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Mandates Paper Media Mandates Assignment: After reading the Mandates chapter in Understanding Media Industries, watch one episode of PBS Newshour: (http://video.pbs. org/program/newshour/#), listen to one hour of the NPR evening news show All Things Considered (Mon-Fri, 3:30-6:30p on KPCC-FM 89.3, or Mon-Fri, 3:00-7:00p on KCRWFM 89.9; or you can listen to the full show or individual stories at - http: //www.npr.org/programs/all-things-considered/), watch national commercial (ABC, NBC, CBS) news (6:30pm/weekdays). Write a two-page response paper discussing how the news offered by these non-commercial outlets differed from commercial news outlets. Be sure to define these concepts and give examples. Your paper should apply concepts from the Mandates chapter and specific content from the news shows you watched and listened to. All outside sources must be cited properly using MLA or APA citation style or your paper will receive a zero. Papers should be longer than 2 pages but less than 4. Papers are due at the beginning of class week 5 (9/26). Papers must also be submitted electronically to the turnitin.com site on Blackboard in order to receive credit.

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MEDIA INDUSTRIES RESOURCES GUIDE Media Industry News Blogs

Buzz Machine (Jeff Jarvis) Cartoon Brew CinemaTech Clay Shirky (Journalism) CNET News (Digital Media) Company Town (LA Times) Cynopsis (Cynthia Turner) Deadline Hollywood Digital Media Law (Jonathan Handel) Excess Copyright (Howard Knopf) Filmmaker Magazine blog Gamasutra (Gaming) HitFix ICv2 Lost Remote (social TV) MCV (Gaming) Media Bistro Media Decoder (NY Times) Movie City News News for TV Majors (Chris Becker) NewTeeVee Nielsen Wire On The Air (Michael Schneider) Paid Content PlaceVine (branding info) Silicon Alley Insider Spotted (includes lots of TV ratings data) TechNewsWorld The Biz Blog (Forbes) The ComicsBeat (Heidi McDonald) The Futon Critic The Hot Blog (David Poland) The Wrap Thompson on Hollywood TV Feeds My Family (Bill Brioux) TV Newser TV Tattle VideoNuze Vulture (New York magazine) Women and Hollywood

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Blogs from Film/TV/New Media Writers, Producers, and Directors

...By Ken Levine Aspiring TV Writer Go Into the Story (Scott Myers) Hollywood University (Jessica Butler) Jane Espenson John August Jon Reiss Kung Fu Monkey (John Rogers) Lance Weiler Truly Free Film (Ted Hope) Who Arted? (Cully Hamner) Writer of Screen

Media Industry Organizations

AAAA (American Association of Advertising Agencies) Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Alliance for Women in Media American Association of Independent Music AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers) Association of Film Commissoners International Association of Independent Music (UK) Australian Independent Record Labels Association Canadian Independent Music Association CEA (Consumer Electronics Association) Cinema Audio Society ESA (Entertainment Software Association) IFTA (Independent Film and TV Alliance) Independent Music New Zealand IRTS (International Radio and TV Society) Merlin Network (lobby for independent music labels) Motion Picture Sound Editors MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) MVPA (Music Video Production Association) NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) NATO (National Association of Theater Owners) NATPE (National Association of TV Program Executives) NCTA (National Cable & Telecommunications Association) ProMax (TV Marketing) RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) Television Critics Association (TCA) VES (Visual Effects Society)

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Industry Trade Publications

Advertising Age Box Office Magazine Broadcasting and Cable Cable360 Film News Briefs (aggregator) Folio Hollywood Reporter I Want Media (aggregator) indieWIRE Media Life Magazine Mediapost Mediaweek Multichannel News Screen Daily TV Newsday TV Spy Variety

Industry Labor Organizations

ASC Directors Guild of America IATSE Motion Picture Editors Guild NABET SAG-AFTRA The Animation Guild WGA East WGA West

Media Law & Policy Resources

Benton Foundation Berkman Center for Internet & Society Center for Society Media's Code of Best Practices in Fair Use FCC OFCOM U.S. Copyright Office

Activist Sites, Organizations,and Reports

Center for Creative Voices Center for Digital Democracy Columbia Journalism Review blog Electronic Frontier Foundation Free Press

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Industry Outreach & Educational Programs

Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Advertising Educational Foundation American Advertising Federation American Cinema Editors Internship Program BEA Creative Minds in Cannes DGA Assistant Director Training Program Disney/ABC Talent Development Programs Film Independent Talent Development Programs Hire Standards (career advice) Intern Queen IRTS Library of American Broadcasting NATPE Educational Foundation RTNDA (Radio-TV News Directors Association) Temp Diaries The Cable Center The Paley Center for Media WGA-Compiled List of Talent Development Programs (huge list!)

Sites for Media Industry Stats & Data (Note that some are fee-based)
100 Leading Media Companies (Advertising Age charts) Adams Media Research Box Office India Box Office Magazine Vault Box Office Mojo Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (ownership charts) CJR's Who Owns What Entertainment Software Association (economic data) Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR list of interlocking boards) Free Press ownership chart Future of Music Coalition Global Issues (list of media conglomerates, mergers, etc.) Hollywood Creative Directory IMDB International Intellectual Property Alliance

Com379 LA 411 Lumiere (European stats) Media Consolidation chart Media Salles (European stats) Nielsen Media Research NY 411 Pew Internet Project The Numbers The State of the News Media (Pew 2012 Report) TV By The Numbers TV Tracker UK Film Council/BFI Variety charts Who Owns the Media (Ben Compaigne) Who Owns What On TV (Neatorama)

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Media Industry Podcasts and Videos

Firewall & Iceberg (Alan Sepinwall & Daniel Fienberg) Fresh Air/David Bianculli MIT Convergence Cultures Consortium NATPE Education Career Advice On the Media (NPR) Paley Center for the Media Power to the Pixel The Business (KCRW) TV Writer Podcast WTF with Marc Maron