Concurrent Degree Media, Information and Technoculture AND Honours Business Administration
September 2003 will see the launch of a new concurrent MIT and HBA program at Western. The program will offer a Bachelor of Arts in honours MIT and HBA. Owing to the popularity of both programs and the complimentary nature of the fields, the Faculty of Information and Media Studies and the Richard Ivey School of Business have collaborated in order to provide a program which will incorporate the educational needs of students with backgrounds in both of these disciplines. A full description of the program is available at the FIMS site. Applications for the HBA program are available at the Ivey site.
Business Library support for the program.
Gazette Article - Full story

Gazette v.96 no.89 Mar. 9, 2003
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More Information
Support for the program from the Business Library:
The Business Library provides access to subject related information in a variety of formats including books in print and electronic books, paper journals and full text electronic databases. Below you will find sample items (books, articles, industry reports, links to associations etc.) which focus on the business end of the media, communications and information technology industries. We also have information dealing with the companies that are major (as well as minor) players in the field. Please contact us for any assistance.
Articles Books
| Trolling for Media Plan's Role; Advertising AgeKate Fitzgerald; Mar 3, 2003
Special Report: How to Manage a Dream Factory - The Entertainment Industry; The Economist Jan 18, 2003
Technology and Entertainment: Elbow Power; The Economist Emma Duncan; Nov 21, 1998
Learning the Lesson--Speaking Up for Communication as an Academic Discipline Too Important to Be Sidelined;Journal of Communication Management Jonathan Haslam; 2002
Writing and Other Communication Standards in Undergraduate Business Education: A Study of Current Program Requirements, Practices, and Trends; Business Communication Quarterly Melinda Knight; Mar 1999
The Interdisciplinary Needs of Organizations Are New Employees Adequately Equipped?; The Journal of Management Development Randolph T. Barker; 1998
Associations
Unions and Organizations
Amusement and Music Operators Association
Entertainment Technology Center
Canadian Association of Journalists
Links
Film and Media Resources (Canadian)
New Media and Entertainment (Strategis)
Film Support Organizations
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Managing Media Services : Theory and PracticeWilliam D. Schmidt, Donald A. Rieck DBW Z692.A93S36 2000
Electronic Media Management / Peter K. Pringle, Michael F. Starr, William E. McCavitt DBW HE8689.6.M33 1999
Media Firms : Structures, Operations and Performance edited by Robert G. Picard DBW P96.E25W67 2002
The Business of Children's Entertainment Norma Odom Pecora. BUS HF6161.C33P43 1998
Companies Astral Media
BFS Entertainment
Cinram International
CBC
CHUM
Cogeco
Corus Entertainment
Nelvana (div. of Corus Entertainment)
Rogers Communications
Companies in Canada's Entertainment History Selected from Business and History at Western
Canadian Bioscope
Dominion Autophone
Dominion General
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| Industry Reports
Entertainment & Media Industry (Plunketts) (in .pdf) Statistics(Plunketts) (in .pdf)
Broadcasting and Cable Industry (Standard & Poors) (34 pages in .pdf)
Media and Entertainment Weekly Update May 2, 2003 (24 pages in .pdf)
Cable/Media and Telecom Review Apr. 29, 2003 (8 pages in .pdf)
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