Part I Preliminaries

Media UK - http://www.mediauk.com/
The independent media directory for the UK. It lists websites, addresses, telephone numbers, programme schedules, live links and more for all areas of the online media.

Media Knowall - http://www.mediaknowall.com
A study site aimed at all levels of media study.

MCS - http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/index.html
From the University of Aberstwyth media centre site. You will find collections of media and communication resources.

I Want Media - http://www.iwantmedia.com/
A site full of media news and resources.

Media Guardian - http://media.guardian.co.uk/
News, articles and stories from the Guardian media website.

Centre for Media and Communications Research - http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sssl/ssslresearch/centres/cmcr/
From Brunel University, this site reassesses the nature of media theory and communications research, integrating these with key sociological questions about identity, technological change, social structure and power.

Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds - http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/
Contains articles on communications, media, film and culture.

Part II Theories

Popcultures.com - http://www.popcultures.com/media.htm
This site contains articles on mass media and communications theory.

University of Colorado - http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc/comm_theory.html
A good set of links on communication theory.

NMA - http://www.nma.co.uk/
News and intelligent insider comment on new media developments.

Theory.org.uk - http://www.theory.org.uk/
Social theory for fans of popular culture, popular culture for fans of social theory.

Cultsock – http://www.cultsock.ndirect.co.uk/MUHome/
Communication, culture and media studies -- from Aristotle to chaos.

Communication Theory – http://ct.oupjournals.org/
Website containing articles from the journal published by Oxford University Press.

Part III Structures

Our Media Voice - http://www.ourmediavoice.org/
A campaign launched with the goal of creating a socially responsible media that is accountable to the public.

Media Channel - http://www.mediachannel.org/
global network site for a democratic media, a super site for reliable and critical information about media worldwide

European Broadcasting Union (EBU) - http://www.ebu.ch/en/union/ebu_in_brief/index.php
the largest professional association of national broadcasters in the world.

MEDIA Programme of the European Union - http://europa.eu.int/comm/avpolicy/media/index_en.html
Aims at strengthening the competitiveness of the European audiovisual industry with a series of support measures.

Institute for Global Communications - http://www.igc.org/html/aboutigc.html
played a formative role in bringing advanced communications technologies to grassroots organizations worldwide.

International Communication Association - http://www.icahdq.org/
An academic association for scholars interested in the study, teaching, and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication.

Part IV Organizations

Scottish Media and Communication Association - http://www.scotmca.org.uk/
Scotland's higher education subject association in the media and communication fields.

Associated Press - http://www.ap.org/pages/indnews/
Essential global news network, providing distinctive news services.

Ofcom - http://www.ofcom.org.uk/
The independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, spanning television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services.

Independent Media Center - http://www.indymedia.org/en/index.shtml
A collective of independent media organisations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage, Washington, USA.

The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication - http://www.aejmc.org/
A non-profit, educational association of journalism and mass communication faculty, administrators, students and media professionals, Chicago, USA

The Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM) - http://www.glocom.ac.jp/top/index.e.html
Established in 1991 by the International University of Japan as a social science research institution, its mission is to study information society as well as Japanese society from the perspectives of social systems theory and comparative civilizations study.

Part V Content

Reuters - http://www.reuters.com
The world’s largest international multimedia news agency.

Mediazoo - http://www.mediazoo.co.uk
An industry related new media website - provides an introduction to certain areas of the media industry, provides news an easy and entertaining visit.

Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide – http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/fttn99/contents.html
A report examining the divide between those with access to new technologies and those without.

Center for Media and Democracy - http://www.prwatch.org/
a collaborative project to produce a directory of public relations firms, think tanks, industry-funded organizations and industry-friendly experts that work to influence public opinion and public policy on behalf of corporations, governments and special interests.

Information Technologies in Education – http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/ed/subjects/ed1441/topics/topic10.htm
An essay discussing social interaction, privacy and security issues, anonymity and credit card use and verification.

NUJ (National Union of Journalists) – http://www.nuj.org.uk/inner.php?docid=89
This site is especially good on the freedom of the media.

Online newspapers.com – http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
T housands of world newspapers at your fingertips

Part VI Audiences

The Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP) - http://www.wifp.org/
A nonprofit, tax-exempt research, education, and publishing organisation.

Audience Research – http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/A/htmlA/audiencerese/audiencerese.htm
An essay discussing the history of studies of the media audience.

Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media - http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go2047/is_200206/ai_n7030881
A useful article, ‘Audience valuation and minority media: an analysis of the determinants of the value of radio audiences’

Media audience research: theories and methods – http://www.imv.au.dk/forskning/asn/asn_plan_roskilde.pdf
Contains a useful bibliography from the Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Roskilde.

MEF (Media Education Foundation) - http://www.mediaed.org/about
P roduces and distributes video documentaries to encourage critical thinking and debate about the relationship between media ownership, commercial media content, and the democratic demand for free flows of information, diverse representations of ideas and people, and informed citizen participation.

Part VII Effects

The Journal of Mass Media Ethics - http://www.jmme.org/
devoted to explorations of ethics problems and issues in the various fields of mass communication.

FAIR - http://www.fair.org/
Fairness and Accuracy in reporting homepage. "FAIR was established in 1986 to shake up the establishment-dominated media. As an anti-censorship organization, we expose important news stories that are neglected and defend working journalists when they are muzzled."

Sourcewatch - http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Disinfopedia
An online encyclopedia of propaganda.

Undercurrents - http://www.undercurrents.org/
The news you don't see on the news. A series of alternative news videos.

CRETV - http://www.ithaca.edu/cretv/
The centre for research on the effects of television.

CRITC (Center for Research on Interactive Technology, Television & Children) - http://www.utexas.edu/research/critc/
dedicated to furthering research and knowledge on the effects of electronic media on children's social development and academic achievement.

The Impact of Televised Violence – http://communication.ucsd.edu/tlg/123/murray.html
Report which discusses the extent of exposure to violence and the correlational, experimental and field studies that demonstrate the effects of this viewing on the attitudes and behavior of children and adults.