http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/ Here are resources newly available in Leyburn Library and/or through our Web site. A more complete listing of journalism-related resources at Washington and Lee is available here. New U.S. Government materials are listed here. If you have questions or comments about this blog, please contact Dick Grefe. en Copyright 2008 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:53:12 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.32 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation / American Anthropological Association.
Available online.
Released at the AAA's annual meeting, "results from the most extensive U.S. study on teens and their use of digital media show that America’s youth are developing important social and technical skills online – often in ways adults do not understand or value."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including here.

]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/12/living_and_learning_with_new_m.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/12/living_and_learning_with_new_m.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:53:12 -0500 Kaiser Family Foundation / Project for Excellence in Journalism.
Available online.
"Study of how the U.S. news media covered health issues over an 18-month period from January 2007 through June 2008," finding that "news about health and health care made up less than four percent (3.6%) of all news content from January 2007 through June 2008."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/12/health_news_coverage_in_the_us.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/12/health_news_coverage_in_the_us.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:53:48 -0500 Cline Center for Democracy, University of Illinois.
Available online.
Study finds the ephemeral nature of documents presented online in the White House Web site. The authors "are the first to show a pattern of changes in documents over time, but note that others have, on previous occasions, pointed to suspicious changes to archived documents on the White House Web site."

]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/12/airbrushing_history_american_s.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/12/airbrushing_history_american_s.html Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:15:06 -0500 Greenwood.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Two-volume set (2007) contains chronologically-arranged accounts of about 35 trials of the past century, beginning with the Black Sox scandal (1919) and continuing to the 21st-century Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/11/crimes_and_trials_of_the_centu.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/11/crimes_and_trials_of_the_centu.html Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:30:39 -0500 Public Library of Science.
Available online.
"In an age of increasing globalization and discussion of the possibility of global pandemics, increasing rates of reporting of these events may influence public perception of risk. The present studies investigate the impact of high levels of media reporting on the perceptions of disease."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/11/medicine_in_the_popular_press.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/11/medicine_in_the_popular_press.html Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:14:37 -0500 World Association of Newspapers.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Annually-published compilation of information on newspapers in each country of the world. Also includes extensive statistical data on newspaper publishing.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/10/world_press_trends_2008.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/10/world_press_trends_2008.html Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:25:45 -0500 Chronicle of Higher Education
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"The "War of the Worlds" broadcast remains enshrined in collective memory as a vivid illustration of the madness of crowds and the deeply invasive nature of broadcasting... Yet the media are not as powerful as most think, and the real story behind "The War of the Worlds" is a bit more complex. The panic was neither as widespread nor as serious as many have believed at the time or since."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/10/the_hyped_panic_over_war_of_th.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/10/the_hyped_panic_over_war_of_th.html Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:08:09 -0500 Available online.
This is not a new site, but its recent updates have brought it back to attention. Transcripts and video from presidential -- and, when available, vice-presidential debates -- back to 1976, with some material on earlier debates, such as 1960.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/10/commission_on_presidential_deb.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/10/commission_on_presidential_deb.html Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:54:13 -0500 National Conference of State Legislatures.
Available online.
Database of nearly 160 proposals or initiatives on November statewide ballots, searchable by state and/or topic.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/10/ballot_measures_database.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/10/ballot_measures_database.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:46:30 -0500 Brookings Institution.
Available online.
"Deeply ingrained practices in American journalism have produced a narrative that conditions the public to associate immigration with illegality, crisis, controversy and government failure. Meanwhile, new voices of advocacy on the media landscape have succeeded in mobilizing segments of the public in opposition to policy initiatives, sometimes by exaggerating the narrative of immigration told by traditional news organizations."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/10/a_report_on_the_media_and_the.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/10/a_report_on_the_media_and_the.html Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:15:57 -0500 Everyday Sociology, W. W. Norton.
Available online.
A sociologist at the University of Southern California writes about the common ground and the differences between these two disciplines.
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]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/09/whats_the_difference_between_s.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/09/whats_the_difference_between_s.html Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:49:31 -0500 Harvard University Institute of Politics.
Available online.
This is an easy to use, state-by-state guide for college students who want to vote by absentee ballot.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/09/absentee_voter_guide.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/09/absentee_voter_guide.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:27:49 -0500 U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Available online.
"Exploring how the release of new economic data affects asset prices in the stock, bond, and foreign exchange markets, the authors find that only a few announcements — the nonfarm payroll numbers, the GDP advance release, and a private sector manufacturing report — generate price responses that are economically significant and measurably persistent."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/09/how_economic_news_moves_market.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/09/how_economic_news_moves_market.html Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:47:24 -0500 Kaiser Family Foundation.
Available online.
"While the American public obtains content in a multimedia environment ranging from so-called old media like newspapers to new media like blogs and online social networks, television maintains the ability to reach millions of people with relative ease. Popular primetime television’s primary purpose is to entertain the audience, but it also has the ability to convey messages about serious issues. To understand television's ability to inform the public and to examine the health content on entertainment shows, the Kaiser Family Foundation released two studies."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/09/hollywood_health_health_conten.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/09/hollywood_health_health_conten.html Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:16:18 -0500 Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Available online.
"This survey provides the first nationally representative study of teen video game play and of teen video gaming and civic engagement. The survey looks at which teens are playing games, the games and equipment they are using, the social context of their play, and the role of parents and parental monitoring. Though arguments have been made about the civic potential of video gaming, this is the first large-scale study to examine the relationship between specific gaming experiences and teens’ civic activities and commitments."
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]]> http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/09/teens_video_games_and_civics.html http://bloggery.wlu.edu/jour/2008/09/teens_video_games_and_civics.html Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:10:13 -0500