MACS 101 (Cano, Carillo-Fuchs, Gao, Helmke, Kang, Robinson)

Library Resources

Books

• Online Catalog (Books at UIUC)
• I-Share Catalog (books at other institutions available to borrow)

Books on Course Reserves in Communications Library 

• Citizens at the Gates
• Digital Madness: How Social Media is Driving Our Mental Health Crisis – and How to Restore Our Sanity
• Instagram
• Perfect: Feeling Judged on Social Media
• Reckoning with Social Media
• Social Media and Society
• Social Media Entertainment
• Social Media
• The Social Media Debate
• Social Media, Technology, and New Generations
• TikTok
• Twitter

E-Books

• Analyzing Global Social Media Consumption
• Douyin, TikTok, and China’s Online Screen Industry
• Global Social Media Design: Bridging Differences Across Cultures
• Legal Guide to Social Media
• Mediated Misogynoir: Erasing Black Women’s and Girls’ Innocence in the Public Imagination
• Media Technologies and Posthuman Intimacy
• Pros and Cons: Social Media Censorship
• The Psychology and Dynamics Behind Social Media Interactions
• Renegades: Digital Dance Cultures from Dubsmash to TikTok
• Research Anthology on Usage, Identity, and Impact of Social Media on Society and Culture
• Social Engineering: How Crowdmasters, Phreaks, Hackers, and Trolls Created a New Form of Manipulative Communication
• Social Media is About People
• Social Media Debate: Unpacking the Social, Psychological, and Cultural Effects of Social Media
• Social Media and Hate
• Social Media Law and Ethics
• Social Media and Social Movements
• Social Media and Technology Across the Lifespan
• Spotify Teardown: Inside the Black Box of Streaming Music
• TikTok Cultures in the United States
• Trump, Trudeau, Tweets, Truth: A Conversation
• Tyrants and Twitter: Protecting Democracies from Information Warfare
• Watch Me Play: Twitch and the Rise of Game Live Streaming
• Young People, Social Media, and Health

Databases for Academic Journals 

• Academic Search Ultimate (multiple subjects)
• Communication Source (covers subjects in communication and media)
• Databases: other subject areas

Databases for Magazines and Newspapers (Journalistic articles)

• Academic Search Ultimate (magazines and academic articles)
• Nexis Uni (popular magazines and newspapers)

How to Evaluate and Cite Sources

• APA Style Guide
• Evaluating Sources (with examples)
• Online Style and Citation Guides

For further assistance, contact comlibrarian@library.illinois.edu or use “Ask a Librarian” chat on the Communications Library website!