Center for History and New Media - Research center at George Mason University focused on combining scholarship and cutting edge multimedia to promote an inclusive and democratic understanding of the past. Includes information on tools, projects and media history resources.
Media Alliance - Resource center for media workers, political activists and community organizations. Promotes diverse, accountable and ethical media. Includes Media File online magazine of analysis and commentary.
The Media Channel - Daily news, features, commentary and resources about U.S. and international media.
The Media History Project - Uses a timeline, graphics, and short articles to follow the history of mediated communication.
Partners for Media in Africa - The ParMA network was created in 1996 in order to facilitate the exchange of information and experience between donors who support African media.
Who Owns What?
- Listings, coverage and forum about media ownership and consolidation, from The Columbia Journalism Review
Federal Communications Commission - The FCC official homepage, with news background and other information about regulatory agency's activities and positions.
New Democracy Forum -- The Future of Media? - Online debate about effects on democracy of corporate dominance and concentration of media ownership. Includes opinions from differing perspetives from Robert McChesney, Lawrence Grossman, Ralph Nader and other contributors. From Boston Review.
A New FCC for the 21st Century - Section of official Federal Communications website outlining FCC's changing role and reduced regulation because of a belief that there will be more competition in communications media.
The Progress & Freedom Foundation - A think tank devoted to the study of the digital revolution. Generally supports deregulation and free market in telecommunications.
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