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Free trial of Streaming Networks

The abbreviation FT means “Free Trial” when you work with one of the streaming websites.  You just need to make sure to cancel it before the free trial ends.

Magazines and Journals through Brooklyn College Library

  1. Variety as part of several of our databases: https://cuny-bc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CUNY_BC/1h2j10i/alma990005890980106124
  2. Hollywood Reporter in many of our databases https://cuny-bc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CUNY_BC/1h2j10i/alma9994290872106124

Texts

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1. Hilmes, Michele. “Ch. 3-4.” In Only Connect: A Cultural History of Broadcasting in the United States, Fourth edition. Australia: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning, 2014. Login with password trem2265 at https://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/ld.php?content_id=75092864.

2.  McGregor, Michael A., Paul D. Driscoll, and Walter McDowell. “Ch. 8-9.” In Head’s Broadcasting in America: A Survey of Electronic Media 10th Edition, 10th edition. Boston: Routledge, 2009.

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3.  Stay Tuned: America’s Golden Age Chapter 5. Login with BC Library credentials at: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/brooklyn-ebooks/reader.action?docID=234085&ppg=183

4. Bodroghkozy, Aniko. A Companion to the History of American Broadcasting. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018. Login with BC Library credentials at: https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.brooklyn.ezproxy.cuny.edu/doi/book/10.1002/9781118646151.

  • Chapter 3, TV Before the Classic Network Era: 1930s-1950s
  •  Chapter 4, The Classic Network Era in TV: 1950s-1970s
  • Chapter 8 – A History of Broadcast Regulations
  • Chapter 10,  Public Broadcasting, Josh Shepperd

5. The History and Politics of Public Radio: A Comprehensive Analysis of Taxpayer-Financed US Broadcasting

6. Lotz, Amanda D. “Must-See TV: NBC’s Dominant Decades. Ch. 15.” In NBC: America’s Network, edited by Michele Hilmes and Michael Henry. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed January 20, 2024. Login with password trem2265 at https://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/ld.php?content_id=75092917.

7. Benkler, Yochai, Robert Farris, and Hal Roberts. “Ch 3: The Propaganda Feedback Loop; Ch. 5: The Fox Diet.” In Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics. Oxford University Press, 2018. Login with password trem2265 at: https://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/ld.php?content_id=75092925.

8. Johnson, Derek. From Networks to Netflix: A Guide to Changing Channels. Milton, UNITED KINGDOM: Taylor & Francis Group, 2022. Login with BC Library credentials at: http://brooklyn.ezproxy.cuny.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/brooklyn-ebooks/detail.action?docID=7013364.

9. Es, Karin van. “Netflix & Big Data: The Strategic Ambivalence of an Entertainment Company.” Television & New Media 24, no. 6 (September 1, 2023): 656–72. Open Access at https://doi.org/10.1177/15274764221125745.

10. Curtin, Michael, and Jane Shattuc. The American Television Industry. International Screen Industries. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan on behalf of the British Film Institute, 2009. Login with BC Library credentials at: http://brooklyn.ezproxy.cuny.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/brooklyn-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4763838.

11. Downing, John D. H., Denis McQuail, Philip Schlesinger, and Ellen A. (Ann) Wartella. The SAGE Handbook of Media Studies. Thousand Oaks, UNITED STATES: SAGE Publications, Incorporated, 2004. Login with BC Library credentials at: http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/brooklyn-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1995562.

12. Pakula, Olivia. “THE STREAMING WARS+: An Analysis of Anticompetitive Business Practices in Streaming Business.” UCLA Entertainment Law Review 28, no. 1 (January 2021): 147–85. Login with BC Library credentials at: http://brooklyn.ezproxy.cuny.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=152570693&site=ehost-live