Sports Related
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Communication & Sports Research
- A list of over 50 relevant books that are freely accessible via Penn State Libraries (ProQuest Ebook Central)
- Communication & Sport
- Journal of Sports Media
- Journal of Sport & Social Issues
- International Journal of Sport Communication
Good Sports Writing
- Athleta
- Defector
- Edge of Sports
- ESPN Magazine (archive)
- Grantland (archive)
- Outside the Lines
- Sport in American History
- The Undefeated
- Vice Sports
- Victory Journal
Sports Podcasts
- The End of Sport
- The SEASON Podcast – a feminist take on soccer/football
Pittsburgh & Penn State Greater Allegheny
Pittsburgh Region
- Pittsburgh Cultural Resources – An interactive Google Map I created for PSUGA students.
- Native Land – You are here.
Penn State Greater Allegheny
- COMM @ PSUGA – The Communications Program at Penn State Greater Allegheny.
- Academic Calendars
- Financial Aid
- External Scholarships
- Engage – Student organizations and events on campus.
- Learning Center
- Career Services
- Health Services
- Reporting – Resources for reporting wrongdoing at Penn State.
- Title IX, Media & Emotional resources
- Commuting to Campus
- Teaching International Events Calendar
- Center for Academic and Career Excellence (ACE) – ACE is a federal program that provides academic and non-academic services to students who meet federal eligibility requirements and agree to participate in the program. This includes first generation college students, those from low-income families, physically challenged students, and students with learning disabilities.
Penn State Technology Resources
- Sites – Create your own free blog, website, or digital portfolio using WordPress.
- Box – 50GB of free online storage for Penn State students and faculty.
- Accessibility – Accessibility and usability resources for faculty, staff and students.
- Downloads – Free software for Penn State students and faculty.
- WebApps – Access popular applications (such as Microsoft Office) from a wide array of devices.
- LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda) – Free video tutorials on Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and more. There’s a ton of super helpful stuff on this website.
- Click! – Technology jumpstart guide.
- Media Commons – A university-wide initiative to enrich the teaching and learning experience through multimedia technology, classroom training and direct support for students, faculty and staff.
- Free Media Library – via Penn State Media Commons.
Research & Writing
Penn State Libraries – General Resources
- Libraries Home
- Remote resources page (post COVID) – This has full listings of vast materials made available for free since the pandemic started
- Library Subject Guides
- Library Tutorials and Information Materials
- Digital Collections
- eBooks guide
- Streaming Video Resources:
- Kanopy – Excellent for documentaries and films (including partial access to Criteron Collection)
- Alexander Street – Excellent for documentaries, TV productions, and educational media
- Swank Motion Pictures, Inc. – Decent collection of films
Writing & Citation Resources
- Purdue Online Writing Lab – an excellent collection of articles, tools and tips related to all aspects of the research and writing process, including valuable information on formatting and citations.
- Excelsior College OWL (Online Writing Lab) – Also an excellent collection of materials regarding formatting and citations.
- The Chicago Manual of Style (Quick Guide) – this is your professor’s preferred format for writing. If you want to access the entire text of The Chicago Manual of Style, you can read it online through the Penn State library, or click here.
Communication Research
Penn State Libraries – Communications Research Guides
- Communications & media studies guide
- Comparing media systems guide
- News media ethics guide
- News media trends guide
- Television news programs
Communication Theory & Research Methods
- Professor Shannon Mattern has incredible information on her websites, including these student resources that dive into reading, writing, research, and analysis.
- A Dictionary of Media and Communication (Oxford University Press, 2020)
- The International Encyclopedia of Media Studies (2012)
- The SAGE Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods (2017)
- Eds. Michael Bloor and Fiona Wood, Keywords in Qualitative Methods (2006)
- Video – Survey Research (there are lots of great tutorial videos like this via SAGE Research Methods database)
- Making Sense of Evidence, via George Mason University
- Communication Research Methods Database, via Ithaca College
- Chapter outlines for Investigating Communication (research textbook)
- ‘Content Analysis’ resources
- D. Soyini Madison, “Introduction to Critical Ethnography”
- Textual Analysis Directory, via Aberystwyth University
- Daniel Chandler’s “Semiotics for Beginners”
Media, Culture & Politics
Print & Digital Publications
- Ada
- Ars Technica
- Art Forum
- Bitch Media
- Color Lines
- CounterPunch
- Cyborgology
- Defector
- Dissent
- Esquire
- Harper’s
- Hyperallergic
- In These Times
- Jacobin
- Journal Safar
- Maximum Rocknroll
- New York Magazine – Accessible to PSU students via Press Reader
- n+1
- Pop Matters
- Real Life
- Slate
- Souciant
- Sounding Out!
- Teen Vogue
- The Atlantic
- The Economist
- The Baffler
- The Battleground (EU)
- The Intercept
- The Nation
- The New Inquiry
- The New Republic
- The New Yorker
- Territory
- Vox
- Wired
Good Stuff on the Web
News & Journalism
Penn State News
- The GA-ZETTE – Penn State Greater Allegheny news
- The Collegian – Penn State University Park news
Local & Regional News
- New Pittsburgh Courier – Local newspaper focused on Pittsburgh’s African American community.
- Pittsburgh Business Times – Local business reporting, accessible via PSU Libraries.
- Pittsburgh City Paper – Local alternative weekly newspaper with an emphasis on arts & culture.
- Pittsburgh Current – Independent alternative weekly newspaper.
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Local daily newspaper. Students have full access the newspaper here.
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – Local daily newspaper.
- Public Source – Independent, non-profit, local news online.
- The Mon Valley Independent – Independent, local news focused on the Mon Valley
- The Philadelphia Inquirer – The third oldest daily newspaper in the US
- Tube City Online – Independent, online news in McKeesport
- Valley News Dispatch – The Tribune Review‘s coverage of the Mon Valley
National & International News
- Al Jazeera
- BBC News
- Democracy Now! – Independent, nationally syndicated, in-depth daily news broadcast
- New York Times – Students can click here to access the NY Times online, for free
- Pro Publica
- Reveal – The Center for Investigative Reporting
- The Guardian
- Washington Post
- Los Angeles Times – Students have full access the newspaper here
Coverage & Analysis of News
- Columbia Journalism Review
- FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting)
- Nieman Lab – at Harvard University
- Politifact – by the Poynter Institute
- Quill – by the Society of Professional Journalists
- AllSides – features both news & guides to political slants of various publications.