Looking for "best of" resource for mass communication titles

From: Kathleen Spring <kspring_at_linfield.edu>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 17:10:41 +0000
To: "colldv_at_lists.ala.org" <colldv_at_lists.ala.org>
Good morning,

A faculty member in our mass communication department has come to me with the following request:

Is there any source that lists major books of the year in categories? Categories like media, journalism, newspapers, television, advertising, new media, biographies in these areas, etc. I am looking for popular books that got good reviews, the ones destined to become classics of the field. I’d be especially interested if such a compilation was available for, say, each of the last five or 10 years.

I’m coming up blank with a resource that fits this bill (although I’ve suggested some alternatives for him). What resource(s) would you suggest? He is more interested in popular audience titles rather than academic titles.

Regards,
K.
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Kathleen Spring
Collections Management Librarian/Assistant Professor
Jereld R. Nicholson Library
Linfield College
503-883-2263
Office hours: Sunday-Thursday
Received on Tue Feb 02 2016 - 12:21:56 EST