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• Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning With New Media (10th anniversary edition; Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2019), by Mizuko Itō, Sonja Baumer, Matteo Bittanti, danah boyd, Rachel Cody, Becky Herr-Stephenson, Heather A. Horst, Patricia G. Lange, Dilan Mahendran, Katynka Z. Martinez, C. J. Pascoe, Dan Perkel, Laura Robinson, Christo Sims, and Lisa Tripp (PDF with commentary at MIT Press)
• Digital Youth with Disabilities (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2014), by Meryl Alper (PDF with commentary at MIT Press)
• Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning With New Media (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2010), by Mizuko Itō, Sonja Baumer, danah boyd, Rachel Cody, Becky Herr-Stephenson, Heather A. Horst, Patricia G. Lange, Dilan Mahendran, Katynka Z. Martinez, C. J. Pascoe, Dan Perkel, Laura Robinson, Christo Sims, and Lisa Tripp (PDF with commentary at MIT Press)
• Living and Learning With New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2009), by Mizuko Itō, Heather A. Horst, Matteo Bittanti, danah boyd, Becky Herr-Stephenson, Patricia G. Lange, C. J. Pascoe, and Laura Robinson, contrib. by Sonja Baumer, Rachel Cody, Dilan Mahendran, Katynka Z. Martinez, Dan Perkel, Christo Sims, and Lisa Tripp (PDF with commentary at MIT Press)
• Digital Media and Technology in Afterschool Programs, Libraries, and Museums (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2011), by Becky Herr-Stephenson, Diana Rhoten, Dan Perkel, and Christo Sims (PDF with commentary at MIT Press)
• Kids and Credibility: An Empirical Examination of Youth, Digital Media Use, and Information Credibility (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2010), by Andrew J. Flanagin and Miriam J. Metzger (PDF with commentary at MIT Press)
• Rethinking the Children's Television Act for a digital media age : hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, July 22, 2009. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2010), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)

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• When Media Are New: Understanding the Dynamics of New Media Adoption and Use (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2010), by John Carey and M. C. J. Elton (HTML with commentary at digitalculture.org)
• Digital Media, Youth, and Credibility (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007), ed. by Miriam J. Metzger and Andrew J. Flanagin (PDF files with commentary at MIT Press)
• From Media Hype to Twitter Storm: News Explosions and Their Impact on Issues, Crises, and Public Opinion (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, c2018), ed. by P. Vasterman (PDF with commentary at OAPEN)
• Peer Participation and Software: What Mozilla Has to Teach Government (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2010), by David Booth (PDF files with commentary at MIT Press)
• The Hyperlinked Society: Questioning Connections in the Digital Age (2008), ed. by Joseph Turow and Lokman Tsui (HTML with commentary at digitalculture.org)
• Digital Community Engagement: Partnering Communities with the Academy (Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati Press, c2020), ed. by Rebecca S. Wingo, Jason A. Heppler, and Paul Schadewald (HTML with commentary at University of Cincinnati Press)
• Social Theory After the Internet: Media, Technology, and Globalization (London: UCL Press, c2018), by Ralph Schroeder (HTML and PDF with commentart at UCL Press)
• Stand Out of Our Light: Freedom and Resistance in the Attention Economy (Cambridge, UK et al: Cambridge University Press, c2018), by James Williams (PDF and HTML with commentary at Cambridge University Press)
• From Bitcoin to Burning Man and Beyond: The Quest for Identity and Autonomy in a Digital Society (Amherst, MA: ID3 in cooperation with Off the Common Books, 2014), ed. by John H. Clippinger and David Bollier (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Civic Life Online: Learning How Digital Media Can Engage Youth (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007), ed. by W. Lance Bennett (PDF files with commentary at MIT Press)
• Learning Race and Ethnicity: Youth and Digital Media (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007), ed. by Anna Everett (PDF files with commentary at MIT Press)
• Youth, Identity, and Digital Media (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007), ed. by David Buckingham (PDF files with commentary at MIT Press)
• The hyperlinked society : questioning connections in the digital age (University of Michigan Press :, 2008), by Lokman Tsui and Joseph Turow (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology (2012-2020) (partial serial archives)

• The Media Welfare State: Nordic Media in the Digital Era (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2014), by Trine Syvertsen, Gunn Enli, Ole J. Mjos, and Hallvard Moe (HTML with commentary at digitalculture.org)

• Test Pattern for Living (1972), by Nicholas Johnson (HTML at wordpress.com)
• Imagining the Global: Transnational Media and Popular Culture Beyond East and West (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2015), by Fabienne Darling-Wolf (illustrated HTML with commentary at digitalculture.org)
• Mass media and violence; a report to the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence (U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1969), by Robert K. Baker, Sandra Ball-Rokeach, David L. Lange, and United States. Task Force on Mass Media and Violence (page images at HathiTrust)
• The impact of media violence on children : hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, June 26, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2012), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)

• Memory and Popular Film (Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, c2003), ed. by Paul Grainge (PDF with commentary at oapen.org)

• Cable Guys: Television and Masculinities in the 21st Century (New York and London: New York University Press, c2014), by Amanda D. Lotz (PDF with commentary at Project MUSE)
• One viewer : a comentary on television ([s.n.], 1959), by Yorick (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Cable Guys: Television and Masculinities in the 21st Century (New York and London: New York University Press, c2014), by Amanda D. Lotz (PDF with commentary at Project MUSE)

• Media outreach to veterans : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, July 15, 2008. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (page images at HathiTrust)

• The role of the entertainment industry in deglamorizing drug use : hearing before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, first session, March 20, 1985 (U.S. G.P.O., 1985), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (page images at HathiTrust)

• The impact of media violence on children : hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, June 26, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2012), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)

• Effects of air pollution on public attitudes and knowledge (Oregon State University, 1972), by Robert G. Mason (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• We the Media: Grassroots Journalism By the People, For the People (2004), by Dan Gillmor (PDF files with commentary at oreilly.com)
• Post-Industrial Journalism: Adapting to the Present (2012), by C. W. Anderson, Emily Bell, and Clay Shirky (multiple formats at towcenter.org)
• Digital content and enabling technology : satisfying the 21st century consumer : hearing before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, March 29 and May 3, 2006. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by Trade United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Competition and the future of digital music : hearing before Antitrust Task Force of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, February 28, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2007), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Antitrust Task Force (page images at HathiTrust)
• The digital future of the United States : hearings before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, March 1, 7, April 19, 24, May 10, October 2, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2007), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet (page images at HathiTrust)
• WIPO one year later : assessing consumer access to digital entertainment on the Internet and other media : hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session, October 28, 1999. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1999), by Trade United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications (page images at HathiTrust)
• Allowing cameras and electronic media in the courtroom : hearing before the subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, September 6, 2000. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2001), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts (page images at HathiTrust)

• Best practices for seizing electronic evidence. ([Dept. of the Navy] :, 2002), by United States. Navy Dept (page images at HathiTrust)

• Preserving Our Digital Heritage: Plan for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (2002), by Library of Congress
  • Part 1: PDF at digitalpreservation.gov
  • Part 2: PDF at digitalpreservation.gov
• A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections (third edition, 2007), by National Information Standards Organization (U.S.) (HTML with commentary at niso.org)
• Preserving Digital Information, by Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information (HTML at rlg.org)
• The state of recorded sound preservation in the United States : a national legacy at risk in the digital age (Council on Library and Information Resources :, 2010), by Samuel Brylawski, Robert Bamberger, and National Recording Preservation Board (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Plan (Washington, D.C. : Council on Library and Information Resources : Library of Congress, [2012], 2012), by Alan Gevinson, Samuel Brylawski, Brenda Nelson-Strauss, and National Recording Preservation Board (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Transition to digital television : hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, March 1, 2001. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2005), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Promoting broadband and the digital television transition (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preparing for the digital television transition : will seniors be left in the dark? : hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, Washington, DC, September 19, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by United States Senate Special Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• DTV transition and small businesses : small firms contributing to a big change (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oversight of the digital television transition (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 2009., 2009), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• High definition television : coming to a home theater near you : hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, second session, April 23, 1998. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1998), by Trade United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications (page images at HathiTrust)
• High definition television and related matters : hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, July 25, 2000. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2000), by Trade United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications (page images at HathiTrust)
• High definition television : hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session, September 17, 1997. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1999), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Transition to HDTV : hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, second session, July 8, 1998. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1999), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting oversight and a look into public broadcasting in the digital era : hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, July 10, 2002. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2002), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Staff discussion draft on the transition to digital television : hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, September 25, 2002. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2002), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Digital television : a private sector perspective on the transition : hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, March 15, 2001. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2001), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oversight of the digital television transition (Washington, DC : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. G.P.O., 2013), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• The digital television transition : government and industry perspectives : hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, October 17, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2012), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Status of the digital television transition (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet (page images at HathiTrust)

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