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
- 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
- The Social Media Debate
- Social Media, Technology, and New Generations
- TikTok
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
- 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 Debate: Unpacking the Social, Psychological, and Cultural Effects of Social Media
- Social Media and Hate
- Social Media and Language Learning: Using TikTok and Instagram
- 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
- Spotify: How the Company Uses Data to Influence Music Tastes Around the World
- Spotify Teardown: Inside the Black Box of Streaming Music
- 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
- 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 comlibrarian@library.illinois.edu or use “Ask a Librarian” chat on the Communications Library website!