Communication Research Guide
Internet Links

The following Internet sites have been carefully selected by the Communication Liaison as appropriate for academic researchers in communication.

Communication Advocacy Sites

• Accuracy in Media
  Non-profit, grassroots citizens watchdog of the news media that critiques botched and bungled news stories and sets the record straight on important issues that have received slanted coverage.
  
  
• Alliance for Community Media
  Educates and advocates on behalf of community media.
  
  
• Center for Democracy and Technology
  Works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age.
  
  
• Center for Media and Public Affairs
  Nonpartisan research and educational organization which conducts scientific studies of the news and entertainment media.
  
  
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
  Free-Internet watchdog group.
  

Film Sites

• Internet Movie Database
  Comprehensive, well-organized film listings.
  
  
• Rotten Tomatoes
  Opinionated industry news and views.

Job Listings and Calls for Papers

• Chronicle of Higher Education Jobs
  Jobs from more than 941 institutions.
  
  
• University of Pennsylvania English Department's CFP Site
  Best site for cultural studies conference announcements and calls for papers. Especially see the Film and Television section.
  

National Organizations

Primary

• American Communication Association
  Professional association promoting academic and professional research, criticism, teaching, practical use, and exchange of principles and theories of human communication.
  
  
• International Communication Association
  International association for scholars interested in the study, teaching and application of all aspects of human mediated communication.
  
  
• National Communication Association
  Scholarly society enhancing the research, teaching, and service produced by its members on topics of both intellectual and social significance in the academic discipline of communication.

Secondary

• Association for Women in Communication
  Professional organization championing the advancement of women across all communications disciplines.
  
  
• Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
  Promotes the highest possible standards for education in journalism and mass communication. Encourages the widest possible range of communication research and the implementation of a multi-cultural society in the classroom and curriculum. Defends and maintains freedom of expression in day-to-day living.
  
  
• Caucus for Television Producers, Writers and Directors
  Provides a forum for the best and the brightest creative talent in Hollywood, to network together as the 'creative conscience' of the television industry

U.S. Federal Sites

• Federal Communications Commission
  For up-to-the-minute regulatory matters.
  
  
• United States Library of Congress Copyright Office
  Promotes progress of the arts and protection for the works of authors. Find informational circulars; application forms for copyright registration; links to the copyright law and our online copyright records cataloged since 1978; and much more.
  

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