December 2006
BUBL LINK: Media studies
by jlesage
a UK portal's link to media links portals; some entries here will be new to US academics
artists and art...the-artists.org
by jlesage & 1 other
extended visual, biographical, and textual database of 20th Century and contemporary visual artists
November 2006
Lists of Bests
by jlesage & 5 others
again, I am fascinated by lists of bests, especially as related to literature; they comprise both an ideology of the canon and a sociology of popular tastes, a la Bourdieu; in an extended form, they comprise much of amazon.com
Category D: A Film and Media Studies Blog: The Intro Textbook: A Comparison
by jlesage
an entry in a film blog that I like that compares and contrasts the Film 101 textbooks commonly used
Digital Archive of American Architecture: Contents
by jlesage
invaluable for mise-en-scene; suggestive for writers
Media Art Net | Overview of Media Art | MassMedia
by jlesage
links to many full text essays on television; site is a little difficult to navigate, but links to much good writing
Pandia Powersearch, all-in-one list of search engines and directories
by jlesage & 1 other
new search engine that also has useful tutorial on how to search and explanations of all the major search engines; good for college students to learn how to use Internet most effectively
Place: Cultural, Disability, Ethnic, Media, Postcolonial, Race Studies
by jlesage
huge multi-page database of links on space and place in cultural geography as applicable to interdisciplinary studies
October 2006
Tracking Down Educators that Use Photo Sharing (flickr) | Teaching Hacks.com
by jlesage
aiding social networking and sharing of resources for using photography in education
Cinema=Jean-Luc Godard=Cinema
by jlesage & 1 other
site with many links to online essays about Godard
Main Page - AcademicBlogs
by jlesage & 1 other
A wiki about academic blogs, with links to blogs in each academic area of study
September 2006
Movie Blogs
by jlesage
I have not looked at all these, but about.com often has some new tips to follow up on.
Intute - the best Web resources for education and research
by jlesage & 5 others
UK academics and researchers write entries on many topics of interest, a bit like an encyclopedia that you ask questions of.
BlogDance--The best film / movie blog posts from around the web
by jlesage
uses rss feeds to keep track of movie blog news, useful daily roundup of film gossip and news
August 2006
Film Fest Journal
by jlesage
film blog that indicates many films you might like to put on your netflicks list
July 2006
Bloglines | About Bloglines
by jlesage
I tried a number of ways to do RSS news feeds but could not get the hang of it. This is a site that keeps a free news aggregator for you. It has an intuitive and practical interface. The disadvantage is that once again I contribute to marketing data co
rogerebert.com :: FRONTPAGE (xhtml)
by jlesage & 2 others
a newspaper and tv film reviewer with consistently good writing over many years
June 2006
feminism - Sphere
by jlesage
I often try out social bookmarking sites by typing in a key word, such as "feminism," to see what comes up. It lets me compare the sites.
