MEDIA SITES & DIRECTORIES

Media Access Project - http://www.mediaaccess.org/index.html Background information, resources, and links to current topics in media, telecommunications, and Internet law and policy from public-interest advocacy organization.

Free Speech TV Cable Project - http://www.freespeech.org/fstv/ A part-time cable network bringing progressive television to nearly seven million homes weekly.

Citizens for Independent Public Broadcasting - http://www.cipbonline.org Organization dedicated to creating a national coalition to develop independently funded public radio and television broadcasting trust.

Alliance for Community Media - http://www.alliancecm.org/ Advocate for grass-roots democratic media.

Alternative Video/TV WebRing - http://www.videonetwork.org/webring.html WebRing for alternative media sites.

Access Television Worldwide Links - http://www.openchannel.se/cat/index.htm Worldwide links to 300 Public Access Television sites in 13 countries and other links related to the movement for the Freedom of Speech.

Open Channels - http://www.openchannel.se/menu.htm Resources and information about international public-access television movement.

Committee on Democratic Communications of the National Lawyers Guild - http://www.nlgcdc.org/ Organization working to promote legality of low-power grassroots micro-power radio and other alternatives to allow greater public access to airwaves

Americans for Radio Diversity - http://www.radiodiversity.com/ News and information from organization that advocates for greater diversity of ownership of radio stations and public access to airwaves. Critically covers increasing consolidation of media ownership.

Hobby Broadcasting - http://www.hobbybroadcasting.com/ Quarterly publication, dedicated to do-it-yourself broadcasting of all types: microbroadcasting, pirate radio and TV, Internet radio, public-access radio and TV, shortwave radio, college and high-school radio and TV, more.

Media Democracy - http://www.oneworld.org/guides/media_democracy/front.shtml Analysis, background and information resources about issues of concentration of media ownership vs. free speech. From OneWorld.org

International Community Radio Project - http://utenti.tripod.it/Internationalproject/index.html Site designed to help community broadcasters communicate and share ideas and resources

Free(media) - http://www.tranquileye.com/free/index.html Archive of material about Canadian campus and community radio, micro and pirate broadcasting, and community networking.

Community Radio Info and Links - http://www.concentric.net/~glenaus/community.html Links and information about Community Radio Stations across the United States.

Star Ray TV - http://www.srtv.on.ca/ A grassroots organization promoting media democracy through low power UHF community television in Canada and globally.

The People and the Press - http://www.people-press.org/ Web site for the Pew Research Center, an opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues.

Media Awareness Network - http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/ Offering practical support for media education in the home, school and community and provides information and "food for thought" on the media culture.

Extra! - http://www.fair.org/extra/ Features hard-hitting media criticism and analysis of the news behind the news.

Theory.org - http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ics/theory/ Website from UK about the mass media and its relationship to people's identities, gender, sexuality and behaviour. Information, essays, reviews, links and more.

Stay Free! - http://metalab.unc.edu/stayfree/ Online version of a print publication critiquing media and culture.

Spark - http://www.spark-online.com/ Online journal and community forum that explores "the new electronic consciousness" and how media is affecting and changing society.

Media File - http://www.media-alliance.org/ Information, analysis and resources from San Francisco-based training & resource center for media workers, political activists & community organizations. Promotes diverse, accountable & ethical media.

Media -- NewCity.com - http://www.newcity.com/newcity/content/current/media_archive.html Index of articles, analysis and commentaries on the media.

Salon Media - http://www.salonmagazine.com/media/index.html Media page from Salon online magazine, with news, commentary and links about the media

Media Visions Webzine - http://www.media-visions.com/ A journal about global communications and new media and their social implications by Ken Freed, featuring conversations with media visionaries.

Cursor - http://www.cursor.org/ Minneapolis-based, offers media criticism and alternative takes on the stories of the day.

Media Transparency - http://www.MediaTransparency.org/ News, opinion, analysis and investigative data related to links between conservative think-tanks, funding sources and influence in the media.

Mitchell Stephens - http://www.nyu.edu/classes/stephens/Articles%20page.htm Articles on major issues in media, journalism and related subjects from writer whose material has appeared in Columbia Journalism Review, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and other publications.

BraveNews World - http://www.flash.net/~pieper Media and cultural news, features and commentary. Includes mix of original content and links to articles from other sources.

Delete the Elite - http://www.bigsoda.com/deletetheelite This site is a call to eliminate the "cultural elite's" dominance of the media. Includes links and original content.