LINKS

This page offers an introductory list of useful online resources within the general field of Screen and Media Studies. Our list is not intended to be exhaustive, but is designed to provide students with a variety of starting points for online information within our discipline.

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

EVALUATING WEBSITES

SEARCHING THE INTERNET

GENERAL LINKS

NEW ZEALAND LINKS

OTHER UNIVERSITY MEDIA DEPARTMENTS

SPECIALISED LINKS

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

• UoW library homepage
• Screen and Media resources
• Finding DVDs and videos in the library

EVALUATING WEBSITES

PLEASE NOTE: we are not responsible for the information on the sites listed below, so we cannot guarantee the accuracy, balance or objectivity of the information and resources that they provide. We recommend that you do not treat these WWW sites as the only authority on their subject matter.

• Evaluation of information sources (within the Information Quality WWW Virtual Library) provides a comprehensive listing of methods useful for evaluating web content
• Checklist for an Informational Web Page, from the Wolfgram Memorial Library
• The University of Waikato Library also has a checklist for Evaluating websites

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SEARCHING THE INTERNET

• We recommend Google.com as a search engine, but if you are conducting a comprehensive search of all possible internet materials on a particular topic you will need to triangulate results from other search engines, such as HotBot.com | Altavista.com | Excite.com | Yahoo.com | Looksmart.com | Lycos.com | Netscape.com
  
  
• You can also use metasearch engines such as Ask Jeeves.com | Metacrawler.com | Search.com | Dogpile.com | Mamma.com which combine results from a variety of search engines
  
  
• The Internet Public Library (www. ipl.org) is useful for subject-orientated internet resource guides

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GENERAL LINKS

• Internet Archive - The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. The nonprofit Archive provides free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.
  
  
• Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com) offers the definitive database of production information for just about any film (and many television series) that you can name (this site is ideal for getting accurate details for your filmography)
  
  
• The WIT (World Information Tracking) is an online database about television programmes around the world
  
  
• Arts & Letters Daily, a wide-ranging site incorporating reviews and debates within the arts (this site includes links to a number of online newspapers, news services and journals)
  
  
• ScreenSite is a site containing links to a large number of online resources for the study of film and television (all grouped within easily navigated categories - and some archives maintained by ScreenSite have search engines)
  
  
• Educational Cyberplayground a good links page to a wide variety of online resources, from the Hollywood Film Festival, Early cinema, notes on sound and film editing, etc.
  
  
• Popcultures a useful links page, focusing on general resources but also with a cultural studies focus (including music, writing, political issues, etc.)
  
  
• Theory.org a highly recommended resource which brings together a variety of topics related to media theory
  
  
• Media Literacy Online Project - especially the Media Literacy Review section, which provides an annotated list of a sites ranging from media education (everything from Adbusters to online museums are included) and a variety of teaching resources
  
  
• University of Iowa Online Resources, a gateway to a variety of resources provided by their library
  
  
• Screening the Past an electronic journal of visual media and history (with a particular focus on film)
  
  
• Textual Studies - an annotated list of media sites, and online journals
  
  
• MediaStudies.com - a hub providing links to international news, media studies sites, and other resources
  
  
• FlowTV - an online journal of television and media studies
  
  
• Critical Studies in Television - website for print journal

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NEW ZEALAND LINKS

• Mediascape - a clearinghouse for information and research on New Zealand media
  
  
• TKI Media Studies site - supports media studies teachers to engage students in relevant learning at NCEA levels 2 and 3
  
  
• NZ on Screen - streamed content from NZ on Air's archives
  
  
• nzvideos.org - a local listing of New Zealand Films on Video and DVD
  
  
• Hamilton Film Society
  
  
• Victoria Theatre, Hamilton
  
  
• NZ on Air
  
  
• Te Mangai Paho - Maori Broadcasting Funding Agency
  
  
• NZ Film Commission including trailers of local releases, festival information, information for filmmakers, and a links page to sites related to NZ film
  
  
• SPADA (Screen Producers and Directors Association of New Zealand) - focusing especially on issues important to local producers / directors
  
  
• Creative NZ - a key funder of the arts in New Zealand
  
  
• NZ Film Festival with details of the various local festivals (the previous year's details are kept until the current year's festival is organised)
  
  
• lessfilm - New Zealand short film
  
  
• Film + Literature Censor - includes information on the censorship process, and a brief historical background
  
  
• New Zealand Film Archive
  
  
• New Zealand Television Archive
  
  
• Enzed a collection of radio and TV links
  
  
• Internet Society of New Zealand
  
  
• Centre for New Zealand Music
  
  
• NZOOM - the online news and information service maintained by Television New Zealand
  
  
• The Databook (requires subscription)
  
  
• Film New Zealand a production support site, providing information on various aspects of the New Zealand production context
  
  
• Throng - NZ TV watching online community
  
  
• New Zealand Cartoon Gallery

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OTHER MEDIA DEPARTMENTS

• Media Arts Department, at the Waikato Institute of Technology
  
  
• Dept. of Film Television and Media Studies (Auckland University)
  
  
• School of English and Media Studies (Massey University)
  
  
• School of English, Film and Theatre (Victoria University of Wellington)
  
  
• Department of Theatre and Film Studies (University of Canterbury)
  
  
• Film and Media Studies (University of Otago)
  
  

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SPECIALISED LINKS

• Copyright Licensing - advice on New Zealand copyright law
  
  
• The New York Public Library Digital Gallery - free access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources
  
  
• The Nationalism Project - a site providing resources on the subject of nationalism
  
  
• Marxists.org Internet Archive of Marxist literature and information
  
  
• Mediachannel.org - a media watchdog site
  
  
• Pacific Media Watch
  
  
• Docos.com - documentary information site
  
  
• Cinetext - Film & Philosophy
  
  
• Jump Cut Online - media studies journal providing free access to pass issues
  
  
• Film-Philosophy with links to online discussions and published papers
  
  
• Fibreculture - internet theory + criticism + research (this links to the 'newmedia-education' part of the site)
  
  
• Association of Internet Researchers - includes a useful collection of links to internet research journals and organisations
  
  
• ADAM gateway to art, design, architecture and media information on the Internet
  
  
• Theoretical Sources on IT maintained by Martin Ryder of the University of Colorado, School of Education
  
  
• Postmodern Theory, Cultural Studies and Cybertext resource index from Dr Tom Goldpaugh of the Marist University
  
  
• An Atlas of Cyberspaces
  
  
• Cybersoc resources for sociological and ethnographic research of cyberspace
  
  
• University of Iowa Digital Media Resources
  
  
• The Reading Room at the US Centre for Media Literacy
  
  
• The Issues section at the Canadian Media Awareness Network
  
  
• The Study Guides on Australian cinema at Metro magazine
  
  
• The Resources section at UK Film Education
  
  
• Adbusters
  
  
• MediaGuardian
  
  
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
  
  
• The World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network
  
  

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