MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION RESEARCH ARCHIVE (MACRA)

Description: The purpose of MACRA is to resource research and teaching in the mass media. The main holding within MACRA is an extensive newspaper archive, consisting of the national broadsheets from 1998 to date, and the national tabloids from 1992 to date. It also houses a special collection of Historic Newspapers. Its digital collection of media materials consists of all broadsheet newpapers (plus Daily Mail/Mail on Sunday) on CD-ROM from 1992 to date. Special collections of media broadcast materials include political media coverage from 1992-1993; and broadcast news coverage on BBC 1, ITV and Channel 4 from 1996-1998.
Website: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ss/MACRA.htm
Keywords: Advertising films; Radio; Soap operas, television drama; Mass media; Newspapers
Access: Prior permission.
Access for outsiders: Also with prior permission.
Facilities: Limited viewing facilities at present.
Charges: Contact Archivict for these.
Copyright: Holds usual university copyright.

Journals: Broadcast, from 1995 to date.
Newspapers: See description above.
Sound: MACRA’s Sound Archive consists mainly of television and radio output. It has currently (October 2000) documented approximately 400 items on its computerised database, including news, film, documentaries, soaps and advertisements. Documentation of the actual collection, however, continues to expand the database at regular intervals.
Video/Film: Database currently being developed.

Computerised database: Microsoft ACCESS database.
Digitised catalogue: This is one of MACRA’s aims but it has not begun to carry out this project yet.

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