LibGuides: Journalism: Mass Media

MASS MEDIA

AdAge.com
This is the web site for Advertising Age, the premier magazine in the advertising field..
Advertising Media Internet Center
AMIC is designed as a web resource for persons "interested in the activities of advertising media planners, buyers, sellers, and researchers."
American Communication Association
A non-profit organization for both scholars and practitioners, the ACA fosters "academic and professional research, criticism, teaching, practical use, and exchange of principles and theories of human communication."
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
This Washington, D.C.-based "think tank" promotes scholarly research aimed at "preserving and strengthening the foundations of freedom-limited government, private enterprise, vital cultural and political institutions, and a strong foreign policy and national defense."
CCMS - Communication, Cultural, & Media Studies
This British resource focuses on the curriculum studied by communications students with links to various topical web sites.
Center for Media & Public Affairs
Founded in 1985, this nonpartisan research organization funds analysis of current news events and trends in the entertainment media with the goal "to provide an empirical basis for ongoing debates over media fairness and impact through well-documented, timely, and readable studies of media content."
Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
Since 1986, this national media watch outlet has been analyzing media bias and censorship and working to " invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints."
Federal Communications Commission
Established by the Communications Act of 1934 , the FCC is the federal government agency that oversees the regulation of communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable.
Institute for Public Policy Research
As Britain's leading "progressive think tank" the IPPR studies government policies with the aim of producing "... a fairer, more inclusive and more environmentally sustainable world. "
The Media History Project
Hosted by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota, this site examines the relationship and impact that the media has on human society and world history.
National Communication Association
This non-profit organization was founded in 1914 for researchers, educators, students, and practitioners to examine "how messages in various media are produced, used, and interpreted within and across different contexts, channels, and cultures."
PEW Research Center for the People & the Press
This independent research organization's primary goal is "to serve as a forum for ideas on the media and public policy through public opinion research."
PR Watch
As a project of the Center for Media & Democracy, PR Watch analyzes the public relations industry and focuses on the often misleading techniques used by firms "to control political debates and public opinion."
Propaganda Critic
As a outgrowth of the Institute for Propaganda Analysis, this resource attempts to inform the public about the nature, techniques, and widespread use of political propaganda.