LibGuides: Broadcasting and Journalism: Broadcasting for Radio & Television

Introduction

Includes communication skills such as announcing and improvisation.

Library Catalogue

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Radio and Television Broadcasting HE8689-8700.95
Broadcasting PN1990-1992.92
Radio Broadcasts PN1991-1991.9
Television Broadcasts PN1992-1992.92

Films

Curio.ca (including CBC News in Review) This link opens in a new window
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)) Educational videos from CBC and Radio-Canada: documentaries from television and radio, news reports, archival material, stock shots and more. Our subscription includes selected, not complete, News in Review content only.
Faculty: For the ability to add videos to a playlist, you must set up a separate Curio account. Please e-mail your liaison librarians at librarians@senecacollege.ca from your Seneca faculty e-mail account for instructions.

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Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
(Films Media Group) A streaming video collection of educational films from Films Media Group covering a wide range of subject matter. Videos are available as Flash Video streams, but Windows Media and QuickTime formats are also available for most titles.

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Hot Docs Library
Library of documentaries by Canadian filmmakers. Streaming videos can be viewed using HTML or Flash.

Kanopy This link opens in a new window
(Kanopy) Full-length streamed videos including popular documentaries, feature films, and professional educational films covering the arts, business, education, global studies, health, media and communication, science, social science, and technical training.
As of April 1, 2019, you must sign up for, and then log in with, your own Kanopy account to view videos in this database. To do so, click the link above and click 'Sign up' or 'Log in" when prompted. You must use your Seneca College email address to set up the account.
Viewing of Kanopy titles on mobile devices is only available through a separate Kanopy app that must be added to your device. You will have to recreate your search for specific titles on that app.

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NFB.ca (National Film Board of Canada) This link opens in a new window
(National Film Board of Canada) Public performance rights to selected films produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Documentaries, animations, alternative dramas, trailers, and interactive productions on the Web.
Faculty: To access certain CAMPUS titles and added features for instructors within this database, you must set up a separate NFB CAMPUS account. Please e-mail your liaison librarians at librarians@senecacollege.ca from your Seneca faculty e-mail account for instructions.
Videos in This platform labelled "PARTNER" and "CANADA SCREENS" are not part of the academic subscription licence offered by NFB. When in the database, to see only those titles to which we have access, change "Availability" to "Campus" or "Free".

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Books

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Basic Radio Journalism
Call Number: PN4784.R2 C43 2016
Beyond Powerful Radio: A Communicator's Guide to the Internet Age
You can read this eBook online!
Budget Book for Film and Television
You can read this eBook online!
Studio Television Production and Directing
Call Number: PN1992.75 .U88 2016
The TV Studio Production Handbook
Call Number: PN1992.75 .B76 2016
Television Production Handbook
Call Number: Seneca@York Course Textbooks, ask at Borrower Services Desk PN1992.75 .Z4 2009
The Visual Story
You can read this eBook online!

Books about Broadcast Writing

Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook
Call Number: PN4784.B75 P36 2010 (Newnham and Seneca@York General Collections
Writing for Broadcast Journalists
2nd edition (2010)
You can read this ebook online!
Writing for Television, Radio, New Media
Call Number: Seneca@York Course Textbooks, ask at Borrower Services Desk PN1990.9.A88 H55 2008

Databases

Communication and Mass Media Complete (CMMC) This link opens in a new window
(EBSCO) Provides access to research in areas related to communication and mass media. Many journals have indexing, abstracts, and full-text from their first issues to the present.

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Communications and Mass Media Collection This link opens in a new window
(Gale) Provides access to research in areas related to communications and mass media.

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Media Names and Numbers This link opens in a new window
(Sources) This online resource gives instant access to up-to-date contact information for print and broadcast media outlets across Canada, searchable by media type, subject, geography, language, ownership, and spokesperson expertise.
Our licence is for 50 concurrent users only.

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Broadcasting and Journalism: Broadcasting for Radio & Television

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Films

Books

Databases

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