Books and People in Media Literacy

1. Eric Schlosser - "McDonald's Golden Arches," he writes, "are now more widely recognized than the Christian cross." This refers back to a quote that Rob said at the beginning of the Media Literacy class (check my quotes)

2. Marco Tempest - The Magic of Truth and Lies (and iPods) - Ted Talk

3. Meadows, M. S. (2008). I, Avatar: The Culture and Consequences of Having a Second Life. Indianapolis, IN: New Riders. 

4. Cobley, P., & Jansz, L. (2010). Introducing Semiotics. Manchester, UK: Icon.

5. Kurzweil, R. (2006). The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology. New York: Penguin.

6. Steve Jobs - creator of Apple. His logo of the apple is known throughtout the world (semiotics) and because of him, communications and media are possible.

7. Ray Kurzweil - author of The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology.

8. Alex Jones - documentary filmmaker, radio talkshow host, political activist

9. Johann Gutenberg - inventor of the printing press

10. Stephen Glass - the movie Shattered Glass is based on Stephen Glass and deception

11. Glass, S. (2003). The Fabulist: A Novel. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. 

12. Jackson, B., & Jamieson, K. H. (2007). UnSpun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks. 

13. Adam and Eve - New Earth Theory; earliest form of media

14. Fidler, R. F. (1997). Mediamorphosis: Understanding New Media.. Thousand Oaks, California: Pine Forge Press. 

15. The Ascent of Media: From Gilgamesh to Google via Gutenberg. (2011). London: Nicholas Brealey Pub.

16. We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People. (2004). Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media Inc.

 17. Dominick, J. R. (2009). The Dynamics of Mass Communication (10th ed.). Boston: Mcgraw-Hill Higher Education. 

18. Pollan, M. (2006). The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin Press.

19. Michael Pollan - author of The Omnivore's Dilema

20. Walter Cronkite - He anchored the CBS evening news for over 20 years; he was the daily prescence in the American home. Walter Cronkite brought CBS to the pinnacle of prestige and popularity in television news.

21. Steven Spielberg - He is an American film director, screen writer, film producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur.

22. Barnouw, E. (1990). Tube of Plenty: The Evolution of American Television (2nd revised ed.). London: Oxford University Press.