Links

Here are some other organizations, projects and websites that may interest you.

About Face
www.about-face.org
The Gallery of Offenders, a showcase of the most offensive examples of degrading images of women in advertising, is one part of this website that combats negative and distorted images of women in the media.

Advertising Age
www.adage.com
View ads, visit the media data center, and read news about media and the advertising industry on this site.

AdBusters
www.adbusters.org
AdBusters is a global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who fight ad creep. Their site contains international news features, forums, information on current campaigns and a culture jamming gallery.

Alcohol Policies Project
www.cspinet.org/alcohol
This project promotes a comprehensive, prevention-oriented approach to the role of alcohol in society by addressing alcohol advertising, excise taxes, changes in product labeling, and other population-based policy reforms. They are a project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Alliance for Community Media
www.ourchannels.org
Alliance for Community Media is a nonprofit national membership organization representing over 3,000 Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) access organizations and community media centers throughout the country.

American Booksellers Association
www.bookweb.org
The national trade association for independent booksellers since 1900. ABA offers education, services and products, advocacy, and relevant business information.

American Library Association
www.ala.org
The American Library Association is the oldest and largest library association in the world.  Its mission is to promote the highest quality library and information services and public access to information.

American Society of Plastic Surgeons
www.plasticsurgery.org
This site offers statistics organized by year, male procedures, and female procedures.

Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
www.aan.org
AAN is a diverse group of 129 alt-weekly news organizations. These newspapers must demonstrate that they produce high-quality journalism that offers a valuable alternative to the mainstream media in their area.

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
www.acorn.org 
This website contains current information on predatory lending across the nation, including reports, press clips, and information on various ACORN campaigns. ACORN also focuses on livable wages, better schools, affordable housing, and other community issues.

Beyondmedia Education
www.beyondmedia.org
This Chicago organization collaborates with under-served and under-represented women, youth and communities to tell their stories, connect their stories to the world around us, and organize for social justice through the creation and distribution of media arts.

Brand Channel
www.brandchannel.com
This site is an online exchange about branding in advertising.

Bully Off!
http://www.bully-off.co.uk/
A complete guide to stamping out bullying for youth. 

Bully Stoppers
http://www.bullystoppers.com/Student_Help_Index.htm
Report bullying, get comeback lines and other information.

Bullies to Buddies
http://www.bullies2buddies.com/
Bullies to Buddies is dedicated to ending the suffering of victims of teasing and bullying throughout the world. The only reliable way to do that is by empowering victims to solve their problem and turn their bullies into buddies.

Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood (CCFC)
www.commercialfreechildhood.org
CCFC is a national coalition who counters the harmful effects of marketing to children through action, advocacy, education, research and collaboration. This website offers news, fact sheets, events, new products and helpful links.

Campaign for Alcohol-Free Sports TV
www.cspinet.org/booze/CAFST
This campaign seeks to reduce the amount of alcoholic-beverage advertising to underage children and young adults, who tune into televised sports for fun. They are a project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
www.tobaccofreekids.org
This site offers special reports, research (including surveys and studies), facts and news, information on cigarette taxes, tobacco sales, and also state, federal and global initiatives. The site also allows you to visit a gallery of tobacco advertisements.

Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth
www.camy.org
This center monitors the marketing practices of the alcohol industry to focus attention and action on industry practices that jeopardize the health and safety of America's youth.

Center for Media and Democracy 
www.prwatch.org
Investigative reporting on the public relations industry. CMD has been documenting the use of video news releases (VNRs) in the news and their two in-depth multimedia reports played a critical role in the FCC’s 2007 decision to begin fining stations for using VNRs.

Center for Media Awareness
www.media-awareness.ca
This website contains resources and lesson plans for making youth more media literate.

Center for Media Justice
www.centerformediajustice.org
The Center for Media Justice – formerly the Youth Media Council – is a unique national media strategy and action center with a sharpened approach to movement building for racial justice, youth rights and media justice.

Center for Media Literacy
www.medialit.org
The Center for Media Literacy is a nonprofit educational organization that provides leadership, public education, professional development and educational resources nationally.  Their website displays teaching resources for a variety of subjects and media literacy topics.

Center for a New American Dream
www.newdream.org
This center helps Americans change the way they consume to improve the quality of life, protect the environment and promote social justice.

Center for Public Integrity 
www.publicintegrity.org
A nonprofit organization dedicated to producing original, responsible investigative journalism on issues of public concern. The "Well Connected" Project tracks the relationships between corporate and government interests in telecommunications and media.

Center for Responsible Lending
www.responsiblelending.org
This website is an excellent resource on predatory lending. They provide research and facts on predatory mortgage lending, payday and title lending, rental centers, credit cards, as well as alternatives to payday lending.

Children Now 
www.childrennow.org/issues/media/
This section of the Children Now website researches the content of mass media, specifically focusing on its impact and influence on children. 

Children Now’s Fall Colors Report
www.childrennow.org/publications/fall_colors.html
Children Now’s Fall Colors reports provide a benchmark analysis of television networks’ progress -- or lack thereof -- in improving diversity and representation on their prime time shows.

Citizens for Media Literacy
www.main.nc.us/cml
Citizens for Media Literacy is a non-profit, public-interest organization linking media literacy with the concepts and practices of citizenship.  Their site offers many media literacy resources.

Commercial Alert
www.commercialalert.org
Commercial Alert strives to keep commercial culture in its "proper sphere." Their website contains educational, cultural, health and government resources linked to commercialism. You can sign up for their action updates, read their blog and visit their archives for additional information.

Consumer Credit Counseling Service
www.cccsatl.org
This site offers a great amount of information on debt, loans, bankruptcy, scams and credit. It also provides advice for college students, teens, and children concerning money matters. They provide free budget-, money-, debt- and housing-counseling programs. Their website is also available in Spanish.

Consumer Federation of America
www.consumerfed.org
This site includes many articles on predatory lending, payday loans, credit cards and other financial information.

Consumers Union
www.consumersunion.org/money.html
Consumers Union is the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports. Their money section provides information and tips on banks, credit cards, loans, predatory lending, ID theft, contracts and more.

The Convergence Center
http://dcc.syr.edu
The Convergence Center supports research on and experimentation with media convergence. Its mission is to understand the future of digital media and to engage students and faculty in defining and shaping that future.

Dads and Daughters
www.dadsanddaughters.org
Dads & Daughters believes that all families benefit when active, engaged father-daughter relationships help girls grow--and when dads, daughters and others help overcome obstacles for girls and women. They work to maximize the power and potential of father-daughter relationships and support fathers and stepfathers with tools to make a better life for every girl.

Dealing with Bullies and How Not to be One
http://www.ncpamd.com/Bullies.htm
A website developed by Northern County Psychiatric Associates for parents, kids and other adults who are a part of kids’ lives.

Democracy Project: 30 Second Candidate (PBS)
www.pbs.org/30secondcandidate/  
This site focuses on political advertising, allowing students to watch and learn about political ads across several decades.

Democracy Now!
www.democracynow.org 
A syndicated multimedia news program. You can watch and listen to Democracy Now with host Amy Goodman on this site, locate a radio or TV station near you, visit the archives and read the headlines.

Digital Commerce Center – Convergence
www.ec2.edu/dccenter/mc/index.html
This research center at the University of Southern California is helping businesses compete in the new world of digital commerce through an understanding and application of digital technology, information and media.

Dissect an Ad (PBS) 
www.pbs.org/elections/savvydissect.html
This site contains a section for parents, teachers and youth.  You can dissect a political ad on this site, read about election vocabulary and get tips on how to vote smart.

Don’t Buy It (PBS)
http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks
This site allows you to learn about food advertising tricks, create your own ads, and learn about activism.

Dove Campaign for Real Beauty
www.campaignforrealbeauty.com
See Dove pro-age ads, watch a short video on women’s reactions to one of their commercials and read about their campaign on this site.

Earth Station
www.earthstation1.com/Nixon_Kennedy_Debates.html 
Real player version of the 1960 Presidential candidate debates between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon

Enhancing Your Interactions with People with Disabilities
www.apa.org/pi/disability/enhancing.html
The American Psychological Association offers a web-based guide on including people living with disabilities in your interactions.

Factcheck.org
www.factcheck.org
This project monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major US political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases.

FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting)
www.fair.org
A national media watch group offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship.

Feminist Response In Disability Activism (FRIDA)
www.fridanow.blogspot.com
FRIDA is a blog focusing on disability rights from a feminist perspective.

Free Press
www.freepress.net
Free Press is a national, nonpartisan organization working to reform the media system.

Free Speech TV
www.freespeech.org 
Free Speech TV is a publicly-supported, independent, nonprofit TV channel. Their site includes a large video archive of independently produced documentaries.

Future of Music Coalition
www.futureofmusic.org
This coalition is a collaboration between members of the music, technology, public policy, and intellectual property law communities. The FMC educates the media, policymakers, and the public about music/technology issues, and identifies and promotes innovative business models that will help musicians and citizens to benefit from new technologies.

Girl Power 
www.girlpower.gov
The US Department of Health & Human Services sponsors this site that contains helpful and interesting information for girls and adults.  Their BodyWise Handbook contains plenty of information about body image and eating disorders, including what friends and adults can do to help.

Growing Up Online - Documentary
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/view/main.html
This documentary is produced by PBS Frontline and aired on PBS stations in 2008.  It discusses the internet generation of kids and some of the negative aspects of using internet websites, text messaging, cell phone cameras, etc.  You can watch the entire documentary for free on this website.

Growing Up Online - Tips for Parents
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/safe/
A PBS webpage on the topic of “keeping kids safe.”  It offers information on parenting in an internet age, discussion about the “predator” fear, interviews from parents and other information on kids and technology.

How Product Placement Works
www.money.howstuffworks.com/product-placement.htm
The website How Stuff Works contains a section on how product placement works, including product placement examples, the stories behind them and lots more.

Independent Media Center
www.indymedia.org 
This collective of media producers offers non-corporate, grassroots coverage of national events. You can also find links to the Indy Media Centers around the world on this site.

Jared Story
www.jaredstory.com
This website is dedicated to youth who committed suicide as a result of bullying.  It also has helpful information for adults and youth about depression, bullying and suicide. 

Just Think
www.justthink.org
This program and website teaches youth about healthy lifestyles in a world highly impacted by media culture.

Kaiser Family Foundation 
www.kff.org
This foundation analyzes the content of entertainment media from a health standpoint.  The site contains reports about violence and sex in the media.

KeepComingBack.com
www.keepcomingback.com
A website where people in recovery from drug addiction, alcoholism, nicotene addiction, eating disorders and compulsive gambling, and their friends and family members, can share their stories of recovery. Also serves as a resource for the latest information, articles and research in the field of addiction recovery.

Kids As Self Advocates (KASA)
www.fvkasa.org
KASA is an organization created for the self-empowerment and leadership of youth living with disabilities. The website is full of handouts and resources on disability history and culture, how to create accessibility, as well as a range of other topics.

The Living Room Candidate
http://livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us/index.php
This website from the American Museum of the Moving Image includes television commercials from presidential elections from 1952 to the present.

Magazine Publishers of America
www.magazine.org
The industry association for consumer magazines. Established in 1919, the MPA represents more than 240 domestic publishing companies with approximately 1,400 titles, more than 80 international companies and more than 100 associate members.

Marketplace Money Calculators
http://marketplacemoney.publicradio.org/toolbox/calculators
This site can help you with general savings, retirement, home budget management, calculating credit card debt, mortgage payments, college savings, and more.

Media Alliance
www.media-alliance.org 
Media Alliance is a media resource and advocacy center for media workers, non-profit organizations and social justice activists. Their mission is excellence, ethics, diversity and accountability in all aspects of the media in the interests of peace, justice and social responsibility.

Media Awareness Network
www.media-awareness.ca/english/parents/marketing/marketers_target_kids.cfm
Media Awareness Network is home to one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of media education and Internet literacy resources. This section of their site focuses on marketing to kids.

Media Channel.org
www.mediachannel.org
Political and cultural coverage in alternative media from around the globe, with an emphasis on media’s role in covering international affairs. Media Channel.org’s web pages on why media literacy is important contain resources and information on a variety of media literacy topics.

Media Education Foundation
www.mediaed.org
The Media Education Foundation produces and distributes documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical reflection on the social, political and cultural impact of American mass media.

Media Justice Network
www.mediajustice.org
A growing network of communities of color, indigenous communities, and other working class communities in the U.S. placing race, class, and gender analysis at the heart of a movement for true media democracy.

medialiteracy.com
www.medialiteracy.com
A major gateway site with hundreds of links and resources. Introductory tours for teachers, health professionals, activists, and parents. Links to lesson plans, free downloadable fact sheets and more. Speakers Bureau with speakers, trainers and consultants in media literacy education.

Media Literacy On-Line Project
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/mlr/home/index.html
Media Literacy On-Line Project provides support for educators wishing to teach media literacy to youth.  Their site contains articles, lesson plans and links about media literacy.

Media Reform Information Center
www.corporations.org/media
This site includes information from the Corporate Accountability Project.

MediaRights
www.mediarights.org 
MediaRights is a community organization dedicated to maximizing the impact of social-issue documentaries and shorts. Their site offers news, event and film information, and a film resource searchable by topic.

Media that Matters Film Festival
www.mediathatmattersfest.org 
This website features information on the Media that Matters annual film festival, which is produced by MediaRights. Film topics include sustainability, justice and civic engagement.

MindOH! Foundation
http://www.mindoh.com/docs/Think_BulliedOnInternet.pdf
These reflective activities are designed to help young people who participate in online bullying. They make excellent discussion starters.

Movie Placement
www.movieplacement.com
The website for a product placement firm that gives details about costs, demographics and interesting stats about the product placement business.

Multicultural Marketing
www.multicultural.com  
Multicultural Marketing Resources is a public relations and marketing company that provides services in “multicultural marketing.” There are many other marketing sites that offer these services.

National Association of Broadcasters
www.nab.org
The National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association that advocates on behalf of television and radio broadcast networks and more than 8,300 local stations before Congress, the Federal Communications Commission and the courts.

National Association of Consumer Advocates
www.naca.net
NACA is a non-profit association of attorneys and consumer advocates committed to representing customers’ interests. Their site includes a wide variety of consumer facts and resources.

National Cable & Telecommunications Association
www.ncta.com
Formerly the National Cable Television Association, NCTA is the principal trade association of the cable television industry in the United States.

The National Center for Law and Economic Justice
www.nclej.org 
The National Center for Law and Economic Justice advances the cause of economic justice for low-income families, individuals, and communities across the country.

National Disability Rights Network
www.napas.org
An organization of members and programs focused on training and technical assistance, legal support, and advocacy for persons living with disabilities.

National Federation of Community Broadcasters
www.nfcb.org
NFCB is a national alliance of noncommercial radio stations, producers and others committed to community radio.

National Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention (LCAT)
www.nlcatp.org
LCAT is dedicated to reducing the harm caused by alcohol and tobacco in the Latino community through research, advocacy, policy analysis, community education, training and information dissemination.

National Mental Health Information Center - Bullying information
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/15plus/aboutbullying.asp
Sponsored by SAMHSA (Substance Sbuse and Mental Health Services Administration). The National Mental Health Information Center was developed for users of mental health services and their families, the general public, policy makers, providers, and the media.

National Public Radio (NPR)
www.npr.org
NPR is a privately supported, nonprofit membership organization producing and distributing noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming to more than 800 independently operated noncommercial radio stations.

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
www.safeyouth.org/scripts/topics/bullying.asp
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Newspaper Association of America
www.naa.org
A trade organization representing the $55 billion newspaper industry. NAA members account for nearly 90 percent of the daily circulation in the United States and a wide range of nondaily U.S. newspapers

Not Dead Yet
www.notdeadyet.org
A disability rights organization founded in response to the “Better Dead Than Disabled” movement spearheaded by Dr. Jack Kevorkian in the late 1990s. Their core belief centers on the idea that “People with disabilities have an opportunity to lead society from the isolation and despair of today into a renewed recognition of belonging and community for all.”

Onpoint
www.onpoint-marketing.com 
Onpoint is a national marketing and promotions company that advertises services including stealth, buzz, college, youth, Hispanic and urban marketing. They also offer “experiential” marketing or “brand experiences.” Find out more about how they market and define these services on their website.

Paper Tiger Television
www.papertiger.org 
This site offers “ROAR”, the Paper Tiger TV guide to media activism, along with information on current projects and a long list of alternative media resources.

Plastic Surgery Research
www.cosmeticplasticsurgerystatistics.com
This site offers information on procedures and plastic surgery statistics.

Politico.com
www.politico.com
This website covers the politics of Capitol Hill, the presidential campaign, and the business of Washington lobbying and advocacy.

PolitiFact.com
www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter
A project of the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly to help find the truth in the presidential campaign.  Every day, reporters and researchers analyze the candidates' speeches, TV ads, and interviews and determine whether the claims are accurate.

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
www.privacyrights.org
A nonprofit consumer organization with a two-part mission -- consumer information and consumer advocacy on privacy issues.

Project for Excellence in Journalism
www.journalism.org
This project is a non-partisan research organization that specializes in using empirical methods to evaluate and study the performance of the press.

Project Look Sharp
www.ithaca.edu/looksharp
Project Look Sharp provides materials, training and support to help teachers prepare students for life in today's media saturated world.  Their site provides a media literacy library, research links on the effectiveness of media literacy and teaching resources.

proj-ect PRO:JECT
www.reelchange.org 
Their mission is to serve as a real (physical space) and virtual (internet based) training center to develop a new generation of radical media producers - especially young women of color - who will have the vision/skills/resources/support needed to visualize, represent and document strides toward the liberation of all oppressed people.

Prometheus Radio Project
www.prometheusradio.org 
Prometheus Radio Project's primary focus is on building a large community of Low-Power FM (LPFM) stations and listeners. Find out about ways to take action in order to free the airwaves, get information on the FCC, LPFM, learn about their project and get radio facts on this website.

Propaganda Analysis 
www.propagandacritic.com
Examining the techniques of propaganda and providing examples of propaganda are two purposes of this site.

Public Broadcasting System (PBS)
www.pbs.org
PBS is a nonprofit media enterprise providing television programs and education services. It is owned and operated by the nation's 354 public television stations.

Public Interest Research Group
www.pirg.org 
Public Interest Research Group is a network of independent, state-based, citizen-funded organizations that advocate for the public interest. PIRG’s national website includes information about and links to the state PIRGs.

Reclaim the Media
www.reclaimthemedia.org 
Based in Seattle, Reclaim the Media is dedicated to pursuing a more just society by transforming our media system and expanding the communications rights of ordinary people through grassroots organizing, education, networking and advocacy.

Rocky Mountain Media Watch 
www.bigmedia.org
This non-profit organization collects and analyzes the content of local news around the country in an effort to empower citizens to resist the manipulations of the mass media.

SeniorNet
www.seniornet.org
SeniorNet's mission is to provide older adults education for and access to computer technologies to enhance their lives and enable them to share their knowledge and wisdom.

Street Factory Media
www.streetfactorymedia.com 
Street Factory Media is a “guerilla marketing” company. Among its clients are Burger King, AOL, NBC, Got Milk? and ESPN.

Smoke Free Movies
www.smokefreemovies.ucsf.edu
This website includes lots of information about smoking in Hollywood movies, and what to do about it.

Stop Big Media
www.stopbigmedia.com
Stop Big Media is an alliance of consumer, public interest, media reform, organized labor, and other groups that have “joined together to fight runaway media consolidation and urge the FCC to put public service before the self-interest of large media corporations.”

Stop Bullying Now!
www.stopbullyingnow.com/about_us.htm
The Stop Bullying Now Web site helps to stop bullying in your school and community.

Stop Cyberbullying
www.stopcyberbullying.org/parents/youth_empowered_solutions.html
This website offers an overview of what cyberbullying is, laws, prevention, how to take action, and other helpful information.

The Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice
www.sugarlaw.org
The Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice (SLC) is a national non-profit, public-interest law center. They provide legal advocacy, representation, education, and technical support to empower community groups, workers' rights groups and individuals seeking systemic change toward economic and social justice.

Third World Majority
www.cultureisaweapon.org   
Third World Majority is a media training and production resource center run by a collective of young women of color and their allies dedicated to developing new media practices that affect global justice and social change through grassroots political organizing.

Tobacco.org
www.tobacco.org
Tobacco.org is of the best sites on the Internet for tobacco news and information. This site includes an excellent searchable database of tobacco ads

A Tribute to LonelyGirl15
www.lg15.com
An online forum devoted to the viral video campaign of LonelyGirl15. 

The Truth Campaign 
www.thetruth.com
American Legacy Foundation’s National Truth Campaign focuses on the truth behind the tobacco industry. This hip website is great for youth, with video clips, posters, and interviews.

United for a Fair Economy
www.faireconomy.org
United for a Fair Economy is a national, independent, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. UFE raises awareness that concentrated wealth and power undermine the economy, corrupt democracy, deepen the racial divide, and tear communities apart. They support and help build social movements for greater equality.

unmediated.org
www.unmediated.org
This blog tracks the tools, processes, and ideas that are changing the way we spread and share ideas, with an emphasis on tools that decentralize the media.

U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice
www.50years.org
50 Years Is Enough: U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice is a coalition of over 200 U.S. grassroots, women, solidarity, faith-based, policy, social- and economic-justice, youth, labor, and development organizations dedicated to the profound transformation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Video Machete
www.videomachete.org
Video Machete is dedicated to producing media arts projects that promote economic and cultural equity within communities that have been historically under-represented, distorted or erased within mainstream media.

Viral Video Chart
www.viralvideochart.com
This website is a top twenty chart of the day’s most viewed viral videos on the Internet. Some are advertisements, some are entertainment, all are viral.

Wikipedia's Graffiti Page
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti

Who Owns What?
www.cjr.org/resources
The Columbia Journalism Review's website offers a database of media ownership.

Women in Media and News
www.wimnonline.org
WIMN works to increase women's presence in the media, emphasizing those who are least often heard, including women of color, low-income women, lesbians, youth and older women.

The Women’s Media Center
www.womensmediacenter.com
The Women’s Media Center strives to make women visible and powerful in the media. Its mission is to assure that women and women’s experiences are reflected in the media just as women are present everywhere in the real world; that women are represented as local, national, and global sources for and subjects of the media; and that women media professionals have equal opportunities for employment and advancement.

Women’s Bodies in Sports Ads
www.lclark.edu/~soan370
A website from Lewis & Clark College on women’s bodies in sports ads.

Youth Radio
www.youthradio.org 
Youth Radio's mission is to promote young people's intellectual, creative and professional growth through training and access to media and to produce the highest quality original media for local and national outlets.

YouTube
www.youtube.com
Now owned by Google, YouTube is an online video sharing website. Many viral videos have been seen here first.

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