New Attitudes__. Broomall, PA. : Mason Crest Publishers,c 2011. 791.43 S. Selfridge, Benjamin. __A Teen's Guide to Creating Web Pages and Blogs.__ Waco, TX. : Prufrock Press Inc., c2009. 006.7 S. Solomon, Norman. __ War M ade E asy : How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death. Hoboken.__ NJ : Wiley, c2005. 070.44 SOL. Stuller, Jennifer K. __Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors.__ New York : I.B. Tauris, c2010. 791.43 S. Thomson, David. __"Have You Seen...?'' : A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films.__ New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2008. 791.43 T. Waters, Rosa. __Hip-Hop: a Short Hstory__. Broomall, PA : Mason Crest, c2007. 782.421 WAT.

Fiction:
Avi. __Nothing But the Truth: a Documentary Novel.__ New York : Avon Books, c1991. FIC AVI. Calconita, Jen. __Broadway Lights : a Novel.__ New York : Little, Brown and Company, c2010. Calonita, Jen. __Paparazzi Princess.__ New York : Little, Brown and Company, c2009. FIC CALONITA. Dean, Zoey. __Girls on Film__. New York : Little, Brown and Company, c2004. FIC DEAN. Howell, Simmone. __ Notes F rom the T eenage Underground.__ New York : Bloomsbury : Holtzbrinck Publishers, c2007. FIC HOWELL. Weatherford, Carole Boston. __Becoming Billie Holiday.__ Honesdale, PA.: Wordsong, c2008.

Databases:
Passwords are needed for the following databases: EBSCO: [] GALE: [] Grolier Online Passport: [|http://go.grolier.com] The New York Times: [|http://www.nytimes.com] World Book Web: []

//[|FAIR: Fairness and accuracy in reporting] - This// national media watch group has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986. [|Common Sense Media] - Provides family reviews and ratings of **media** and entertainment choices for kids and families. [|Fox News]- This corporation describes itself as fair and balenced but many question whether it is truly fair and balenced. [|IMDB] - Internet Movie Database [|Media Matters] - //Media Matters for America// is a Web-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media. [|Media Watch] - Challenging racism, sexism and violence in the media through education and action. [|The Weekly Standard]- News from a conservative point of view.
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Videos/DVDs:
//America Beyond the Color Line//. London : Wall to Wall Television,c 2003. DVD# 6. //American Cinema: Five Videos - The Hollywood Style/The Star; Romantic Comedy / Film Noir; The Western / The Combat Film; The Studio System / Film in the Television Age; The Film School Generation / The Edge of Hollywood//. NY: The Visual Center for Visual History Production, c1995. VCR# 452, 453,454,455,456,264. //The B ronze S creen : 100 Hundred Years of the Latino image in Hollywood.// Chicago : Questar, c2002. DVD# 187. Miller, Branda. //Birth of a Candy Bar.// Electronic. NY : Electronic Arts Intermix, c1988. VCR# 251. //Hacking democracy. New York : Teale Edwards Production, c2006. DVD# 532.// //Inside Job. New York : Sony Pictures Classics, c2010. DVD# 531.// //Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism.// Produced and directed by Robert Greenwald. New York : Disinformation Co., 2004. DVD# 14. //Racism: The Internal Madness//. NY : Educational Video Center, c?. VCR# 252. //Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections. Nashville, TN. : Earnhardt Pirkle, Inc., c2007. DVD# 533.//

Community Resources:
Fox News television station, Channel 5. WNYC radio station, 93.9 FM, 820 AM
 * WBAI** radio station, 99.5 FM

Curriculum Standards Related to This Topic:
Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts. Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles. Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought. Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.
 * New York State Standards For the Arts:**
 * Standard 1:** Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts
 * Standard 2:** Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources
 * Standard 3:** Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art
 * Standard 4:** Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts