Journal research

When looking for published work on emerging technologies or new media, you might search for articles in some of these journals (see note below about access to full-text):

1. New Media and Society
2. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
3. Media, Culture, and Society
4. The Information Society
5. CyberPsychology and Behavior
6. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media
7. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

These are not technical journals, but instead will help you to find some published work on implications of the technology you are researching. Those with a little more technical focus, but still considering social implications include:

9. IEEE Technology & Society Magazine
10. Communications of the ACM

All of these journals can be searched electronically via Purdue’s Library. When you access via the Library, you'll have a good chance at finding the full text online; otherwise you might just get the abstract. The quick steps to do this are:

1. From “Articles and Databases” menu, select “e-journals”
2. Type in the name of the journal
3. Click on one of the sources listed, based upon dates available
4. Search by keyword

If the journal isn’t available electronically, you can search for abstracts (and sometimes full text) in one of the databases:

1. From “Articles and Databases” menu, select “Databases by Title”
2. Find one of these databases:
1. ACM Digital Library (Computer Science research)
2. ComAbstracts (Communication journals only)
3. IEEE Xplore (Engineering research)
4. Lexis Nexis Academic/Statistical (good for news media articles)
5. OmniFile Full Text Mega (one of the largest collections of many disciplines)
6. PsycINFO (Psych and Sociology journals)
7. Social Science Citation Index (collection of soc.sci. journals, Psy, Soc, Pol, Econ, etc.)
8. Technology Research Index (Engineering and Technology journals)
3. Search by keyword