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Digital media Digital media Social aspects Digital media Study and teaching Information society Motion pictures Motion pictures Production and direction Vocational guidance United States Photography Digital techniques Sound Recording and reproducing Technology Social aspects TelevisionSteinhauer, Jason
Summary: The Internet has changed the past. Social media, Wikipedia, mobile networks, and the viral and visual nature of the Web have inundated the public sphere with historical information and misinformation, changing what we know about our history and History as a discipline. This is the first book to chronicle how and why it matters. Why does History matter at all? What role do history and the past...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 901 STEHarris, Duchess
Summary: These days it's become easier than ever to customize social media feeds to include only information you think is relevant to your interests. But is that necessarily a positive development? Your Personalized Internet uncovers the problematic aspects of online customization, including the dangers of echo chambers and filter bubbles and the loss of privacy that can result from companies sharing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J302.231 HARSummary: The rise of the blog as a form of serious news reporting means that conventional journalists must become familiar with the blog format and rethink typical journalistic approaches. This ABC News program examines the blogger "community," reviews major news stories that were broken by bloggers, and demonstrates ways in which blogging differs from traditional reporting methods. Featuring an...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This video guides viewers through each step of making a one-minute/150-word digital story based on the theme "Who Am I?", a project that relies on editing software such as Final Cut Pro to integrate digital snapshots, original or royalty-free music, and voiced-over narration into a multimedia essay. Technology is reshaping the way students learn and relate to each other; use How to Make Digital...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: LeRoy Robert Ripley rose to fame during the Great Depression, transforming himself into an entertainer who mesmerized the nation with his razzle-dazzle blend of homespun Americana and freakish oddities. Over three decades, his franchise grew into an entertainment empire. This is the story of the man who popularized the iconic phrase, and proof of why we still can't resist his challenge to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV RIPWoolley, Samuel
Summary: "Despite all the attention paid to it, the problem of online disinformation is only getting worse. Social media may well play a role in the 2020 presidential election and other major political events. But that doesn't begin to describe what future propaganda will look like. As Samuel Woolley shows, we will soon be navigating new technologies such as human-like automated voice systems, machine...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 WOORosenfield, Kat
Summary: Copper Falls, Maine. The local junkyard is burning, and town pariah Lizzie Ouellette is dead-- with her husband, Dwayne, nowhere to be found. Detective Ian Bird's inquiries unexpectedly lead him to a swank city townhouse several hours south. Adrienne Richards, blonde and fabulous social media influencer and wife of a disgraced billionaire, had been renting Lizzie's tiny lake house. As her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ROSStoffel, Judy
Summary: "In the decade since the smartphone was released, we have been absorbing new technology like sponges, fervently downloading new apps and dedicating massive amounts of time to gaming, streaming video, and surfing social media.... In this enlightening book, Judy Stoffel, a visionary thinker who foresaw the impact screens could have on children, provides a plausible road map to change the course...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Parents StoffelAlter, Adam L.
Summary: "An urgent and expert investigation into behavioral addiction, the dark flipside of today's unavoidable digital technologies, and how we can turn the tide to regain control. Behavioral addiction may prove to be one of the most important fields of social,medical, and psychological research in our lifetime. The idea that behaviors can be being addictive is new, but the threat is near universal....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.2 ALTAlaimo, Kara
Summary: "In Over the Influence, communication professor and CNN Opinion contributor Kara Alaimo reveals how social media is affecting every aspect of the lives of women and girls--from our relationships and our parenting to our physical and mental well-being. Over the Influence is a book about what it means to live in the world social media has wrought--whether you're constantly connected or have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alcove Press 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The Internet offers vast possibilities for learning, making a living, and having fun-but it can also destroy reputations, empty bank accounts, and ruin lives. This program cautions students about potential hazards to their computers-not to mention their careers, finances, and futures-that exist online. Highlighting the importance of setting up a firewall and keeping one's operating system...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: It's newspapers, magazines, and books versus blogs, webzines, and e-books in this program as host Jian Ghomeshi addresses issues ranging from the popularity of citizen journalism, to the growing shift in advertiser dollars from print to the Web, to the whole Google Book Search controversy. Multiple points of view are represented by blogosphere luminaries Cory Doctorow and David Pescovitz (Boing...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Riley, Naomi Schaefer
Summary: "Screens are seductive. We see it in our toddlers, begging for tablets. We see it in our pre-teens, leading double lives on Tumblr. We see it in ourselves, too, as much of our time gets sucked into news feeds and emails. From a parenting vantage, technology has been the holy grail, allowing us to outsource the unpleasant tasks and give ourselves a break. No clean-up after painting when it's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Templeton Press 2018
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 RILCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 RILSummary: Archival footage, photos, and recordings are indispensable staples of the film industry. This program introduces the researchers who sift the riches of stock footage houses, photo archives, and sound effect libraries to find the perfect images and sounds.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: What is it like to work in one of the world's most exciting communications industries? Going behind the scenes on the set of the TV show Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, this program provides an inside look at careers in television and film. Interviews with industry professionals provide a clear picture of the training, duties, and job opportunities offered by the positions of producer, assistant...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Morphing creatures, mind-bending action scenes, destruction on a galactic scale. how do they do that? This program spotlights computer-generated animation and compositing, the technological wizardry behind sensational special effects that early filmmakers could only dream of.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: For those who want to see what it's like to film from a dolly, a Steadicam, and even a helicopter, this program is ideal. Filmmakers give a detailed description of an assortment of cutting-edge cameras and related equipment and demonstrate how these tools are used.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In this era of communications, the technologies used to record and reproduce sounds and images are highly diversified and constantly being improved. This program introduces three of these techniques: computer graphics, or computer-assisted animation; laser discs, capable of storing vast quantities of sound data without altering their quality; and holography, also based on the laser beam, which...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Sound recording for video can be divided into two distinct phases-recording during production, and recording during postproduction. This program discusses a variety of subjects, including the different types of microphones and when to use each, when certain types of sound are appropriate, the use of audio mixers on location and in postproduction, recording levels, distortion, multitracking,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The more digital technology becomes inseparable from our daily lives, the more chances corporate and political media have to manipulate young people-unless students are taught how to dissect and defend against that manipulation. This program helps educators instill media literacy through an exploration of its basic concepts as well as examples drawn from film and television. Defining media...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This program captures more than a century of moviemaking, from the pioneering work of the Lumiere brothers and the early silent classics to recent box office hits and modern masterpieces of world cinema.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Two designers, two very different digital display technologies: Christopher Pearson has prototyped decorative animated digital wallpaper, while Tom Barker has invented the SmartSlab, a large-scale modular interactive LED panel. Segment one of this program shows how Pearson, having accepted a commission to "wallpaper" an entire restaurant, triumphs over every technological and logistical...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Help students build their shooting, lighting, and recording skills with this detailed guide to professional-quality video production. This program focuses on the real-world techniques of producer Bill Cote, a 25-year veteran of the television industry, who uses footage from a recently wrapped film to demonstrate proper equipment operation. Divided into four main chapters covering...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: What is it like to work for a television station or a video production company? This program provides a concise overview of the video production process-from conceptualization, through the planning and production phases, to the finished product. Microphones, lights, editing equipment, and cameras are all touched upon, along with everything else that it takes to create an informational or...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005