Library Resources
Books
- UIUC Library and I-Share Libraries
- To search only the UIUC collection, select the “Library Catalog” option from the drop down menu to the left of the search bar.
- To search all I-Share libraries, select the “All I-Share Libraries” option from the drop down menu to the left of the search bar.
- To view full search results, make sure to sign in! There will either be a pop up prompting you to sign in, or you can click on the icon of a person’s head and shoulders in the top right corner of the catalog screen.
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
- Fast Politics: Propaganda in the Age of TikTok
- Identities and Intimacies on Social Media
- Also available as an E-Book. Click hyperlinked text for E-Book access.
- Perfect: Feeling Judged on Social Media
- Reckoning with Social Media
- Recognition in the Age of Social Media
- Social Media and Society
- Social Media Entertainment
- Social Media Images and Conflicts
- Also available as an E-Book. Click hyperlinked text for E-Book access.
- Social Media
- The Social Media Debate
- Social Media, Technology, and New Generations
- Social Media: The Convergence of Public and Personal Communication
- Also available as an E-Book. Click hyperlinked text for E-Book access.
- Social Media Victimization: Theories and Impacts of Cyberpunishment
- Also available as an E-Book. Click hyperlinked text for E-Book access.
- TikTok
- Understanding Social Media: Extensions of Their Users
E-Books
- Analyzing Global Social Media Consumption
- Computing Taste: Algorithms and the makers of Music Recommendation
- Douyin, TikTok, and China’s Online Screen Industry
- Gamer Citizens: Live-Video Politics in Digital Age
- Global Social Media Design: Bridging Differences Across Cultures
- Identities and Intimacies on Social Media
- Also available in print on reserve at the Communications Library
- Instagram: The Complete Manual
- Legal Guide to Social Media
- Mediated Misogynoir: Erasing Black Women’s and Girls’ Innocence in the Public Imagination
- Media Technologies and Posthuman Intimacy
- News Journalism and Twitter: Disruption, Adaptation, and Normalisation
- The Propagation of Misinformation in Social Media: A Cross-Platform Analysis
- Pros and Cons: Social Media Censorship
- The Psychology and Dynamics Behind Social Media Interactions
- Real Life in Real Time: Live Streaming Culture
- Renegades: Digital Dance Cultures from Dubsmash to TikTok
- Research Anthology on Usage, Identity, and Impact of Social Media on Society and Culture
- The Rise of the Algorithms: How YouTube and TikTok Conquered the World
- Social Engineering: How Crowdmasters, Phreaks, Hackers, and Trolls Created a New Form of Manipulative Communication
- Social Media is About People
- Social Media: The Convergence of Public and Personal Communication
- Also available in print on reserve at the Communications Library
- Social Media Cultures
- Social Media Debate: Unpacking the Social, Psychological, and Cultural Effects of Social Media
- Social Media and Hate
- Social Media Images and Conflicts
- Also available in print on reserve at the Communications Library
- Social Media and Language Learning: Using TikTok and Instagram
- Social media and Social Order
- Social Media and Society
- Social Media Law and Ethics
- Social Media and Social Movements: The Transformation of Communication Patterns
- Social Media and Technology Across the Lifespan
- Social Media Victimization: Theories and Impacts of Cyberpunishment
- Also available in print on reserve at the Communications Library
- Spotify: How the Company Uses Data to Influence Music Tastes Around the World
- Spotify Teardown: Inside the Black Box of Streaming Music
- Streaming Music, Streaming Capital
- Streaming Sounds: Music Listening in the Digital Age
- TikTok as a Marketing Channel for Influencer Marketing: A Comparison Between Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok
- TikTok Broadway: Musical Theatre Fandom in the Digital Age
- TikTok Cultures in the United States
- TikTok and Youth Cultures
- Trump, Trudeau, Tweets, Truth: A Conversation
- Tweeting is Leading: How Senators Communicate and Represent in the Age of Twitter
- Twitter, the Public Sphere, and the Chaos of Online Deliberation
- Tyrants and Twitter: Protecting Democracies from Information Warfare
- Watch Me Play: Twitch and the Rise of Game Live Streaming
- We Tried to Tell Y’all: Black Twitter and the Rise of Digital Counternarratives
- 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) SEE INFO BELOW IF YOU EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS
If you have problems with Nexis Uni (it asks you to login) try the following:
- Clear your browser history
- Search incognito
- Above the photos on the Comm Library website, are 2 tabs “Key Resources” and “Newspapers.” Both of those tabs include links to Nexis Uni. Try those links.
How to Cite Sources
For further assistance, contact our Head Librarian Lisa Romero at l-romero@illinois.edu or use “Ask a Librarian” chat on the Communications Library website!