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The First Amendment (1998, 20 minutes). The history and text of the First Amendment, with a
series of experts discussing and interpreting the amendment’s freedoms and boundaries.
Distributed by Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 800-322-8755; http://films.com.
The Theories of the Press (1991, 25 minutes). This video explores five social models for speech
and journalism: authoritarian, totalitarian, libertarian, socially responsible, and
developmental. It explores who owns, controls, and uses the media under each system.
Distributed by Insight Media, 800-233-9910; http://www.insight-media.com.
LEGAL ISSUES AND FREE SPEECH: REGULATIONS
This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2005, 97 minutes). Academy Award-nominated director Kirby Dick
takes an incisive look at the Motion Picture Association of America, finds out who is on the
strive to balance freedom of expression and commercial interests (part of the eight-part series
Media Power). Distributed by Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 800-322-8755,
http://ffh.films.com; and by Insight Media, 800-233-9910,
https://www.academicvideostore.com/video/media-ethics.
MAGAZINES: HISTORY
Media, 800-233-9910; http://www.insight-media.com.
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Mass Communication in Society (1997, 30 minutes). This program considers mass
communication’s changing role in society and explores media use by individuals and by
society as a whole. Distributed by Insight Media, 800-233-9910; http://www.insight-
Media Education Foundation, 800-897-0089; http://www.mediaed.org.
http://www.facetsmovies.com.
Instructional Support Services at Indiana University, 800-552-8620;
http://www.iub.edu/faculty/support.shtml.
MEDIA ECONOMICS: CULTURE
Rich Media, Poor Democracy (2003, 30 minutes). Adapted from Robert McChesney’s book of
the same title, this video demonstrates how journalism has been compromised by the
MEDIA EFFECTS: HISTORY
The Electronic Storyteller: Television and the Cultivation of Values (1997, 30 minutes). George
Gerbner outlines his forty-year study of television. Distributed by the Media Education
Foundation, 800-897-0089; http://www.mediaed.org.
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experimental groups, dependent and independent variables, and clinical, correlational, and
field methods. The video also considers ethical issues in experimentation. Distributed by
Insight Media, 800-233-9910; http://www.insight-media.com.
MEDIA EFFECTS: CULTURE
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class (2005, 62 minutes). This film navigates the
Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (2006, 50 minutes). This documentary
http://www.mediaed.org.
800-322-8755; http://films.com.
The Killing Screens: Media and the Culture of Violence (1997, 46 minutes). Media analyst
531-4727; available to rent on Netflix.
The History of Film (1997, 30 minutes). This program explores the evolution of film content and
the changing demographics of audiences. It also investigates the impact of McCarthyism on
the film industry and the influences of television on film.
The Celluloid Closet (1996, 102 minutes). Drawing on 120 film clips, this documentary is a sexy
also considers later movie-camera designs. Distributed by Insight Media, 800-233-9910;
http://www.insight-media.com.
Yellow Tale Blues: Two American Families (1991, 29 minutes). This video focuses on Asian
stereotypes in movies, revealing nearly a century of disparaging representations. These
images are sharply contrasted with portraits of Chinese immigrant workers and Asian
The Jazz Singer (1927, 89 minutes). The first feature-length film with spoken dialogue.
Distributed by Facets Multimedia, 800-331-6197; available on Amazon.
Edison Film Company and Edwin S. Porter (date not available, 105 minutes). This compilation
features more than twenty early examples of Edison Company-produced film narratives from
1898 to 1905. Distributed by Facets Multimedia, 800-331-6197;
Foundation, 800-897-0089; http://www.mediaed.org.
Film Industry (1997, 28 minutes). A survey of the motion-picture business today, including a
variety of technical, financial, legal, and business perspectives. Distributed by Films for the
Humanities and Sciences, 800-322-8755; http://films.com.
MOVIES: DEMOCRACY
Ralph Nader, Victor Navasky, and Ben Bagdikian. Distributed by New Day Films, 888-367-
9154; http://www.newday.com.
Hold the Front Page! (1991, 57 minutes). A historical look at Britain’s highly competitive
newspaper industry throughout the twentieth century. Distributed by Films for the
Humanities and Sciences, 800-322-8755; http://films.com.
800-331-6197; http://www.facetsmovies.com.
NEWSPAPERS: PRODUCTION
Free Newspapers Change Media Landscape (2006, 8 minutes). With circulation dwindling for
major paid newspapers in the United States, publications distributed for free, or “freebies,”
are changing the landscape of the media business in cities across the country. This report
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Exxon Valdez disaster (part of the eight-part series Media Power). Distributed by Films for
the Humanities and Sciences, 800-322-8755; http://films.com.
The Image Makers (1984, 60 minutes). Part of the A Walk through the Twentieth Century with
Bill Moyers series. We recommend the first twenty minutes. It is the best history of PR
PUBLIC RELATIONS: DEMOCRACY
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear, and the Selling of American Empire (2006, 76 minutes). This
video places the George W. Bush administration’s original justifications for war in Iraq
within the larger context of a two-decade struggle by neoconservatives to dramatically
increase military spending while projecting American power and influence globally by
800-897-0089; http://www.mediaed.org.
RADIO: HISTORY
in Berkeley, California, in the late 1940s. Distributed by California Newsreel, 877-811-7495;
http://newsreel.org/video/KPFA-ON-THE-AIR.
Lifeline: The History of International Radio (1997, 48 minutes). This documentary traces the
seventy-year history of world broadcasting and its importance to world communication.
Distributed by Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 800-322-8755; http://films.com.
during that period, the video also includes elements of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s
fireside chats and Edward R. Murrow’s and H. V. Kaltenborn’s newscasts from Europe right
before World War II.
RADIO: CULTURE
212-420-9045, http://papertiger.org.
SOUND RECORDING: HISTORY
http://www.rmimedia.com.
La Bamba (1987, 108 minutes). A romantic biography of Ritchie Valens, including his tragic
death in an airplane crash that also took the lives of Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper.
Distributed by Facets Multimedia, 800-331-6197; http://www.facetsmovies.com.
SOUND RECORDING: PRODUCTION
SOUND RECORDING: CULTURE
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Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes (2006, 60 minutes). This video examines manhood, sexism,
Media Education Foundation, 800-897-0089; http://www.mediaed.org.
with critical theory. Distributed by the Media Education Foundation, 800-897-0089;
http://www.mediaed.org.
TELEVISION AND CABLE: HISTORY
“pet” inventor, Vladimir Zworykin. Distributed by PBS Home Video, 800-531-4727;
http://www.shoppbs.org.
The History and Future of Television (1996, 50 minutes). This BBC program recaptures the spirit
of the early days of television and asks where the medium will be in the twenty-first century.
Distributed by Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 800-322-8755; http://films.com.
transmission and HDTV. Distributed by Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 800-322-
8755; http://films.com.
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Game Show Program V (1956–1963, 90 minutes). A game-show compilation including Beat the
Clock (1956); The $64,000 Question (1956), one of the highest-rated game shows, complete
with the nervous contestants, isolation booth, and famous “think” music; and Queen for a
Day (1963), a rare kinescope of this classic daytime show. Distributed by Shokus Video,
800-SHOKUS-1; http://www.shokus.com.
The Story of Television (1956, 27 minutes). This documentary includes rare scenes from the early
days of television, including David Sarnoff and Vladimir Zworykin, and describes how
television was invented.
Game Show Program VIII (1955–1958, 115 minutes). A video compilation of game shows
featuring Chance of a Lifetime (1955), a star-search program where the audience decides;
Bingo at Home (1955); Tic Tac Dough (1957), a rare kinescope (Shokus Video writes, “Were
the contestants briefed? You be the judge; they’re unusually smart”); and To Tell the Truth
(1958). Distributed by Shokus Video, 800-SHOKUS-1; http://www.shokus.com.
TV Variety XXII (1954–1958, 115 minutes). Includes The George Gobel Show (1954); The Pat
Boone Chevy Showroom (1958), the singer’s own show, featuring guest James Dean; and The
Martha Raye Comedy Hour (1956). Distributed by Shokus Video, 800-SHOKUS-1;
(1958), with Wonder Bread and Hostess ads; Saturday Night Revue (1950), a comedy variety
(1949), one of the first science-fiction shows; The Magic Clown (1951), featuring a clown
who does magic tricks for an audience full of unruly kids, with candy commercials; Andy’s
Gang (1955); and Captain Video (1950), an episode featuring the typical mistakes of early
television: bad acting, bad movie cutaways, and an unintentional network ID. Distributed by
Shokus Video, 800-SHOKUS-1; http://www.shokus.com.
800-777-1576; http://www.tmwmedia.com/productlisting/details/sitcom-series-sitcom-
rulesforms-structurecomic-development.
Sitcom Series Part 1: What Is a Sitcom? (1993, 19 minutes). An introduction to the genre.
Distributed by First Light Video Publishing, 800-777-1576;
http://www.tmwmedia.com/productlisting/details/sitcom-series-what-is-a-sitcom-comic-
toolbox-writers-craft.
TELEVISION AND CABLE: CULTURE
Dreamworlds III (2007, 60 minutes). An update to Sut Jhally’s Dreamworlds II, this video
access to various forms of media to control public debate. It is a must-have DVD. Part 1 (19
minutes) shows how the burgeoning hog industry used unregulated money (corporate
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donations) to destroy a political candidate opposed to industry practices. Part 2 (15 minutes)
investigates how the tobacco lobby intimidated senators, used “free speech” to advance and
protect its interests, and distorted the national debate about a 1999 tobacco bill. Part 3 (23
minutes) discusses the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the telecommunication and
computer industry’s strategy to control the digital spectrum. Part 4 (7 minutes) investigates
media ownership and media conglomeration. Distributed by Films for the Humanities and
Sciences, 800-322-8755; http://films.com. Also available at Amazon.com.
Dreamworlds II, directed by Sut Jhally (1995, 55 minutes). Some two hundred clips from MTV
are expertly combined with an incisive narrative about the impact of sexual imagery in music
videos. Distributed by the Media Education Foundation, 800-897-0089;
http://www.mediaed.org.
Color Adjustment, directed by Marlon Riggs (1991, 88 minutes). This film traces the networks’
reluctant and selective integration of African Americans into network television and prime-
time family representations. Distributed by California Newsreel, 877-811-7495;
ttp://new2sreel.org/video/COLOR-ADJUSTMENT.
