Media & Communication Theory
www.theory.org.uk
Key media and social theory web site. Includes internet resources, teaching resources and new media and arts web sites. Extremely comprehensive resource for media and social theory.
url: http://www.theory.org.uk/
Cultsock
Directory of communication, cultural & media studies compiled by M Underwood.
url: http://www.cultsock.ndirect.co.uk/cultsock_old.html
BUBL: Cultural Studies
Bulletin Board for Libraries Cultural Studies Guide.
url: http://bubl.ac.uk/link/c/culturalstudies.htm
The Media & Communications Studies Site
Comprehensive directory of media internet resources organised by topic. Includes new media, TV & Radio, textual analysis and Media influences.
url: http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Functions/mcs.html
Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, Media Studies Infobase
url: http://www.cultsock.ndirect.co.uk/MUHome/cshtml/
Communication Institute for Online Scholarship
url: http://www.cios.org/
Communication Theory
Links to resources,concepts and readings in Communication Theory
url: http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc/comm_theory.html
Ethics and the Internet: Techno-cultural Media Resources
Includes resources for History of Computers and Communications; Library Reference, Books, and Publishing; Media, Journalism, and Multimedia; Postmodernism, Interactivity, Cyberculture, and Art &
Technology: Cognition, Computers, and the Internet
url: http://www.duke.edu/~wgrobin/ethics/surfmisc.html
Voice of the Shuttle
Sections of this comprehensive resource of particular use to Media Studies include Cyberculture, Media Studies, Science, Technology & Culture and the Technology of Writing The Media Studies section includes an excellent section media theory and history.
url: http://vos.ucsb.edu/
Theorists in Mass Communications
Brief biographical information and links to resources by and about a specific theorist. Resource compiled by the University of Texas Journalism Department.
url: http://www.utexas.edu/coc/journalism/SOURCE/j363/keywords.html#theorists
Gender, Race and Ethnicity in the Media
University of Iowa. Department of Communication Studies
url: http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Ecommstud/resources/GenderMedia/
Yale University Research Guide for Mass Media and Popular Culture
Searchable guide to media and cultural resources on the Internet.
url: http://www.library.yale.edu/humanities/media/index.html
Terra Media
UK web site focusing on the history and development of media and media culture.
url: http://www.terramedia.co.uk/
Academic Websites
University of Sydney Media and Communications Program
url: http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/media/
Media and Communications Academic Programs in the United Kingdom
url: http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Sections/ukdepts.html
Advertising
Advertising Federation of Australia
"The Advertising Federation of Australia is a professional association representing companies in advertising and marketing communications to industry, government, media and the public"
url: http://www.afa.org.au
Advertising Standards Bureau
"The Advertising Standards Bureau administers the complaints handling procedures of the Advertising Standards Board and the Advertising Claims Board" Includes publications Statistics and Case reports.
url: http://www.advertisingstandardsbureau.com.au/index.html
Australian Association of National Advertisers
Organisation representing the interests of marketers and agencies.
url: http://www.aana.com.au/
Journalism & Journalists
Journalism Resources
Compiled and edited by Karla Tonella of the University of Iowa. Includes Working Journalist's Resources; CyberJournalism, Gender and Race in Mass Communication, Journalism Magazines Online, News Sources & Journalism Teaching Resources on the Web
url: http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/
The Journalist's Toolbox
"The Journalist's Toolbox features more than 8,500 Web sites helpful to the media and anyone else doing research. Use the pulldown menu or search engine to locate information from a variety of beats and news industry-related topics."
url: http://www.journaliststoolbox.com/
Newslab
NewsLab is a non-profit resource for television newsrooms, focused on research and training. Newslab is attached to the Columbia School of Journalism. Includes Storytelling Strategies: Tip sheets and suggestions for covering specific kinds of stories; Video Examples: Links to stories you can view in streaming [Real Media] video;
Resource Guides: Tips for story coverage and newsroom organization;
Research Reports: Results of surveys and studies on local TV news;
and articles: Columns and commentaries on broadcast journalism.
url: http://www.newslab.org/
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.
IRE provides educational services and resources to reporters, editors and others interested in investigative journalism.
url: http://www.ire.org/
National Women's Media Forum
"Australia's national independent organisation dedicated to developing a media ethic in Australia which assumes equality of women and men in all aspects of its operations"
url: http://www.nwjc.org.au/avcwl/
Poynter.org
Comprehensive resource for Journalists includes Tip sheets, research, links to journalism libraries and organisations and ethics essays.
url: http://poynter.org/
FACSNET
Web site for the Foundation for American Communications.
url: http://www.facsnet.org/
Fairness and accuracy in reporting
"FAIR, the national media watch group, has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986"
url: http://www.fair.org/
Law & Ethics
Media and Telecommunications Law
Internet research guide developed by the National Library of Australia. Links to Australian Websites for Legislation/Decisions, Key Bodies, Policy and Research and Reviews and Investigations also provides links to key International resources.
url: http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/medialaw.html
Communications Law Centre
"The Communications Law Centre (CLC) is an independent, non-profit, public interest organisation specialising in media and communications law and policy."
This web site includes links to information and resources in policy and research areas such as broadcasting, privacy, Free speech and Defamation, Universal Service and Regional Communications, Content and Audiovisual Production Screen Industries Telecommunications, Media ownership, Print media, Journalism and Media ethics, Information Equity.
url: http://www.comslaw.org.au/
Australia. Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Includes sections on broadcast and online regulation, intellectual property and informations and communications technology. Each section includes links to relevant legislation url: http://www.dcita.gov.au/home/legislation
Australian Broadcasting Authority Legislation
Provides the full-text of Legislation under which the Authority has responsibilities.
url: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/bsa1992214/
Social Policy Group - Media Ownership Regulation in Australia
Resource guide published by Parliament of Australia. Department of the Parliamentary Library
url: http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/sp/media_regulations.htm
Electronic Frontiers Australia FOI Request on ABA
url: http://www.efa.org.au/FOI/foi_aba_2000.htm
Carlson Analytics Censorship and Free Speech Guide
This guide provides information and links to Australian "...legislation, codes of practice, enforcement measures such as hotlines and major government/industry initiatives regarding the net."
url: http://www.caslon.com.au/censorshipguide2.htm
Journalism Ethics Cases Online
US based resource compiled and maintained by the School of Journalism, University of Indiana, Bloomington.
url: http://www.journalism.indiana.edu/Ethics/
Research Centres, Institutes & Associations
The Australian Press Council
"The Australian Press Council is the self-regulatory body of the print media. It was established in 1976 with two main aims: to help preserve the traditional freedom of the press within Australia and ensure that the free press acts responsibly and ethically."
url: http://www.presscouncil.org.au/
Australian Centre for Independent Journalism
"The Australian Centre for Independent Journalism (ACIJ) is fully committed to the principle that democratic societies require independent, critical and investigative journalism of the highest standard. The ACIJ's Mission is to support this principle as actively and broadly as possible." The Centre is based at the University of Technology (Sydney) Broadway Campus.
url: http://acij.uts.edu.au/
Independent Press Association
url: http://www.indypress.org/
Australian Broadcasting Authority
"The Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) was established by the Broadcasting Services Act 1992, and began operations on 5 October 1992. The Act defines the role of the regulatory authority, gives the ABA a range of powers and functions, and sets out explicit policy objectives. The objectives include the desirability of program diversity, limits on concentration of ownership and foreign control of the mass media and the need for media to help foster an Australian cultural identity, report news fairly and respect community standards"
url: http://www.aba.gov.au/
Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance
The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance represents the "community of the people who inform and entertain Australia." Members negotiate wages and conditions and lobby for the professional and policy issues that concern members.
url: http://www.alliance.org.au/
Journalism Education Association
url: http://www.jea.org.au/
International Federation of Journalists
Represents over 500,000 journalists in 100 countries.
url: http://www.ifj.org/
Journalism Organizations
Listing compiled and maintained by Nikos Markovits.
url: http://www.markovits.com/journalism/jorganizations.shtml
Reference
Media-related abbreviations
Compiled and maintained by Terra media(UK)
url: http://www.terramedia.co.uk/reference/abbreviations.htm
Chronomedia
Compiled and maintained by Terra media(UK) detailed timeline of developments in communications media
url: http://www.terramedia.co.uk/Chronomedia/index.htm
BHMS: British Historical Media Statistics
Compiled and maintained by Terra media(UK)
url: http://www.terramedia.co.uk/statistics/index.htm
Annotated Bibliography of TV News Research
Prepared by Annie Lang, Indiana University
Updated by Johanna Cleary, University of North Carolina
url: http://www.newslab.org/
Writing for Radio
Style Guide produced by Mike Meckler news broadcaster who has also taught at University of Michigan and Yale University.
url: http://www.newscript.com/
World Press Review
Comprehensive resource on the world's press includes backissues of the review to August 2001.
url: http://www.worldpress.org/