{"id":575,"date":"2014-09-02T14:48:27","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T14:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/?p=575"},"modified":"2014-09-02T14:48:27","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T14:48:27","slug":"new-online-resource-for-sps-media-education-foundation-digital-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/2014\/09\/02\/new-online-resource-for-sps-media-education-foundation-digital-films\/","title":{"rendered":"New online resource for SPS: Media Education Foundation digital films"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #373737\">The Library has recently subscribed to the<em><strong> Media Education Foundation (MEF) digital films service<\/strong><\/em> via the Kanopy streaming service. <em><strong>MEF<\/strong><\/em> produce and provide\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\">documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical thinking about the social, political, and cultural impact of American mass media.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/09\/MEFnewresource.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-579\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/09\/MEFnewresource.jpg\" alt=\"IF\" width=\"1699\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/09\/MEFnewresource.jpg 1699w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/09\/MEFnewresource-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/09\/MEFnewresource-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/09\/MEFnewresource-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1699px) 100vw, 1699px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">From films about the commercialisation of childhood and the subtle, yet widespread, effects of pornography, pop-cultural misogyny and sexism, to titles that deal with the devastating effects of rapacious consumerism and the wars for oil that it drives, <em><strong>MEF<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0aim to inspire students to think critically and in new ways about the hyper-mediated world around them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can access <em><strong>MEF digital films service<\/strong><\/em> via the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/schools-departments\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-a-z\/databases-a-z\" target=\"_blank\">Databases A-Z list<\/a><\/strong> on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/is\/library\" target=\"_blank\">Library website<\/a>. Or via some of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/schools-departments\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-subject-a-z\" target=\"_blank\">Databases by subject pages<\/a> such as <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/schools-departments\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-subject-a-z\/databases-anthropology\" target=\"_blank\">Anthropology<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/schools-departments\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-subject-a-z\/database-politics\" target=\"_blank\">Politics<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/schools-departments\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-subject-a-z\/database-sociology\" target=\"_blank\">Sociology<\/a><\/strong>, etc.<\/p>\n<p>The Library only has a 1 year subscription to this service at present and access is only available to University of Edinburgh staff and students.<\/p>\n<p><em>Caroline Stirling &#8211; Academic Support Librarian for Social and Political Science<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Library has recently subscribed to the Media Education Foundation (MEF) digital films service via the Kanopy streaming service. 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