Communication, Speech & Journalism Resources

Titles in Red are in the Eberly Library at Waynesburg College at the call number given.


Ellul, Jacques. Propaganda: The formation of men's attitudes. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971.
        Library has 1965 ed.  301.1523 E47p

Fore, W. F. Television and religion: The shaping of faith, values and culture. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1987. 206 F714t

Higgins, Gareth. How Movies Helped Save My Soul: Finding Spiritual Fingerprints in Culturally Significant Films. Foreword by Tony Campolo. Lake Mary, FL: Relevant Books, c2003. 791.43682 H636h 2003

Horsfield, P. Religious television. New York: Longmann, 1984. 269.2 H817r

Johnston, Robert K Reel Spirituality: Theology & Film in Dialogue.  Baker. 791.43682  J73r

Kilbourne, Jean. Can’t Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel (Touchstone) Although not from an intentional Christian perspective, this expose of sexism in advertising is both pioneering and  crucial  

Olasky, Marvin. Prodigal press: The anti-Christian bias of the American news media. Wheaton: Crossway, 1988.

Olasky, Marvin. Telling the truth: How to revitalize Christian journalism. Wheaton: Crossway,  1996.

Postman, N. Amusing ourselves to death. New York: Penguin, 1985. 302.23 P858a  Also on audiotape.

Schmalzbauer, John A. People of Faith : Religious Conviction in American Journalism and Higher Education. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2003. 200.88097 S347p 2003

Schultze, Q. J. Communicating for life: Christian Stewardship in Community and Media. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000. 261.52 S387c

Schultze, Q. J. Redeeming television. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1993.

Schultze, Q. J., Anker, R. M., Bratt, J. D., Romanowski, W. D., Worst, J. W. & Zuidervaart, L. Dancing in the dark: Youth, popular culture and the electronic media. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991.  302.23 D173

Shane, Ed. 2001 Disconnected America: The Consequences of Mass Media in a Narcissistic World. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2001. 302.23 S528d

Sommerville, C.J. How the News Makes Us Dumb. Inter Varsity Press.  302.23 S697h

Underwood, Doug. From Yahweh to Yahoo! : The Religious Roots of the Secular Press. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2002. 070.9 U561f 2002

Warren, Michael. Seeing Through the Media: A Religious View of Communications and Cultural Analysis. Trinity Press International,  1997. A profound and serious critique of contemporary culture and how to evaluate mass media. 291.17 W291c
 
 
 

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