LibGuides: Extended Essay: Resources for Language

CC: Media Analysis

How Does Manipulation Through Language Work?
Semiotics for Beginners
Discourse Toolbox
Areas for analysis
Discourse
Key elements to look for when analyzing language
Analyzing Language
Some basic questions to ask as you analyze a text
Persuasive Strategies and Rhetorical Advices
Handout of strategies used to sway an audience. Look for these as you analyze.
Critical Discourse Analysis
A good how to for analyzing speeches, news reports, etc.
How to Study and Critique a Speech

Common Sense Media Research
several studies on the interaction of society and media.
Pew Research Center
Excellent, authoritative data on general social issues.

Online Journal of Communication and Media
Interested in research not only on Theory and Practice of Communication and Media Studies
New Media and Society
ew Media & Society engages in critical discussions of the key issues arising from the scale and speed of new media development
American Communication Journal
dedicated to the conscientious analysis and criticism of significant communicative artifacts.
Media and Communication