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- Social Attitudes and Public Opinion
- Basic photography for the mass media: This class for beginning mass media photographers and photojournalists includes illustrated exercises, practical principles, videos, readings and portfolios. Also available is a nine-part self-guided Photoshop tutorial, and downloadable photos for practice."
- History of the Mass Media and Journalism : "This class-based tutorial takes you through American history through the vision of the nation's mass media. It includes videos, a gallery of photos and publications from the past, as well as readings and exercises. Features include a history of photography and a video and essay explaining plagiarism."
- Merlot Open Access Textbooks
- The Data Journalism Handbook
- Tools for Podcasts
- Writing for Electronic Media
- The Simple Math of Writing Well: Writing for the 21st Century
- Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Exploring Public Speaking: 2nd Revision
- Public Speaking: The Virtual Textbook
- Information Strategies For Communicators
- Journalism 2.0:How to Survive and Thrive : PDF file of textbook by Mark Briggs, Assistant Managing Editor for Interactive News, The News Tribune. Includes chapters on RSS, Web 2.0, blogging, podcasting, and video and photo editing.
- Stand up, Speak out- The practice and ethics of public speaking
- Understanding Media and Culture
- Introduction to Professional Communications
- Writing for Strategic Communication Industries
- Communication in the Real World: An Introduction to Communication Studies
- Graphic Design and Print Production Fundamentals
- Verification Handbook:The Verification Handbook is a resource for journalists and aid responders, which provides step-by-step guidelines for using user-generated content (UGC) during emergencies. In a crisis situation, social networks are overloaded with situational updates, calls for relief, reports of new developments, and rescue information.
- Verification Handbook: For Disinformation And Media Manipulation
- Story-based inquiry: a manual for investigative journalists
- Media Studies 101
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