Annotated Bibliography

 Annotated Bibliography 

Aice Media Studies AS 

Lance Trippel 

2020-2021 

  

Bradley, J. H., & Hebert, F. J. (1997, May-June). The effect of personality type on team performance. Journal of Management Development, 16(5-6), 337+. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A19815243/AONE?u=fl_sarhs&sid=AONE&xid=18e5e4ed*  

Bradley and Herbert talk about the theories of personalities and the studies of which ones work together the best and what certain personalities can accomplish compared to other personalities. They talk about the roles of the different personalities on the team. They talk about the difference between judging and perceiving and how those are two different meanings. The effect of a personality on a team and the performance of that team. 

Cherry, W. R. (2017). Our Place in the Universe: The Importance of Story and Storytelling in the Classroom. Knowledge Quest, 46(2), 50+. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A515795497/AONE?u=fl_sarhs&sid=AONE&xid=675799c5esawcvqxzn 

Cherry celebrates the merits and historical function of story-telling and as such implements opportunities for his students to participate in the art form.  Although Cherry’s focus is on the story as integral to teaching and learning, it is his take on storytelling that illustrates the need in our society for storytellers from every age, historical, and socioeconomic background.  He shares not only the academic benefits on both storyteller and reader/viewer, but also the human benefits sharing research that indicates that storytelling improves our brain function, understanding of others, ability to grieve and empathize, and feel important.  In addition, Cherry shares the improved ability for others to feel interconnected, part of a community, and an important voice in a wide sea of louder conversations.  Finally, the author shares the technological tools that allow students and others who wish to begin to participate in the art to share their unique stories and concludes that the voicing and sharing of individual perspectives make a much richer whole for all. 

Franklin, J. (2011). Survival of the fittest: four editors on the future of literary magazines. Poets & Writers Magazine, 39(6), 73+. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A272245771/AONE?u=fl_sarhs&sid=AONE&xid=80456594 

Franklin conducts a discussion of literary magazine editors on the changing tide of literary magazine subscriptions.  Finances are at the forefront of the conversation, with many complaining about the lack of funding to support the genre on the publishing end as well from their target audience (although they also suggest the blame also lays on their priorities).  Editors also discuss the need to expand their target audiences, compete more strategically with other types of publications, improve marketing strategies, and to alter their means of distribution by creating new delivery formats using technology.  Although concerns exist that online platforms may hinder their work, the consensus is that the benefits far outweigh the dangers of a watered-down product and ultimately provide extensive opportunities to extend creativity, not hinder it. 

Merril, M. (2004). First frames: titles in the digital realm. Metro Magazine, (142), 114+. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A124009424/AONE?u=fl_sarhs&sid=AONE&xid=b9ae7081 

Merril discusses the significance of the opening sequence on the experience of viewers in both enjoyment and understanding.  In addition, he shares examples of critically acclaimed title sequences along with their artistic merits and the inevitability of them becoming a more celebrated component of filmmaking.  He emphasizes the development of a new expertise in filmmaking and heralds technology for advancing title credits into an art form.  The author also warns of the danger of relying too heavily upon these sequences as although they are integral to branding and marketing, reliance upon them may mislead viewers and result in disappointing reviews should the film not meet the same level of artistry promised by the opening credits.  Merril continues his discussion by highlighting the specialty of the field and shares an academic perspective on the craft and difficulty of securing employment, even though television is now implementing the strategy that film has long employed. 

Pettijohn, T. F., II, & Ahmed, S. F. (2010). Songwriting loafing or creative collaboration?: A comparison of individual and team written billboard hits in the USA. Journal of Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis, 7(1), 1+. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A233124596/AONE?u=fl_sarhs&sid=AONE&xid=b1b7ac60 

Pettijohn talks about how songwriting is sometimes an emotional story that the artist creates and it is the artist that can know only their feelings. It talks about the effect of social loafers and loafers being the people that feed off others success and are lazy and let other people grind and do the work while they benefit from doing nothing. He talks about how this is an issue in the music industry. They tested to see if a team of music producers and artists could make more billboard hits or if the individuals could and they found that neither the group nor the individuals made more billboard hits, they did see that collectively over all time 78% of hits were made by individual/pairs not groups. 

Scherer, M. (2002). Chances are you won't bother to read this article. It is just one long block of text, after all, unbroken by alluring pictures, snappy captions, or eye-grabbing infographics. You can't click it. You can't flip it. All you can do is read it. (Does Size Matter?). Columbia Journalism Review, 41(4), 32+. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A94600416/AONE?u=fl_sarhs&sid=AONE&xid=a06ec33c 

Scherer discusses the changing tide of magazine readership and the perceived belief that said changes are the result of low attention spans of younger readers.  The author states that although many believe the decline in magazine readership is connected with the length of articles and lack of time, the reality is that many young readers actually have more “free time” than earlier generations.  He goes on to share that studies have demonstrated that the reading of books has not declined and argues that this fact illustrates that article length is not the cause of the decline of magazine readership.  He includes discussions with editors of magazines that have survived without altering their formatting and challenges that the blame for decreasing sales does not fall on the shoulders of younger audiences and their attention spans.  Scherer concludes that the accessibility to and variety of new information is at the root of the decline in readership not article length and that to survive, the industry must seek to grab the attentions of potential customers not tone done the quality or quantity of information. 

ESPN the Magazine: From next to now. (2019, September 04). Retrieved April 02, 2021, from https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/27500848/espn-magazine-next-now 

The magazine discusses the overall journey of ESPN magazine and its distribution process. The magazine goes into depth about the different covers and the role they played in taking ESPN magazine to the top. Overall, it is a good magazine to base my project off of and a good company. 

Sports illustrated. (n.d.). Retrieved April 02, 2021, from https://www.si.com/ 

The magazine company sports illustrated is a major distributor of sports magazines and the article takes a look into how they distribute the magazine. They talk about who  distributes it and the process that goes into to all of it. 

 

GQ. (n.d.). Retrieved April 02, 2021, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/GQ 

The article goes into depth about the magazine company GQ and the distribution process the go through. It also goes into detail about the marketing tools used in the company.