Just Think Foundation A media literacy organization for teachers, parents, and children teaching basic, visual, and technological literacy and encouraging young people to think critically.
PRWATCH A nonprofit, public interest organization dedicated to investigative reporting on the public relations industry.
Media Education Foundation A nonprofit organization devoted to media research and the production of resources to aid educators and others in fostering analytical media literacy.
Center for Media Literacy National advocate for media literacy education. Develops and distributes books, videos, teaching materials and other programs that promote critical thinking about the media.
Jesuit Communication Project Guides and resources to encourage, promote, and develop Media Education in schools across Canada.
Commercial Alert Helps families, schools, and communities defend themselves against commercialism, advertising, and marketing. Campaigns focus on culture, education, government, and economy. Includes ideas for action, mailing list, news, and research library.
Free Minds Online: Responsible Journalism on the Web On the Internet, we are all the media. Suggestions for evaluating information before you pass it on; links to valuable information sites; discussion groups.
Transparency Essays and media criticism intended to reveal the hidden meanings in TV, film, science fiction, theme parks, virtual realities, politics, advertising and news.
MediaLiteracy Research, information and materials by media literacy speaker and consultant Peter DeBenedittis, Ph.D.
Project Literacy Among Youth (PLAY) A not-for-profit sponsorship of media literacy among youth. A scholarly yet practical experimentation with the ways in which all communication technologies can and do shape the education of youth.
The Media Awareness Network A bilingual, Canadian educational web site containing a wide range of copy-right cleared resources to help teachers integrate media literacy and web literacy into their classrooms.
Over the Rainbow A free online magazine dedicated to media literacy for the entire family. Works to help children and adults not perpetuate stereotypes and generalizations about people of different backgrounds. Provides tips and activities that may help children and their parents become more open-minded media consumers.
The Frankfurt School A good overview of the cultural critics and theorists of The Frankfurt School. Marxist derived ideas led to concepts of historical materialism, and the culture industry. Strong criticisms of the media within modern industrial society.
The Foucault Pages at CSUN A good place to start if you want to apply the thinking of Michel Foucault to any study of mass media.
Marshall McLuhan A short overview of the place and influence of Marshall McLuhan in media studies.
Marshall McLuhan Links Professor Bernard Hibbitts selected links to biographical material as well as links to journals, papers, projects, courses, research centers and new releases relevant to the life and work of the late Canadian communications theorist Marshall McLuhan.
Nat Whitten "Seminal Influences in Modern American Advertising." An online essay on generative influences in advertising projects from creative director & copywriter Nat Whitten.
Emigre Design Articles by or about Emigre, an experimental type foundry in Berkeley, CA. Emigre has had an unprecedented theoretical and real-world effect on the look of advertising around the world.
Marshall McLuhan Archive This official not-for-profit web site is maintained by the estate of Marshall McLuhan to ensure the integrity of his name and legacy.
Alternative Media Watch A set of links to most of the alternative and/or "radical" newspapers and publications operating today.
Popular Culture and American Culture Association The PCA and ACA are two academic organizations that focus in part on media studies as well as culture. Open to a very wide range of investigations on scholarly topics.
MediaStudies Helps advance research and education in media studies and critical thinking. The site serves as a hub providing links to international news and media studies sites.
Pop Politics Explores why people are turning away from traditional news sources for political coverage and turning to pop culture for information.
Techknowledge: Literate Practice and Digital Worlds Master thesis by Bonnie Stewart. An exploration of knowledge, technology, and truth as cultural practices. Analyzing the ways knowing, being, and doing are constructed and re-constructed through cultural discourse.
Media Literacy Clearinghouse A web page designed for K-12 educators who want to learn more about media literacy and integrate it into classroom instruction.
