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Surveying the
Literature Landscape
Understand your topic; note key concepts;
prepare thesaurus (search terms, names of scholars)
Become acquainted with major scholarly journals
in your field. [Note: "refereed" or "peer reviewed"
scholarly and/or scientific journals indicate the process through which experts
in a field of study examine and assess the quality of the articles before they
are published. Peer review is designed to insure that the research or
scholarship described in a journal's articles is sound and of high quality.
Sometimes the term "refereed" is used instead of peer reviewed.] The
following is a selected list of scholarly journals in mass communication.]
- Communication Abstracts
- Communication Research
- Communication Theory
- Critical Studies in Mass Communication
- Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics
- International Journal of Media Management
[Note: only 16 libraries in the world subscribe to print editions, but
online access is available.]
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The Iowa Guide
- JMM: the International Journal on Media Management
[Note: print issues not available on UNC campus; online access via
http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/edi/ Click on "C" for Communication & Mass
Media Complete.]
- Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
- Journal of Communication
- Journal of Media Economics (EBSCO Journals)
- Journal of Media Psychology
- Journalism & Mass Communication Monographs
- Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
- Mass Comm Review
- New Media & Society
- Newspaper Research Journal
- others?
How does one find the current issue of these
journals?
- Go to this URL http://www.lib.unc.edu
Click on "Advanced Search." Next, select "journal title" from the
screen menu. Type in the title of the journal. Then press the "search" button. On
results screen, click on "View Items" relating to the Park Library.
Which online databases offer access to scholarly journals'
archives?
- E-Journals http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/ejournal
type in journal title, press enter, and note where you can locate archives
(citations, abstracts, full-text)
- InfoTrac Web http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid
select "I", then scroll to "InfoTrac Web." Click on
link, select Expanded Academic ASAP, then note "title list"
on next screen." Select link and explore what journals are
listed.
- Communication & Mass Media Complete
http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid select "C" and scroll until the
database is located. Click on it. Select link and explore what journals are
offered. You may also type in the title of a particular journal and search
the contents looking for full-text articles.
Develop an appropriate thesaurus of search terms: (selected
listing)
- journalism -- management [Note: not to be confused with managing
the media.]
- journalism -- economic aspects
- broadcasting -- management
- ethnic newspapers
- newspapers -- management
- newsroom management
- media convergence
- media management AND newspapers
- media ownership
- minorities in media
- newspaper publishing industry
- women in media management
- business and economics (general subject heading
list in UNC-CH eresources)
- business models
- theory
- culture
- best practices
- innovation
Discover the scholarly
literature review
process
Determine likely print & electronic resources
- Online catalogs (UNC-CH)
- WorldCat [Note: click
on link to WorldCat]
- Online databases
(UNC-CH)
[Note: the eresources web site
http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid offers 35 database links, five
E-Journals' links, and ten links to topical guides on Journalism and Mass
Communication. Click on "Research by
Subject" to view these links. Also, search for databases listed under
Business and Economics. Some of the most helpful databases for your
subject are listed below.]
Communication
& Mass Media Complete
Keyword(s): media
convergence
Keyword(s):
newsrooms AND case studies
Keyword(s): media
AND business model
Best
Practices Database
Keyword(s): newspapers
RePEc:
Research Papers in Economics (Select the IDEAS file)
Keyword(s): media
WorldCat
[Note: limit results by rank or date]
Keyword(s): newsroom management
Infotrac Web:
Expanded Academic [Note: limit results to refereed journals]
Keyword(s):
newspapers -- management
Keyword(s): newsroom management
[Note:
select journal NRJ]
Sociological
Abstracts
Keyword(s): journalism AND
management
ERIC via EBSCO Host (NCLive)
Keyword(s): media management
Keyword(s): newsroom AND
management
Keyword(s): newsroom management
Digital Dissertations
[Note: for more about access to UNC-CH dissertations, check
http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/hum/diss.html ]
Keyword(s): journalism AND
management
ABI Inform Global via ProQuest (NCLive)
Keyword(s): newspaper publishers
JSTOR (E-Journals): Social Sciences/Cultural
Studies, then
enter full title for JMCQ
- AEJMC Scholarly conference papers
database
Keyword(s): (management division)
- Questia [Note:
claims to be the worlds largest online library. Free access to citations and
first page or paragraph of document; thereafter, if you want the entire
document, you must register and agree to a payment plan.] Keyword(s):
"newspaper management"
Interlibrary
Loan (from Davis Library)
[Note: First-time users of ILL must register, then you may
request material by completing an ILL form on the Davis Library web site. Expect
a delay of several days to 3-4 weeks.]
Reports & Proceedings (Park Library's
Gray Literature)
Selected Books on Media Management
- Handbook of Media Management and Economics. Alan
B. Albarran (ed.) 2006
- Leadership in the Media Industry: Changing
Contests, Emerging Challenges. 2006. Lucy Kung (ed.)
- Growth and Dynamics of Maturing New Media
Companies. 2006. Cinzia Dal Zotto (ed.)
- Media management : a casebook approach, 2004.
Jan LeBlanc Wicks ... [et al.]
- The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the
Information Age. Philip Meyer [Park Library -- MAS-iss
. M613 2004]
- Newspapers and organizational development :
management and journalist perceptions of newsroom cultural change,
2004. Peter J. Gade
- Strategic Responses to Media Market changes,
2004. Robert G. Picard (ed.)
- Media management in the age of giants : business
dynamics of journalism, 2003. Dennis F. Herrick.
- Backstory: Inside the Business of News. 2003.
Ken Auletta
- Time, Change, and the American Newspaper, 2002.
George Sylvie and Patricia D. Witherspoon.
- Management of Electronic Media. 2002. Alan B.
Albarran.
- Knowledge management in the digital newsroom,
2002. Stephen Quinn.
- Newsroom management : a guide to theory and practice,
1991.Robert H. Giles.
- Weekly Newspaper Management. 1936. Thomas F.
Barnhart.
Citations &
Bibliographies
[Note: The terminology used in bibliographic construction can be confusing. Here
are three definitions.
* citation: a short description that points to a fuller
description of an information source, or a reference item elsewhere, either in
an
endnote or a footnote or a reference list.
* reference item: a fuller description of an information source;
also called a bibliographic entry or item.
* reference list: an organized collection of references; also
called a bibliography.
Publishers, academic and other institutions generally
specify detailed requirements of how their documents are to look, including the
reference lists and the citations. Citation and reference list formatting is an
often tedious and error-prone task, particularly if one has to later change
styles.]
Questionable Resources
[NOTE: Interesting, provocative, maybe even useful at some
levels of inquiry, but if you start with these resources, print or online, it is
unwise to limit your research to these typically non-scholarly materials.]
Scholarly Integrity and Plagiarism
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