Lab Assignment #4

The purpose of this assignment is to illustrate the difference between scholarly and trade journals.

The following are trade journals I found:

Communications News
- provides readers with the latest in communication technology updates
1. Anderberg, K. (2008). How bad is it?. Communications News, 45(12), 4-4.
2. Milner, M. Smithers, R. (2008). Unify Network Protection. Communications News, 45(12), 14-19.

CommunicationsWeek
- news and information, and product reviews for readers working with corporate computer network systems
1. Rogers, A. (1996). Cutting the wires from `net access. CommunicationsWeek, (639), 25.
2. Girishankar, S. (1997). Internet Gets a Lift from Mega Routers. CommunicationsWeek, (675), 1.

Broadcasting & Cable
- updates on the occurances in broadcasting communication
1. Berniker, M. (1994). Partrick says TW Cellular will generate $1billion in revenue. Broadcasting & Cable, 124(50), 74.
2. Brown, R. (1994). Cable Programmers Delay Separate Association. Broadcasting & Cable, 124(50), 16.

MediaWeek
- a weekly editorial with media news
1. Krantz, M. (1994). Gates and McCaw Blast off. MediaWeek, 4(13), 12.

The following are scholarly journals I found:

Journal of Media Economics
- a scholarly journal that discusses issues with the economy of the media industry
1. Burkart, P. (2005). Competition's Eclipse: Brazilian Wireless Telephony. Journal of Media Economics, 18(3), 203-214
2. Maguire, M. (2009). The Nonprofit Business Model: Empirical Evidence from the Magazine Industry. Journal of Media Economics, 22(3), 119-133.


Telematics & Informatics
- a computer science-related academic journal
1. Chiung-Wen, H., Han Woo Park, Ozanich, G. W. (2004). 3-G wireless auctions as an economic barrier to entry: the western european experience. Telematics & Informatics 21(3), 225-234.
2. van Dijk, J. P., van Hameren, D., van Rijnsoever, F. J., Walraven, P. F. G. (2009). Interdependent technology attributes and the diffusion of consumer electronics. Telematics & Informatics 26(4), 410-420.

Taking Over Water: History, Wireless, and the Telephone
- discusses the old era of wireless telephony in the early 1900's
1. Adams, K.C. (1992). Telecommunications Technology in Tasmania: The First 100 Years. Sandy Bay, Tasmania : K.C. Adams
2. Barty-King, H. (1979). Girdle Round the Earth: The Story of Cable and Wireless and Its Predecessors to Mark the Group's Jubilee 1929-1979. London : Heinemann.

Telecommunications Policy
- concerned with the economic, political, and regulatory aspects of the telecommunications industry
1. de Bijl, P., Huigen, J. (2008). The Future of Telecommunications Regulation. Telecommunications Policy, 32(11), 699-700.
2. Cave, M., Huigen, J. (2008). Regulation and the promotion of next generation networks-A European Dilemma. Telecommunications Policy, 32(11), 713-721.

That is all for now, see you all next week.

Lab Assignment #3

Texas A&M University has a library with many useful tools for the tution-paying student. For this assignment, I was asked to find different categories of databases, as well as news information sites. With so many mediums of obtaining this information to choose from, my searches turned up with a wealth of results.

For media industry-related databases, I found the following:
1. Music Index Online
- contains over 725 international music periodicals, with many different music genres included
2. Music Online (Alexander Street Press)
- allows the user access to hundreds of thousands of audio tracks, scores, reference works and videos
3. Film Indexes Online (Chadwyck Healey)
- gives users access to search the FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals, Film Index International and the AFI Catalog
4. Global Books in Print (Bowker)
- a bibliographical database with access to over 8 million English print titles
5. Oxford Music Online
- the online version of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians with links to international music sites

When I searched through library databases relating to media policy, I found these databases:
1. Foreign Brodcast Information Service Daily Report 1974-1996
- offers foreign perspectives on historical events with information obtained from monitored broadcasts and publications
2. Paley Center Seminars (Chadwyck Healey)
- an exclusive collection of interviews and 300 filmed seminars relating to professionals in the media market
3. Homeland Security Digital Library
- provides users speedy access to policy documents, presidential directives and national strategy documents
4. Communication and Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)
- the most thorough collection of information on communications and mass media issues
5. Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications (Elsevier)
- contains more than 200 articles that address policy controversies like freedom of expression, libel, information overload, etc.

As for websites providing media news that are not housed in the library database, there are the following:
1. MinOnline: http://www.minonline.com/min/
- an authorative source of breaking news that sends newsletter updates to subscribers
2. Peter Kafka's Media Memo: http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/
- a blog-style update on current media innovations
3. Mondo News: http://www.mondotimes.com/
- a connection to worldwide news media sources and updates
4. MediaWeek: http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/index.jsp
- provides updates on the latest media news
5. Media Industry Today: http://media.einnews.com/
- a news service for media industry professionals

... and that about wraps it up!

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