Media Studies 1000

Below you'll find some helpful links for Dr. Coleman's Communication Media Studies 1000 class, including guides to properly citing sources, some interesting examples of mass communication, spectacular examples of macro- and micro-photography, and a useful news portal maintained by Dr. Coleman.

Links

(Please inform Dr. Coleman if you find any broken links here.)

This is a guide to citing your sources using the American Psychological Association (APA) style, brought to you by the excellent Purdue University Online Writing Lab.

And this is a guide to citing your sources using the Modern Language Association (MLA) style, brought to you by the libraries of Ohio State University.

Here are two sites that will format your bibliography for you: Easybib.com and Citationmachine.net. (Be careful--these aren't always accurate and don't do anything to help you learn to format citations...)

These are links to some photos, videos, songs, and scenes we'll be discussing this semester:

Art and architecture as mass communication, from prehistoric to 9/11

  1. Photos of prehistoric rock art

  2. Video of prehistoric cave art by kids and adults

  3. The Parthenon, Acropolis and Agora as they appeared in ancient times; with more detail;  the statue of Athena 

  4. The Colossus of Rhodes---statuary as mass communication

  5. Amateur video of the Great Pyramid...this is how awe-inspiring it must have been to ancient people

  6. The Roman Colosseum as it appears today and as it may have appeared in ancient times (NOT historically accurate)

  7. Examples of Mesoamerican pyramids 

  8. Views of the 9/11 Memorial in New York. First, two aerial views, one in the daytime and one at night.   Second, three close-up views of the Memorial Pools from  three  different  perspectives.

From manuscript culture to the modern magazine

  1. Illustrated manuscripts of William Blake's "The Tyger" and other of his works

  2. Illuminated manuscripts depicting three  biblical  passages 

  3. Norman Rockwell's cover illustrations from The Saturday Evening Post

  4. Mathew Brady photographs, mostly from US magazines

  5. Magazine covers and illustrations, 1800's to today

Photography opens up new vistas

  1. Communicating Universal awe and wonder through macro-photography (video)

  2. More macro-photography of cosmic nebulae

  3. Photographs of the Pillars of Creation (in the Eagle Nebula) using visible, x-ray, and infrared portions of the spectrum, including a video that combines these  

  4. Communicating Infinitesimal awe and wonder through micro-photography (20 images) 

  5. More spectacular micro-photography (30 images) 

  6. Yet more micro-photography (10 images) 

  7. Satellite images of Earth, chosen with an aerial aesthetic (38 images) 

  8. Nature photography shows fascinating faces, shapes, colors, and survival strategies

The movies and intertextuality

  1. A Cecil B. DeMille spectacular: The parting of the Red Sea, from "The Ten Commandments"

  2. Flashback scene from Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ"

  3. Trailer from George Lucas' "American Graffiti"---note the glimpse into American culture in the 1950's/early 60's  

  4. Travolta and Thurman dance to the 50's in "Pulp Fiction"

  5. "Frankenstein" (1931) The famous "It's alive!" scene

  6. "Young Frankenstein" (1974) A comedic parody of the "It's alive!" scene from Mel Brooks

  7. "Rocky Horror Picture Show" (1975) A campy, kitschy version of "Frankenstein"

How sound came into the home

  1. Famous Victrola image: "His Master's Voice" 

  2. Period advertisements for Victrolas: His Master's Voice  Vintage newspaper ads   Victor "memories" ad   A collection of ads

  3. Antique Victrola with wooden speaker

  4. Radios become furniture: A handsome floor model  A collection of vintage radios

Illustrative moments in pop music

  1. Pat Boone's wholesome version of "Tutti Frutti"

  2. Little Richard's jazzed up, androgynous version of "Tutti Frutti"

  3. Elvis Presley's country/R&B version of "Tutti Frutti" 

  4. The Beatles' "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"

  5. The Rolling Stones' "Let's Spend the Night Together" (changed to "some time together" for Ed Sullivan Show) 

  6. The Doors perform "Light My Fire" (uncensored) on the Ed Sullivan Show

A closer look at some pop music

  1. The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album:
    The cover 
    The lyrics 
    "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/A Little Help From My Friends" 
    "With a Little Help From My Friends" 
    "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" (from the film "Yellow Submarine") 
    "I'm Fixing a Hole" 
     "She's Leaving Home"  
    "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite"
    "Within You Without You" 
    "Good Morning" 
    "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/A Day in the Life" 

  2. Bob Marley lyrics
    Bob Marley album covers
    Bob Marley's "Slave Driver"---album version from "Catch a Fire" 
    "Slave Driver"---Live version from Boston, 1979 
    Bob Marley's "One Drop"---live version from Santa Barbara, 1979 
    Bob Marley "War"---live version 
    Bob Marley's "So Much Things to Say"---live version from Santa Barbara, 1979
    Bob Marley's "Redemption Song"---acoustic version, live 

  3. Bunny Wailer speaks/sings "Rise and Shine"
    Bunny sings "Rise and Shine" live

  4. Peter Tosh sings "Rastafari Is" from album "Wanted Dread and Alive"
    Tosh sings "Rastafari Is" live 

  5. The Doors' "Soft Parade"--a song about religion and modernity? 

  6. Lyrics to "The Soft Parade" 

  7. Lyrics from The Highwaymen's three albums

  8. "Here Comes That Rainbow Again" with scenes from the movie "The Grapes of Wrath"

  9. Some background on "Here Comes That Rainbow Again"

  10. More pop culture references to "The Grapes of Wrath"

Social change reflected in TV sitcom opening themes

  1. A collection of domestic sitcom openings---from the traditional nuclear family to something else:
    The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriett 
    Father Knows Best 
    Leave It to Beaver 
    Make Room for Daddy
    The Andy Griffith Show
    Happy Days
    The Brady Bunch 
    Married With Children
    Modern Family

  2. Sitcoms reflecting new roles for women---from fantasy to full citizenship to owning the production company:
    Bewitched
    I Dream of Jeannie
    The Mary Tyler Moore Show 
    Maude 
    Designing Women
    Roseanne

  3. Sitcoms reflecting emergence of blacks onto the TV landscape---from stereotype to success to owning the show:
    Amos 'n' Andy 
    Good Times 
    What's Happening
    Sanford and Son
    The Jeffersons 
    The Cosby Show, Season 1; Seasons 5, 6 
    In Living Color

  4. Sitcoms reflecting social change and controversy more directly:
    All in the Family
    M*A*S*H
    The Odd Couple 

  5. Sitcoms reflecting the prevalence of singlehood, post 1980
    Cheers 
    Friends, Season 1; Season 10 
    Funny sample Seinfeld opening

Digitization changes the media

  1. An ancient "computer" of sorts, the Antikythera Mechanism 

  2. A mechanical computing machine from the late 1800s, designed by Charles Babbage 

  3. One of the first digital electronic computers, Colossus, designed to break Nazi codes 

  4. An Interface Message Processor, which connects computer networks together  

  5. A visualization of the backbone of the Internet

  6. A funny look at the beginning of the Internet's popularity 

  7. A funny look at our obsession with screens

  8. Animation showing earth's satellites in orbit

  9. Google Earth shows satellites in real time

  10. Public protests and social media in Iran, June 2009 (caution: graphic images)

  11. The creation of a martyr---Neda---using cell phone video spread by social media (caution: graphic images)

Advertising at its best

  1. Two excellent Audi ads from "Luxury has progressed" campaign: Jailbreak, Goodnight

  2. Three clever car ads highlighting intertextuality: one from Apple, one from Volkswagen, and another from Audi Godfather

Miscellaneous

  1. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act and an article about DMCA ten years after its implementation

  2. Articles about the Viacom vs. Google DMCA court case, one from an Internet news site and one from a print newspaper

  3. Two examples of "public journalism": The Wichita Eagle   and the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer  A new kind of journalism, or just clever marketing?

  4. Transcript of George Carlin's original (1972) "Seven Dirty Words" routine

  5. Is it a pipe? 

  6. Some unusual media used to create some unusual art

This is my news portal, newsprism.com, where you can surf the web for news and commentary. The news sites are arranged by political orientation, from left to right, in order to illustrate how the rhetoric of journalists and commentators is influenced by their political views.

And this is PrestonColeman.com, where you'll find my works of satirical fiction.