MEDIA STUDY
LINKS |
TV Turnoff Network - Imagine A TV Free
Nation! Act on Your Fantasy.
TV FREE
UK - "Whitedot" Campaign to Rid England of the Tellie
The KILL Your TV Site - Great
links to research on TV effects.
KILL Your
TELEVISION - Ron Kaufman's anti-TV pages - contains network ownership info
and recent Nielsen Ratings. Different from above site with similar name.
TV & Children's
Development - An Essay about the Effects of TV Viewing on
Children
Impact of Violent TV - A Research
Report about the Impact of Virtual Violence on Human
Behavior
Center for Research on the Effects of TV
- Cornell University and Ithaca College Collaborative Effort
COOL Pages To
SURF - . If ya love TV.....
SEARCH
da Web - for info on TV addiction
ADBUSTERS - Anti-Consumerism - Great
Graphics (strongly recommended).
Billboard
Liberation Front - Monkeywrenching the Cultural Environment with
Spraypaint.
The Yes Men - Imposters Radically
Lampooning Corporate Globalizers into Lethal Embarrassment.
Not The World Bank - A Yes Men Project Often
Mistaken for the World Bank Site.
Illegal Art - Copyrighting Popular Culture
Criminalizes Artistic Expression. Outlaw Artists.
Tag SUVs! - Tag the Gas Guzzlers
with "I'm Changing the Climate" bumper stickers?
Negativland - Punk Advertising
Deconstruction-Reconstructionism
Badvertising -
Tobacco Advertising is Evil. Learn More.
RTmark -
Read about the Barbi Liberation League and other cultural resistance
movements!
Tom Tomorrow's Comics - Comical Media
Analysis (strongly recommended).
Space HiJackers -
"Anarchitects" working to liberate corporate space and cultural
intrusions.
SEARCH
the Web - for Culture Jamming Info
Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (F.A.I.R.)
- Media Watchdog Group (strongly recommended).
War Media Criticism
- "Critical Media Literacy in Times of War"
The
Daily Howler - Bob Somerby's US National Media Criticism
Site.
HYPE / Ctr. for Blacks and the Media -
"Monitoring the Black Image in the Media."
Gay &
Lesbian Media Watchdog (GLAAD)- Monitors Homophobia in News and
Entertainment.
American Newspeak - Highlights
Orwellian Thought in the Media.
Columbia Journalism
Review - Media Criticism on a Short Leash.
Rocky Mountain Media Watch - Great Model for
local (Denver) Media Criticism & Activism
CURSOR
- Minnesota Based Media Watch - Local and International
Gender/Race/Ethnicity
in Media Links - From the Univ. of Iowa
Mediastudies.com - It's not mediastudy.com,
But Hey, They Bought Got Their Domain First
Also See Journalism Resources below.
Media Education Foundation - Producers of
Dreamworlds II, Pack of Lies, Still Killing Us Softly, etc.
Media Scope - "Raising Awareness about Media and
Society." Violence, Sexism etc.
Action Coalition for Media Education -
Media Literacy Combined With Activism. Usual Suspects.
Voters
Telecommunications Watch - Wading Through the Muck.
Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility - Monitoring Techno-Abuse of Civil
Rights.
Center for Democracy and Technology -
Fights to Preserve Democratic Values in the Digital Age.
Minority Media Telecom Council - Fights
for Diversity on the Public Airwaves.
People for
the American Way - Public Interest Advocacy Group. Goreheads.
Center for Democracy & Technology - Trying to
Preserve Democracy in a Brave New World
Union for
Democratic Communication - International Academic Association Challenging
Corporate and Government Media Domination. On-Line Newsletter. Good People.
Jesuit Communication
Project - Face it, Consumerist Culture is Spiritually Bankrupt.
Media Watch - Challenges Abusive
Stereotypes with a Focus on Gender.
Coalition for Noncommercial Media -
Buffalo NY Based Group Fighting Privitazation of Public TV
IGC -
Institute for Global Communications
Citizens for Independent Public
Broadcasting - "Reclaiming Public Broadcasting for the Public
Interest"
Alliance For Community Media -
Promotes Public Access and Media Literacy
Assn of Ind. Video and Filmmakers - Offers
Support & Resources for Media Artists.
Media Access Project - Public Interest
Lawyers Fight to Make Broadcast Media Responsive to Public Interest.
For More Info on Political Advocacy Organizations see Mike's Picks Page.
Also see Journalism Resources, Media Literacy, Censorship, Propaganda and other sections on this page for topic specific media organizations.
Journalism Resources
American Journalism Review - Links to 9,000
media organizations. On-line articles.
Investigative
Reporters and Editors - Searchable resources for investigative
journalists.
Reporters Committee For Freedom of the
Press - Fighting to Protect and Restore Press Freedom
RCFP Report on Post 9-11 Info
Access - What We've Lost and What it Means
Society of
Professional Journalists - Organization for Working (and aspiring)
Journalists.
Journalism Resource Links - A
List of Websites for Journalists to Utilize.
Journalist's Tool Kit
- Research, Databases, Style Guides, Law, Ethics, Jobs.
Independent Media Institute -
Formally the Inst. for Alternative Journalism.
Committee to
Protect Journalists - International Lobby for Human Rights for
Journalists.
Center for Investigative Reporting -
Produces Investigative Reports. Conducts Workshops.
Fund for Investigative Journalism - Provides Grants
($) for Independent Journalists.
Canadian
Journalists For Free Expression - Working to Protect Free Speech
Globally.
Project for Excellence in Journalism -
Journalists trying to Raise Standards. Columbia U.
Society of
Professional Journalists - Protect Journalists and Improve
Journalism.
Journalism Net - Links to Mainstream
News Organizations, Info for Journalists, etc. Commercial site.
International Guide to Newspapers -
Links to Daily Papers with Websites
St. Louis Journalism Review - Good
Academic Criticism
Newspaper Assoc. of America Links - Links to
News Organizations On-Line
Editor and Publisher
Magazine - These People Sell Ad Space On Their Cover. Their Website,
However, Has Useful Links and Info. .
Follow the Money - Center for Responsive
Politics Databases on Money and Elections
PR / Propaganda Studies
The Institute
for Propaganda Analysis - Propaganda Theory and Practice.
PR (Public
Relations) Watch - A Critical Watchdog of the PR Industry.
Disinfopedia - "Total Disinformation
Awareness" Encyclopedia of Propaganda
Propaganda Review Magazine - Current
Propaganda from the Institute for Propaganda Review.
PRSA Code of
Ethics - From the Public Relations Society of America.
PR Firms - Links to the
Largest Global Public Relations Companies.
Also See GENERAL Above
CJR's Who Owns What - From Columbia
Journalism Review.
100,000 Watts - Radio/TV Ownership Info
by City. Comprehensive but limited to US.
Monopoly Media Index - A
Project of the Media Education Foundation.
MultiNational Monitor -
Excellent Resource for Researching Trans-National Corporate Crime. Searchable
Links.
Corporation Watch - Monitoring the Power Behind
the Power.
Who Owns the
Networks? - A guide to the big boys by Ron Kaufman.
Foundation Influences - Read About
Political Foundations and Their Influence Over US Media.
For More Info On Corporate America See Mike's Picks Page.
Media Literacy Resources -
From Project LookSharp
The Center for Media Literacy - Workshops,
Teacher Training and Classroom Resources.
Citizens for Media Literacy - Aides
Activists & Journalists. Produces Media Criticism.
Media Education Foundation - Clearinghouse
for Media Lit. Materials.
Cultural Environment Movement - Coalition of
250 Organization Working For Media Reform in the Area of Gender, Class,
Ethnicity etc. Positive: George Gerbner. Negative: High Dues.
Media Literacy On-Line
Project (Univ of Oregon) - Comprehensive list of Media Lit. Links etc.
Canadian Assoc. Of
Media Education Organizations - Canadians are Pioneers in the
Field.
Media Awareness (Canada) - Media
Literacy Tools for Parents, Teachers & other Troublemakers.
Just
Think - Media Literacy Resources for Kids.
SEARCH
the Web - For Up to Date Media Literacy Resources
Archives/Directories
Mediachannel - "Eye on Global
Media." Highly Recommended and Getting Better by the Moment.
Noam Chomsky Archive -
Chomsky's Articles and Entire Books On-Line and Free. Chomsky is the best! Let
him set your mind on fire. Scam access to a free printer for this one.
The Michael Parenti Archive - Articles
and Info about Books. He'll never be a Chomsky but we gotta give him credit for
trying. Worth a peek.
Movie Info Database - Search for Info About 200,000+
Movies. Plots, Casts, Who, When, Where etc.
International Media Resources
See "Mike's Picks" Page.
Alternative Media
For a Comprehensive List of Alternative Newspapers, Magazines, Radio Stations & News Services, Please See Mike's Picks Page
Also See Misc. Organizations above.
The Museum of Television and Radio - Broadcasting
History (focus on US).
National Public Radio - Following the Boston
presidential debates they gave more coverage to a cartoon character running for
president than they did to Ralph Nader.
TV Smasher Design Copyright 1988, Alternative
Graphics.
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