Media Studies

Call numbers in the Library of Congress (LC) classification system most closely related to media studies include:

• Public Relations, Management	HD59-59.6
  Advertising	HF5801-6182.2
  Communication, Mass Media	HM1206-1211
  Social Influence	HM 259
  Public opinion	HM 261
  Public Relations, publicity, propaganda	HM 263
  Interpersonal relations. Social Behavior	HM1106-HM1171
  Social Influence, social pressure	HM1176-HM1281
  Public Relations, Social Psychology	HM1221
  Publicity, Propaganda, Public Opinion	HM1226-1236
  Communication in Politics	JA85-85.2
  Public Relations, Propaganda, Government Publicity	JF1525.P8
  Mass Media, Press law	KF2750
  Law of Telecommunications	KF2761-KF2765
  Philology. Linguistics	P1-1091
  Communication, Mass Media	P87-96
  Journalism. The periodical press, etc	PN4699-5650
  Broadcast Journalism	PN4784.B75
  Telecommunication	TK5101-5105.9

Most books collected for media and film studies are housed in Clemons Library. However, we are collecting a growing number of ebooks accessible directly through VIRGO, and books on related topics in sociology, popular or world culture, politics, or other disciplines may be located in other UVa libraries. In VIRGO, search by keyword or subject, then restrict by library or format.

Because it is so interdisciplinary, articles relating to media studies are found in journals from many disciplines. Here are some of the best places to look: