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Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies by James Watson; Anne Hill
Publication Date: 2015
Covers the many different facets of personal, group, mass-media, and internet communication.
Encyclopedia of Sociology by Edgar F. Borgatta, Rhonda J.V. Montgomery
ISBN: 0028648536
Publication Date: 2000
Online version of the five volume, 2nd edition (2000) of Macmillan's standard encyclopedia. It provides a scholarly introduction to the field.
The Encyclopedia of Sociology is in the Ready Reference Section, or use the linked title to access the full text online.

Wiley Online Library (formerly Blackwell Reference Online) This link opens in a new window
Books and articles in life, health, humanities, social sciences, and physical sciences.
Includes the complete texts of almost 300 encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and other reference works from Wiley Blackwell Publishing in the Wiley Blackwell Reference Online collection. Also contains description-only citations of over 21,000 other online books, journals and articles.

Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media by John D. H. Downing (Editor)
Publication Date: 2011
Includes more than 250 essays on the varied experiences of social movement media throughout the world in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Encyclopedia of Gender in Media by Mary E. Kosut (Editor)
Publication Date: 2012
Examines the role of the media in enabling, facilitating, or challenging the social construction of gender in our society.

The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory
Review articles on scholarly books and articles dealing with critical and cultural theory published in a given year.

Check especially sections on Media Theory and Film Theory.

Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
Yearly summaries of current research in the field for natural and social sciences.
Full text of annual summaries of scholarship in over three dozen academic disciplines up through 2023.

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