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COM 442: History of Media Technology & Regulation
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COM 442: History of Media Technology & Regulation: Additional Sources
Telephone
Overview: Telephone
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MAGAZINES
Bell Telephone News 1911-1920
Illinois Bell Magazine 1911-1923
Telephone magazine; an illustrated monthly magazine 1893-1905
Telephone Review 1912-1921
OTHER
Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers
Comics
Overview: Comic Strips and Comic Books
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OTHER
Underground & Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels
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Bad Influences on Youth
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Policing the Comics
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Recorded Music
Overview: Recording Industry
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MAGAZINES
Billboard 1942-2011
National Recording Preservation Board Collection
Rolling Stone 1967-2016
OTHER
American Song
David Sarnoff Library
Library of Congress National Jukebox
UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive
Television
Overview: Television
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MAGAZINES
Broadcasting 1934-1993
Broadcasting Collection
TV Guide 1964-1993
OTHER
David Sarnoff Library
Say brother. Television violence and its effect on children (1977)
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TV violence (MacNeil/Lehrer Report 1976)
Television Advertisements 1939-1957
Television
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Violence in the Media
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Internet Archive: Kids TV
Motion Pictures
Overview: Film
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MAGAZINES
Early Cinema Collection
Fan Magazines Collection
Hollywood Studio System Collection
OTHER
D.W. Griffith papers, 1897-1954
Inventing Entertainment: The Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies
Margaret Herrick Library Digital Collections
Silent Film Online
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Will Hays papers
Cable TV
Overview: Rise of Cable Television
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Cable Television: the Coming Medium
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Cable TV's Future
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Radio
Overview: Radio
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MAGAZINES
Audio Magazine 1947-1962
Broadcasting 1934-1993
Broadcasting Collection
Movie and Radio Guide 1940-1943
Radio Guide 1932-1938
OTHER
David Sarnoff Library
Mercury Theatre on the Air
Radio Ads 1922-1956
Radio Advertising and Radio Regulation
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VCR
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Video Revolution: Cassettes and Recorders
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