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Collection Number: 40466

Collection Title: Jane D. Brown Papers, circa 1990-2010

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Size .5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 300 items)
Abstract Publications and presentations relating to UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication faculty member Jane D. Brown's research on adolescent exposure to mass media portrayals of sex, violence, and drugs and alcohol; materials relating to her term, 1994-1997, as Chair of the Faculty Council at UNC-Chapel Hill; photographs, circa 1990s, of Jane D. Brown with members of the Faculty Council, students, and UNC-Chapel Hill administrators; annotated lectures and talks; and biographical materials.
Creator Brown, Jane D. (Jane Delano), 1950-
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Jane D. Brown Papers #40466, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Jane D. Brown in March 2016 (RT 20160309.1)
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: Jennifer Coggins, March 2016

Encoded by: Jackie Dean, March 2016

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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Jane D. Brown was on the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication from 1977 until her retirement in 2012. Her research and writing focused on adolescent exposure to mass media portrayals of sex, violence, and drugs and alcohol. Brown was active in campus-wide committees and served as Chair of the Faculty Council from 1994 to 1997.

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Publications and presentations relating to Jane D. Brown's research on adolescent exposure to mass media portrayals of sex, violence, and drugs and alcohol; materials relating to her term, 1994-1997, as Chair of the Faculty Council at UNC-Chapel Hill; photographs, circa 1990s, of Jane D. Brown with members of the Faculty Council, students, and UNC-Chapel Hill administrators; annotated lectures and talks; and biographical materials.

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Contents list

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300 items.
Folder 1

Lectures, 1995-2008

Annotated text of talks given by Jane D. Brown to campus and community groups.
Folder 2

Faculty Council materials, 1994-1997

Correspondence, notes, and presentations related to Jane D. Brown's work on UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Council.

Folder 3

Publications and presentations, 1997-2010

Drafts, reprints, correspondence, and presentations, primarily related to Jane D. Brown's research and writing on the effects of mass media portrayals of violence and sexuality on teenage viewers. Also includes transcripts of Brown's testimony before government committees.

Folder 4

Biographical materials, 1995-2010

CVs, tenure review materials, and correspondence related to Jane D. Brown's career at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Digital Folder DF-40466/1

"Carolina First 2/20/04 Student Pics"

Photographs, circa 1990s, of Jane D. Brown with members of the Faculty Council, students, and UNC-Chapel Hill administrators.

Powerpoint presentation.
Digital Folder DF-40466/2

Jane D. Brown and Michael Hooker at the end of Brown's tenure as UNC Faculty Chair, 1998

Digital image.

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