Voice of the Shuttle: Media
Studies (Alan Liu, U. California, Santa Barbara)
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2720
VoS provides a collection of annotated links to resources in media studies.
The categories include media theory and theorists, media histories, TV, film/video,
new media, popular music, journalism, radio, comics, telecom issues, consumerism
& advertising, censorship, journals, and departments, programs, & professional
associations.
Media and Communications
Studies Site (University of Wales, Aberystwyth)
http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/index.php
A very valuable resource, this meta-index provides organized access to articles,
bibliographies, recommended readings, and other links related to television,
film, and other media. Many of the articles are freely available online or use
the Full Text Periodical Directory (http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu/ftguide.htm) to
check their availability at the Ely Library.
Library Resources for Communication Studies
http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/communications/lrcs/
From the Education and Behavioral Sciences Section of the Association of College
and Research Libraries (ACRL), a web directory of resources in communications
studies. Links are annotated and arranged in categories such as Associations
& Organizations, Communication Studies Listservs, Indexes & Abstracts,
News Sources and others. Note: some online sources listed are available only
by subscription. Check your local library holdings for access.
AIM - Accuracy in Media
http://www.aim.org/
"...for Fairness, Balance and Accuracy in News Reporting..."
Access to columns, media monitor, reports and searchable archives. Also
links to conservative organizations, columnists, etc. Conservative views of
accuracy in the news.
FAIR - Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
http://www.fair.org/
"...national media watch group that offers well-documented criticism
of media bias and censorship."
Access to Extra! magazine "highlights", some full text articles back
to 1987. Liberal views of accuracy in the news.
American Communication Association
Online
http://www.americancomm.org/
"The American Communication Association (ACA) is a not-for-profit organization,
created to enhance and promote the academic and professional study, research,
knowledge, criticism, teaching, exchange, and application of the basic
principles of human communication."
Freedom Forum
http://www.freedomforum.org/
"Freedom Forum is a nonpartisan, international foundation dedicated
to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. Its mission
is to help the public and the news media understand one another better."
Full text of Freedom Forum periodical publications, up to date information
on first amendment issues, professional journalism, journalism education,
free press, etc. Searchable.
Index on Censorship - The International
Magazine for Free Expression
http://www.indexonline.org/
"Index on Censorship, the bi-monthly magazine for free speech, widens the debates
on freedom of expression with some of the world's best writers. Through
interviews, reportage, banned literature and polemic, Index shows how free speech
affects the political issues of the moment."
Technical Writing - WSC
Library
http://lib.wsc.mass.edu/engtech.htm
Links to web sites about technical writing. Annotated.
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Public
Relations
Public Relations Society of America
http://www.prsa.org/
Provides membership information, professional development events, a Job Center,
Information Resources, and more.
Sources for Public
Relations Writing
http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu/MCOM342.htm
A list of books, databases and web sites that are useful sources for
those studying public relations. This web page was created for MCOM
342 at Westfield State College.
Health, Medicine,
and the Media: Statistical Sources
http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu/MCOM316.htm
A list of web sites, databases, and books that are useful sources for
those needing health related statistics. This web page was created
for MCOM 316 at Westfield State College.
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Journalism
AJR
http://ajr.org/
Links to full text of selected articles from the current American Journalism
Review (AJR). Older issues, starting with September 1991, are available in the
AJR Archives.
Local TV news media project
http://www.localtvnews.org/index.jsp
From the Graduate School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy at the University
of Delaware, a database of media clips from local television news broadcasts.
This media clips are searchable by keyword, with the ability to limit to a certain
topic area and metropolitan area. Research publications that have already used
this sampling are made available on the website. The data available here is
a great resource and is accessible under Fair Use guidelines.
Television News Archive
http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/
"The Television News Archive collection at Vanderbilt University is the world's
most extensive and complete archive of television news. The collection holds
more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts and more than 9,000
hours of special news-related programming." Identify material in the archive
by using the TV-NewsSearch Database. Covers 1968 to the present.
Environmental Media Services
http://www.ems.org/
EMS is "a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing journalists
with the most current information on environmental issues."
FACSNET
http://www.facsnet.org/
From the Foundation for American Communications (FACS)
"The FACS mission is to provide knowledge and resources journalists
and their sources need to effectively communicate information to the public
through the news." You must register (for free) to use resources
which include internet resources, news, etc. divided by beat area.
Finding Data on the Internet
(RobertNiles.com)
http://www.robertniles.com/data/
Selective links to online sources, primarily statistics, for fact checking.
Topics from Agriculture to Weather.
NewsLink
http://newslink.org/
Links to newspapers, magazines, radio and television web sites. Also includes
job opportunities in the field.
Newswise
http://www.newswise.com/
An independent website featuring news and embargoed research direct from "the
world's leading research institutions: universities, colleges, laboratories,
professional organizations, governmental agencies, and private research groups
active in the fields of medicine, science, business and the humanities."
Users can choose to browse the latest news or view news under the categories
"SciNews", "MedNews", "LifeNews", and "BizNews".
The site also offers media clips direct from the sources.
Voice of America
http://www.voanews.com/
Funded by the Broadcasting Board of Governors, Voice of America strives to "broadcast
accurate, balanced, and comprehensive news and information to an international
audience." The charter of Voice of America notes that " VOA will serve
as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of news. VOA news will be
accurate, objective, and comprehensive." The Voice of America news service
was originally founded in 1942 to provide news and information to people in
closed and war-torn regions. News can be browsed by region or by topic.
Freepress
http://www.freepress.net/
"Free Press is a national nonpartisan organization working to increase
informed public participation in crucial media policy debates, and to generate
policies that will produce a more competitive and public interest-oriented media
system with a strong nonprofit and noncommercial sector." Their website
offers news related to press and the media. The news can be viewed by categories
such as "Media Ownership, Internet and Broadband", "Intellectual
Property", and "Commercialism".
Investigative Reporters and Editors
http://www.ire.org/
"IRE provides educational services to reporters, editors and others interested
in investigative journalism and works to maintain high professional standards."
Includes Training, Resource Center, Database Library, The IRE Store, History,
Membership information, etc.
American Press Institute
http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/
The American Press Institute was founded in 1946 and is "devoted solely
to training and professional development for the news industry and journalism
educators." The site features articles on prominent issues in the press
and news journalism. The site also features a Journalists' Toolbox which lists
online tools and resources for journalists' research.
Center for Public Integrity:
investigative journalism in the public interest
http://www.publicintegrity.org/default.aspx
A nonpartisan, non-profit organization delivering investigative journalism on
current issues. Under the section, "Headlines", users will find articles
centering around particular research projects conducted by the Center, including
"Katrina Watch", "Outsourcing the Pentagon", "Pusing
Prescriptions", "Windfalls of War", and more. Under the section
multimedia, the website features videos and podcasts. Some other tools available
on the site include a brief tutorial entitled, "Start an Investigation",
and databases to search for publicly available information such as the "Media
Tracker" (Who owns TV/Radio stations), "Power Trips" (Search
travel disclosure forms by Congressional members), and Pentagon Contractors
(Search defense contracts).
JournalismNet
http://journalismnet.com
A directory of online newspapers and broadcasters. Includes links to
Story
Beats (guides to information sources of use to journalists) and Find
Experts (a directory of experts by subject).
Journalists' Tools
http://www.refdesk.com/jourtool.html
Over 100 significant web sites for journalists.
Lying in Ponds
http://www.lyinginponds.com/
"Lying in Ponds currently tracks the Democratic and Republican biases
of a selection of regular political columnists from various sources, including
the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal's OpinionJournal,
and the Washington Post."
Online Journalism Review
http://www.ojr.org/
Full text articles concerning the new trend in online journalism and
all the issues involved. Updated weekly.
Reporter.org
http://www.reporter.org/
Links to a variety of resources for journalists, including organizations,
information resources, and publications. Use the Beat Source Guide to find
resources by newsroom beat.
Statistics
http://www.lib.wsc.ma.edu/govdocs.htm#Statistics
Links to statistics sources provided by WSC library.
International News Sources
Knight Center for Journalism in
the Americas
http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/
From the University of Texas, Austin, a website featuring articles and links
to news media in North America, Central America, and South America. The site
and it's content are viewable in English, Spanish or Portuguese. The News Monitor
section of the site has links to articles from countries in the region. Users
may choose to view articles from one country, or search articles by keyword.
The site also offers "Journalism Links", including links to "Portals
and Sites" connecting users directly to media and journalism websites in
countries in the Americas.
World News
http://www.wn.com/
The World News Network website allows users to search and browse headline news
from foreign newspapers. Users can browse the news by region or by issue ("WN
Reports"). The headline links will take users to an intermediary screen
from which they can choose to view the full-text and open a browser for a foreign
newspaper's website.
Dawn: English Language Pakistani Newspaper
http://www.dawn.com/
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
http://www.irna.ir/en/
The Indian Express
(A National Newspaper of India)
http://www.indian-express.com/
adflip - Classic Print Ads
http://www.adflip.com/
An archive of classic print ads that can be viewed by year or by category.
The Advertising Century
http://www.adage.com/century/
A summary of advertising in the 20th century, including the top campaigns,
people, jingles, slogans, and icons. A timeline gives highlights
of advertising from the 18th century to 1999.
Duke
University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/
Includes several online image databases of advertisements:
19th Century Advertising
http://advertising.harpweek.com/
A selection of advertisements from Harper's Weekly, the illustrated
newspaper published between 1857 and 1872.