Communications
Journalism
Media Criticism

• American Journalism Review--along with Columbia Journalism Review, the conscience of journalism
• Center for Media and Public Affairs-- does content analysis of news and entertainment programming, conducts focus groups, studies media's role in society.
• Columbia Journalism Review--the premier magazine dealing with journalism ethics. Archive includes full-text articles.
• A False Wikipedia "Biography" -- "As this cautionary story shows, an open contribution policy allows somebody who hates to defame you freely. It's even worse when other web sites pick up the false information."
• First Amendment Center-- media criticism and defense of first amendment freedoms
• FTC Report on Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children -- a report from the Federal Trade Commission about a study that shows the motion picture, music recording, and electronic game industries routinely target children under the age of 17.
• Glossary of Mathematical Mistakes in Reporting
• NewsWatch.org -- "consumer's guide to the news"
• Online Journalism Review--from the Annenberg School for Communications, this site aims to be the same sort of monitor for online journalism's integrity that Columbia Journalism Review is for regular journalism.
• Pew Center for Civic Journalism--start here to understand what civic journalism is all about, and read stories that are prime examples.
• Project Censored-- the stories that didn't get covered
• Propaganda Analysis-- Explains propaganda techniques (glittering generalities, plain folks, bandwagon, etc.) and shows examples of wartime and post-war propaganda, including current political uses.
• PR Watch -- Public Interest Reporting on the PR/Public Affairs Industry