exhibits featuring: ***Images of Canada Gallery**** Very useful set of links that includes Alexander Graham Bell , Thomas Alva Edison , timelines, radio, and much more. For more links go to Technology and Inventions page ~Media &Telecommunication Technology~ The Media History Project Promotes the study of media history from petroglyphs to pixels. Resources include the following : *** Timeline of Media **** from pre-historic to 2000's with over 4000 entries 6. radio 7. cinematography &film 8. television Early Recorded Sounds and Wax Cylinders - This site is an exploration of the early cutting-edge technology at the end of the 19th century. Listen to the cylinder of the month . Included is the Thomas Alva Edison Commemorative page . Links page also useful for further research . The World's Earliest Television Recordings - This British site deals with mechanical scanning to create a small imperfect image on cathode-ray tube. Restored recordings from 1927-1935 including Baird's experimental recordings, private BBC recordings from the 1930s, Transistorized ! The transistor was possibly the greatest invention of the twentieth century . This American PBS site includes a timeline of discovery . There was a time when every teenager in North America had a transistor radio the way today's teens now have CD-players . No transistor - no rock 'n roll ! The Satellites website In this site, you can learn about : different types of satellites, and examples of each, the parts of a satellite, why satellites are important to Canada, and the history of Canada's involvement in space (be creative & get to design your own satellite). Technology Timeline - A technology site from the American telecommunications company AT&T aimed at school students. Pages include Alexander Graham Bell, fibre optics, and communication satillites & networks. Explore early sound recording methods, two-minute wax cylinder records and antique phonographs; see plenty of rare vintage photos; and enjoy listening to early recorded sounds taken directly from the original wax cylinders. Principles of Media ( Includes media issues ) Media Awareness Network offers practical support for media education in the home, school and community and provides Canadians and others with information and "food for thought" on our fast-evolving media culture. Check the media issues page. Media Studies from VOS(UCSB) includes comprhensive links from media history to comic books, cyber culture, and stereotypes & gender issues. Work in Culture A Canadian site that provides news and other resources dealing with the country's Cultural Industries Canadiana: The Canadian Resource Page Go to Heritage, Culture and Entertainment links Film and Media Related Web Sites in Canada This page is provided by Queen's University. Comic Book Resources (CBR) A leading comic book web site. Quality content on the latest news in the publishing industry in relation to comic books, graphic novels, e-publishing and online fiction. Includes the financial aspects of the creation and mass production of comics and how it relates to other forms of mass media. Comics2Film is a special feature providing interviews and news relating to comics and the film industry. Canoe.ca 's Jam Entertainment news from Canoe. A mixture of infotainment, critical analysis, ratings and industry hype. Hollywood Reporter Reviews and latest media headlines. Media business and marketing concerns. SHOWFAX - Actors Resource Portal News and resources for American actors and others employed in the entertainment media. ShowBizData Media business interests and box office analysis. WorldwideBoxOffice (in millions of U.S. dollars) A searchable data base that allows you to compare box office gross earnings in various ways. The Numbers A detailed and accurate analysis of box office data. Marketing of media celebrities & movies is interpreted in terms of number of theatres and target audience analysis. The Movie Cliche List is a list of the most annoying and common logic flaws and stereotypes found in movies Industry Click PRIMEDIA Business' Marketing and Meetings publications and their related Web sites, provide information aimed at those employed in marketing. Mediascope Home Page is an American national, nonprofit research and policy organization working to promote issues of social relevance within the entertainment industry. Its principal objective is to encourage responsible portrayals in film, television, the Internet, video games, music and advertising. The Alternative Museum. An online museum that is intended as a transition from a physical space to a cyber space . A way of displaying digital art , web based art, and mass media issues. Canadian National Archives Canadian images of war, individuals, culture, aboriginal peoples, and places. Images Canada Images Canada provides central search access to the over 65,000 images held on the websites of participating Canadian cultural institutions. Through Images Canada, you can find images of the Canadian events, people, places and things that collectively are our heritage. International photo-journalism and social issues Exploring the Residual Landscape * social and environmental issues PhotoSensitive: a collective of photographers determined to explore how photography could contribute to social justice. 2) view various film clips and learn about Canadian directors, animators & experimental media ** Mediasphere Radio Production Mr. Kanski's EMS3O Page Includes resources & activities for :Advertising, Media Issues, Radio Broadcasting, and Audio Drama / Production. |
exhibits featuring: ***Images of Canada Gallery**** Very useful set of links that includes Alexander Graham Bell , Thomas Alva Edison , timelines, radio, and much more. For more links go to Technology and Inventions page ~Media &Telecommunication Technology~ The Media History Project Promotes the study of media history from petroglyphs to pixels. Resources include the following : *** Timeline of Media **** from pre-historic to 2000's with over 4000 entries 6. radio 7. cinematography &film 8. television Early Recorded Sounds and Wax Cylinders - This site is an exploration of the early cutting-edge technology at the end of the 19th century. Listen to the cylinder of the month . Included is the Thomas Alva Edison Commemorative page . Links page also useful for further research . The World's Earliest Television Recordings - This British site deals with mechanical scanning to create a small imperfect image on cathode-ray tube. Restored recordings from 1927-1935 including Baird's experimental recordings, private BBC recordings from the 1930s, Transistorized ! The transistor was possibly the greatest invention of the twentieth century . This American PBS site includes a timeline of discovery . There was a time when every teenager in North America had a transistor radio the way today's teens now have CD-players . No transistor - no rock 'n roll ! The Satellites website In this site, you can learn about : different types of satellites, and examples of each, the parts of a satellite, why satellites are important to Canada, and the history of Canada's involvement in space (be creative & get to design your own satellite). Technology Timeline - A technology site from the American telecommunications company AT&T aimed at school students. Pages include Alexander Graham Bell, fibre optics, and communication satillites & networks. Explore early sound recording methods, two-minute wax cylinder records and antique phonographs; see plenty of rare vintage photos; and enjoy listening to early recorded sounds taken directly from the original wax cylinders. Principles of Media ( Includes media issues ) Media Awareness Network offers practical support for media education in the home, school and community and provides Canadians and others with information and "food for thought" on our fast-evolving media culture. Check the media issues page. Media Studies from VOS(UCSB) includes comprhensive links from media history to comic books, cyber culture, and stereotypes & gender issues. Work in Culture A Canadian site that provides news and other resources dealing with the country's Cultural Industries Canadiana: The Canadian Resource Page Go to Heritage, Culture and Entertainment links Film and Media Related Web Sites in Canada This page is provided by Queen's University. Comic Book Resources (CBR) A leading comic book web site. Quality content on the latest news in the publishing industry in relation to comic books, graphic novels, e-publishing and online fiction. Includes the financial aspects of the creation and mass production of comics and how it relates to other forms of mass media. Comics2Film is a special feature providing interviews and news relating to comics and the film industry. Canoe.ca 's Jam Entertainment news from Canoe. A mixture of infotainment, critical analysis, ratings and industry hype. Hollywood Reporter Reviews and latest media headlines. Media business and marketing concerns. SHOWFAX - Actors Resource Portal News and resources for American actors and others employed in the entertainment media. ShowBizData Media business interests and box office analysis. WorldwideBoxOffice (in millions of U.S. dollars) A searchable data base that allows you to compare box office gross earnings in various ways. The Numbers A detailed and accurate analysis of box office data. Marketing of media celebrities & movies is interpreted in terms of number of theatres and target audience analysis. The Movie Cliche List is a list of the most annoying and common logic flaws and stereotypes found in movies Industry Click PRIMEDIA Business' Marketing and Meetings publications and their related Web sites, provide information aimed at those employed in marketing. Mediascope Home Page is an American national, nonprofit research and policy organization working to promote issues of social relevance within the entertainment industry. Its principal objective is to encourage responsible portrayals in film, television, the Internet, video games, music and advertising. The Alternative Museum. An online museum that is intended as a transition from a physical space to a cyber space . A way of displaying digital art , web based art, and mass media issues. Canadian National Archives Canadian images of war, individuals, culture, aboriginal peoples, and places. Images Canada Images Canada provides central search access to the over 65,000 images held on the websites of participating Canadian cultural institutions. Through Images Canada, you can find images of the Canadian events, people, places and things that collectively are our heritage. International photo-journalism and social issues Exploring the Residual Landscape * social and environmental issues PhotoSensitive: a collective of photographers determined to explore how photography could contribute to social justice. 2) view various film clips and learn about Canadian directors, animators & experimental media ** Mediasphere Radio Production Mr. Kanski's EMS3O Page Includes resources & activities for :Advertising, Media Issues, Radio Broadcasting, and Audio Drama / Production. |
