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The Center for Nonverbal Studies
This resource provides links to events, news, and quotes which foster the center's mission "to advance the study of human communication in all its forms apart from language." Also available is the "Nonverbal Dictionary".
Encyclopedia of Television
"The Encyclopedia of Television includes more than 1,000 original essays from more than 250 contributors and examines specific programs and people, historic moments and trends, major policy disputes and such topics as violence, tabloid television and the quiz show scandal. It also includes histories of major television networks as well as broadcasting systems around the world and is complemented by resource materials, photos and bibliographical information."
FactCheck.org
A project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, this nonpartisan, nonprofit organization acts as a tool for voters by monitoring the accuracy of what is said by major US political players.
FAIR: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
This site acts as a portal to an organization whose mission is to uphold First Amendment rights by "advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints."
Finding Data on the Internet
This resource acts as a portal to valuable data and statistics via a variety of links focused on serving the needs of the journalism community.
Freedom Forum
"The Freedom Forum is a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. The foundation focuses on three priorities: the Newseum, First Amendment freedoms and newsroom diversity."
Journalism Resources
"Over 40 annotated pages of resources compiled for support of academic journalism departments and professional journalists."
Kidon Media-link
This resource attempts to provide "a complete directory of newspapers and other news sources on the internet."
The Media and Communication Studies Site (MCS)
"The British-based MCS is a gateway site to academic resources relating to media and communications studies." (CHOICE, Special Issue 39)
NewsWatch
Investigates the factors that shape the news.
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
"Independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics, and public policy issues"
Public Agenda Online: The Inside Source for Public Opinion and Policy Analysis
"Nonpartisan... topics from abortion to social security... issues from multiple viewpoints" Library Journal 4/15/03 p. 43
STATS
The Statistical Assessment Service "monitors the media to expose the abuse of science and statistics before people are misled and public policy is distorted."
Television News Archive: Vanderbilt University
"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 from the major U.S. national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline since 1989."
Theory.org.uk
Provides a variety of resources pertaining to communications theory.
VOANews.com
"The Voice of America (VOA) is an international multimedia broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government. VOA broadcasts 1,000 hours of news, informational, educational, and cultural programs every week to an audience of some 87 million people worldwide. VOA programs are produced and broadcast in 44 languages through radio, satellite television, and the Internet."