Lab Exercise 3

Media Industry

Film/Cinema

http://solomon.afso.alexanderstreet.com/
This database contains over 1,000 screenplays along with detailed, fielded information on scenes, characters, people related to the scripts, and images.

http://tamu.ativ.alexanderstreet.com/
Through this database, one can find more than 250 filmed performances, leading plays, and documentaries. The release titles represent hundreds of leading playwrights, actors, and directors.

Music/Audio

http://muco.alexanderstreet.com/
This database is a broad, comprehensive online music resource. Music from a wide variety of genres, artists, and cultural influences can be found using this database.

New Technology

http://www.scienceaccelerator.gov/
Using this database, one can find innovation project descriptions, records of accomplishments, and more via the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OTIS).

Television

http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/
This database is the world’s most extensive and complete archive of television news.

Media Policy

International/Worldly Interests

http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive?p_product=FBISX&p_action=keyword&p_theme=fbis&p_nbid=T4DD4BPBMTI1MjY4NzMwMC4xNDM1NDA6MToxNDoxNjUuOTEuMTI2LjE0MQ&p_clear_search=yes&d_refprod=FBISX
This website contains information about international policies and includes texts, interviews, speeches, and highlights from countries and political entities around the globe.

http://wnc.dialog.com/
This database is an extremely valuable research tool for anyone who needs to monitor non-US media sources. The material in WNC is provided to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) by the open Source Center (OSC).

Communication Technology

https://www.policyarchive.org/browse-topic?scope=Media%2C+telecommunications%2C+and+information
This database includes information about government policy and media industry regulations with regards to all forms of communication.

http://pio.chadwyck.com/home.do
Through this database, one can search through articles and journals that explain and discuss current media policy and the rules and regulations of the past.

http://library.cqpress.com/cqpac/
This database contains information gives access to various information about public affairs—including policy making in the media industry.


Websites

Media Market Research

http://www.marketresearch.com/browse.asp?categoryid=92
This website contains comprehensive market research and company reports on the Technology and Media Industry. Here one can find reports on the Broadcasting, Cable, HDTV, Digital TV, Electronic Publishing, and Printing Markets.

http://mediamarketresearchcompany.com/
This site has information about the study and measure of the audiences for all types of electronic and print media, on all available technologies, from mobile phone and music devices to newspapers

Television and Film

http://media.einnews.com/
Many of the discussions on this website are centered on the television aspect of media and the developments and controversies attributed to it.

http://www.actorschecklist.com/news.html
This website is focused on sharing information about various film festivals and new films being produced.

Entertainment

http://www.dmoz.org/News/Media/Industry_News/
This site explains new and upcoming aspects of the television, radio, music, and film industries with a specific focus on the entertainment aspects of each.