ESTABLISHING MEDIA LITERACY IN POST-COMMUNIST UNIVERSITIES

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A variety of syllabi from universities in the East and the West; copies of newspaper and journal articles; on-line links to relevant materials, films, and clips of television footage covering major events in the United States, Europe and the former Soviet Union.

MEDIA AND SOCIETY
Joseph Turow, Breaking Up America.
Insult Laws, ed. Ruth Walden
Colin Shaw, Deciding What We Watch
Ellen Mickiewicz, "Excavating Hidden Tradeoffs," Political Communication
Philip Tetlock, "Coping with Tradeoffs: Psychological Constraints and Political Implications," in Elements of Reason
Ellen Mickiewicz, "The Election News Story on Russian Television: A World Apart from Viewers," Slavic Review
Thomas Patterson, Out of Order
Ellen Mickiewicz, Changing Channels, chapter 8.

Media Criticism
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2006) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten...
Paul Belien (2006), Jihad Against Danish Newspaper. The Brussels Journal, http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/382
Radical Mass Media Criticism : A Cultural Genealogy (2004), ed. By David Berry, John Theobald .
Stuart H. Loory. Dealing with the Media Critics. IPI Global Journalist. 2005. 3rd quarter.

Web sites on Critical Thinking and media criticism: http://infotrac.thomsonlearning.com/infowrite/critical.html
http://www.transparencynow.com/news/tableof.htm
http://www.journalismnet.com/media/criticism.htm
http://www.criticism.com/

Arthur Asa, Emeritus Berger (2005) Media Analysis Techniques
Habermas, Jurgen, (1999) The Public Sphere from Media Studies. A Reader, Edinburgh University Press
Scannell, Paddy (1999) Public Service Broadcasting: The History of the Concept from Media Studies. A Reader, Edinburgh University Press
Siebert, F., Peterson, T., & Schramm, W. Four Theories of The Press. Chicago: University of Illinois, 1973.

David Buckingham, Julian Sefton-Green (1995), Cultural Studies Goes to School: Reading and Teaching Popular Media (Critical Perspectives on Literacy and Education)
Joli Jensen (1990), Redeeming Modernity : Contradictions in Media Criticism (Communication and Human Values)
The Adoring Audience; Fan Culture and Popular Media (1992), Ed. by Lisa A. Lewis
Merrill, John (1980), The World's Great Dailies. New York: Hasting House.

Television: the Critical View / ed. By Horace Newcomb. 6th ed. 1999.
Neil Postman. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. 1984
Stevenson, Robert L. Global Communication in the Twenty-First Century. New York, London:

Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1994.
Halloran, James (1999) On the Social Effects of Television from Media Studies. A Reader, Edinburgh University Press
Slesinger, Ph. (1999) Putting Reality Together: BBC News (Excerpt) from News: A Reader, ed. Tumber, Th., Oxford University Press
Ryan, Marie-Laure (2004) Narrative Across Media: The Languages of Storytelling, University of Nebraska Press

Garth S. Jowett, Victoria O'Donnell (1999), Propaganda and Persuasion
Jason Galde (2005), Propaganda 101 : Mastery of the Dark Arts
Kalle Lasn (2000), Culture Jam: How to Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge--And Why We Must
Dennis, Everette E. & Merrill, John C. Media Debates: Issues in Mass Communication. New York & London: Longman, 1991.
Steve Hoenisch, Using French Social Thought for Media Criticism http://www.criticism.com/md/media-criticism-with-french-social-thought.html
Strange, Niki (1999) Perform, Educate, Entertain: Ingredients of the Cookery from Media Studies. A Reader, Edinburgh University Press
Ellis, John (1999) Broadcast TV Narration from Media Studies. A Reader, Edinburgh University Press
Ryan, Marie-Laure (2004) Narrative Across Media: The Languages of Storytelling, University of Nebraska Press

Brown, Dan. The Manifest Content of Pornography: Research Advances and Policy Considerations. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1989.
International Encyclopedia of Communications. (E.Barnouw, G.Gerbner, W. Schramm, ed.). Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Itzin, Catherine. Pornography: Women, Violence, and Civil Liberties: a Radical New View. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.
Mary-Lou Galician (2004). Sex, Love, and Romance in the Mass Media: Analysis and Criticism of Unrealistic Portrayals and Their Influence (Lea's Communication Series)


Media and Economics
Wildman, S.S. (1994). One-way flows and the economics of audience-making. In Audiencemaking: How the media create the audience. Erlbaum
Sanchez-Tabernero (2005). Issues in media globalization. In Handbook of Media Management and Economics. Erlbaum
Gershon, R. (2005). Issues in transnational media management. In Handbook of Media Management and Economics. Erlbaum
Goff, D.H. (2005). Global media management and economics. In Handbook of Media Management and Economics. Erlbaum.

Waterman, D. (2005). The economics of media programming. In Handbook of Media Management and Economics. Erlbaum.
Wildman, S.S. (2005). Paradigms and analytical frameworks in modern media economics. In Handbook of Media Management and Economics. Erlbaum.

Napoli, P.M. (2005). Issues in media management and the public interest. In Handbook of Media Management and Economics. Erlbaum

Cherry, B. (2005). Regulatory and political influences on media management and economics. In Handbook of Media Management and Economics. Erlbaum.
Hamilton, J. (2004). Ch. 1: Economic theories of news. In All the News that's Fit to Sell. Princeton.
Fortunato, J. (2005). Making Media Content: The Influence of Constituency Groups on the Mass Media. Erlbaum.

Napoli, P.M. (2003). Audience Economics: Media Institutions and the Audience Marketplace, Intro, chs. 1-5. Columbia U. Press.
Hamilton, J. (2004). Ch. 3: News audiences. In All the News that's Fit to Sell. Princeton.
Napoli, P.M. (2003). Audience Economics: Media Institutions and the Audience Marketplace, chs. 5-6. Columbia U. Press.
Phalen, P.F. (2005). Audience research and analysis. In Handbook of Media Management and Economics. Erlbaum.
Anand & Peterson (2000). When market information constitutes fields: Sensemaking of markets in the commercial music field. Organization Science.

McCombs & Nolan (1997). The relative constancy approach to consumer spending for media. Journal of Media Economics.
Chang & Chan Olmsted (2005). Relative constancy of advertising spending. Gazette.
Rogers, E. (1997). Diffusion of new media: New directions. Mass Comm Review.
Carey & Elton (1996). Forecasting demand for new consumer services: Challenges and alternatives. In New Information Technologies in the Home. Erlbaum.

Media and Governance
Center for Democracy and Governance (1998) Democracy and Governance: A
Conceptual Framework. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Agency for International Development.
Center for Democracy and Governance (1999) The Role of Media In Democracy: A Strategic Approach. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Agency for International Development.
Jakubowicz, Karol (2002) The Role of The Media In Promoting Good Governance, MS.
Kaufmann, Daniel et al. (2002) Governance Matters II. Updated Indicators for 2000/01. Policy Research Working Paper 2772. Washington: The World Bank Research Group and World Bank Institute.
Linz, Juan J., Alfred Stepan (1996) Problems of Democratic Transition and
Consolidation. Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe.
Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Tunstall, Jeremy. The Media Are American.
Broadcasting Council of Ukraine; "Public Television and Radio Broadcasting"; "Creation of the System of Public TV and Radio Broadcasting." Strasbourg: Council of Europe.
ARTICLE 19 (2005) A Model Public Service Broadcasting Law, London.
Rumphorst, Werner (2003) Model Public Service Broadcasting Law, Geneva.
Goldberg, Bernard. 2002. Bias. A CBS Insider Exposes How Media Distort the News.
Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing.
Society of Professional Journalists. Code of Ethics.
Bonin, Andreas von (1998), The "Sondersituation" of Broadcasting in German
and American Law, Columbia Law School, MS.
Hamelink, Cees (1999) Preserving media independence: regulatory frameworks. Paris: UNESCO Publishing.
Price, Monroe E., Peter Krug (2000) The Enabling Environment For Free and
Independent Media. Oxford: Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Wolfson College.
European Standards on Media Independence and Regulation. A Review of OSCE and Council of Europe Standard-setting documents.
ARTICLE 19 (2005) Memorandum on The Draft Law of Ukraine Amending the Law of Ukraine "On Television and Radio Broadcasting". London


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