Media Literacy and Media Education
Media Literacy Organization Directory
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/mlr/organizations/list/orgac.htmlUniversity of Oregon: School of Education Media Literacy On-line project
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/HomePage
University of Oregon: Media Literacy Review
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/mlr/home/index.html
A bi-annual on-line publication and resource site that offers educators and parents teaching tools, list of media education organizations and articles on different topics.Media Study
http:///www.mediastudy.com/media.html
This website provides links to other websites on: Alternative media, culture jamming, international media literacy organizations, and media archive sites.Eight Key Concepts to Media Literacy
http://www.reseau-medias.ca/eng/med/bigpict/8keycon.htm
Outlines 8 basic concepts of media education/literacy.
Adbusters Media Foundation & Magazine
http://www.adbusters.org
Produces spoof ads, uncommercials, and media critiques in an attempt to 'clean up advertising and consumerism's polluting effects on the mental and physical environment.'
The New Mexico Media Literacy Program
http://www.nmmlp.org
NMMLP provides media literacy CD-ROMS, videos and curricula that are used in thousands of schools, worldwide. They also offer trainings and workshops for educators and activists.
The Center for Media Literacy
http://www.medialit.org
This website provides other media literacy links, an on-line catalog of resources for parents and educators, and seminar/workshops for professional development.
Media Channel
http://www.mediachannel.org
The mother of all websites. Connects hundreds of affiliate organizations and sites involved in media and human rights concerns globally.
F.A.I.R. (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting)
http://www.fair.org
An organization committed to monitoring the media and incidents of media bias. This website offers an archive of articles written from the FAIR desk reporters on a broad range of issues.
Independent Media Center
http://www.indymedia.org
A network of independent media artists who combine efforts to cover progressive movements and protests you won't see on mainstream media.
Media Scope
http://www.mediascope.org
This website offers briefs and reports on the media's impact.
Media Studies
http://www.mediastudies.com
This website is a hub for media and critical thinking studies. It provides links to listserves, university programs, conferences, and a large international listing of organizations.
Just Think
http://www.justthink.org
An organization devoted to teaching young people to understand the words and images in media and to think for themselves.Media Awareness Network: Study on How Music Videos Enforce Stereotypes
http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/news/news/two/video.htm
National Institute on Media and the Family
http://www.mediafamily.org
This website provides helpful fact-sheets that cover: children and TV, MTV, girls and body image, alcohol and ads.
Media Watch
http://www.mediawatch.com
Challenging racism, sexism and violence in the media through education and action.
American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/washing/t1106.htm
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/mediamatters.htm
These websites provides testimony from the American Academy of Pediatrics on the Social Impact of Music Violence before a Senate Subcommittee, and offers other reports and resources on media literacy issues as well.
Children-Media-UK
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/children-media-uk.html
A space in which academics, regulators and those working in the media industries can engage in critical debate about children and all forms of media (e.g. TV, video, film, computers, etc).Commercial Alert
http://www.commercialalert.org
A moderated e-mail list to help families, parents, children, and communities defend themselves against harmful, immoral, or intrusive advertising and marketing, and the excesses of commercialism.
Media-L
http://www.ithaca.edu/looksharp/resources/media-l.html
A listserv open to teachers, administrators, media professionals, researchers and others with an active involvement in projects or issues related to media literacy. This site is primarily used by teachers actively involved in teaching media literacy in both elementary and secondary schools.
Parents Reviewing the Media
http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/review.htm
Write and submit movie reviews and help other parents choose good movies for their children.
Radio Studies
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/radio-studies.html
This is a new initiative of behalf of the Radio Research Project to provide an electronic forum for teachers, researchers, broadcasters, and other interested parties.
Culture and Communication
Sarah Zupko's Cultural Studies Center
http://www.popcultures.com
Critical and Cultural Studies: A Division of the National Communication Association
http://www.vcsun.org/CCS/
Provides various resources, links, calls for papers, and conference listings dealing with the academic fields of Critical, Cultural and Communication Studies.
Cultural Studies and Critical Theory
http://eserver.org/theory/
This website may help to introduce the issues and concerns raised in the field of Cultural Studies. Cultural studies draws from the fields of anthropology, sociology, gender studies, feminism, literary criticism, history and psychoanalysis in order to discuss contemporary texts and cultural practices.
Critical Media Study
http://mediastudy.com/media.html
Extensive listing of media resources/links organized by categories such as: Culture Jammers, Propaganda Studies, Media Organizations, Corporate Ownership, Journalism Resources.
The Cultural Environment Movement
http://www.cemnet.org
A coalition of health-related, local media-oriented, religious, professional, labor, women's and minority groups opposed to all censorship, working for freedom from stereotyped formulas, and for investing in a more diverse cultural environment.
Voice of the Shuttle: Cultural Studies Page
http://vos.ucsb.edu/shuttle/cultural.html
This site contains general resources, lists of conferences, journals and zines, listservs, and searchable topics such as: globalization, censorship, fashion, generational wars, popular/mass cultural studies and media theory.
Cultural Studies Listserv
http://www.cas.usf.edu/communication/rodman/cultstud/Commercialism, Corporatization and Globalization
McSpotlight
http://www.mcspotlight.org
This website offers information about the infamous libel court case between McDonald's corporation and a postman and gardener from London who passed out leaflets on McDonald's corporate practices. The website offers background on the court case, information about the impact of corporatization and globalization, and links to other larger relevant issues.
Hand to Brand Combat
http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/press/mcds/theguardian230900.html
This site includes the informative article, Hand-to-Brand Combat, offering background information on noted author Naomi Klein's beginnings and her writings on the corporatization and globalization of the economy.
The Corporatization of Grassroots Media
http://www.savepacifica.net/0709_teach-in_report.html
This website includes clips and segments from a 2-hour teach-in on Pacifica Radio and its struggle to maintain democracy and diversity. There are speeches from various speakers, some with real audio coverage, as well as question and answer portions.
The New Tyrants: Global Corporatization
http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/public/global.html
This article, written by a graduate student from the University of Texas, gives a brief synopsis of the recent mergers and consequences from conglomeratization.
The Nation
http://past.thenation.com/issue/970317/970317.htm
This article details the how conglomeratization has impacted the publishing industry.
Media and Democracy
http://www.culturelaw.com/docs/Writing_01.html
This site provides the text from a speech Peter Franck (a San Francisco Bay Area copyright and entertainment lawyer, a former board member of Media Alliance, and former president of Pacifica Radio) presented at the Media Alliance, a major professional organization for Bay Area journalists in San Francisco. The focus of the meeting was The Media and Democracy.Gender: Women, Girls, and Sexism
About Face
http://www.about-face.org
A website to develop personal activism and media literacy around images of girls and women in the media. This website offers activist-oriented tools to hold advertisers responsible, clever activities and witty commentary.
New Moon Magazine
http://www.newmoon.org
New Moon Publishing produces media for girls who want their voices heard and their dreams taken seriously, and for adults who care about girls. Through the website you can subscribe to the New Moon for Girls magazine or the New Moon Newsletter for adults. You can also find articles posted on various topics (feminist families and child-raising), items to browse in their store, and posted events across the nation.
Body Positive
http://www.bodypositive.com
This site offers listservs, web rings, newsletters, resources, printable meditations and post-it notes among other activist tools for social and personal change as well as societal acceptance of all body types.
Adios Barbie! A Body Image Site for Everyone
http://www.adiosbarbie.com/
This site provides information in a witty format for everyone to digest: adolescents and adults, both female and male. Tools and resources are available for anyone wanting to develop a healthier image of their body, or attempting to speak their mind about the media's influence.Feminist.com
http://www.feminist.com
This site provides information on numerous issues, organizations and resources pertaining to feminism and the women's movement.
Institute for Women's Policy Research
http://www.iwpr.org
The Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) is a public policy research organization dedicated to informing and stimulating the debate on public policy issues of critical importance to women and their families, such as: poverty and welfare, the economic and social aspects of health care and domestic violence, and women's political participation.
Women-focused magazines and newsletters on the web
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/mags2.htm
The University of Wisconsin Library website offers a directory of women-focused magazines and newsletters that are accessible on the web. One can find anything in this directory, from journals on Asian women, lesbians of color to leadership issues, Legal concerns, motherhood, and feminist scholarship.
Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse Electronic Clearinghouse
http://www.mincava.umn.edu/health.asp
Resources for health care providers and social workers who work with issues of incest, domestic violence, and other women's issues.
ON THE ISSUES: The Progressive Women's Quarterly
http://mosaic.echonyc.com/~onissues/
The Progressive Women's Quarterly is a feminist, humanist magazine of critical thinking, dedicated to fostering collective responsibility for positive social change.
The White House Project Education Fund
http://www.womensleadershipfund.org/resource/index.html
Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resource Sites
http://www-unix.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links.html
This website is a selective, annotated listing of web sites containing resources and information about women's studies / women's issues, with an emphasis on sites of particular use to an academic women's studies program.
The Alan Guttmacher Institute
http://www.agi-usa.org
The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) is a non-profit organization focused on reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education. AGI publishes Family Planning Perspectives, International Family Planning Perspectives, The Guttmacher Report on Public Policy and special reports on reproductive health and rights, and issues involving young people and sexuality.
Report on Eating Disorders and Cultural Messages
http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/news/news/three/fiji.htm
A study that looks at how the mass media's representation of women and girls in the United States impacts girls from other cultures, specifically girls in Fiji, where the impact of Western media has been minimal.Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders
http://www.anred.com
This site provides information about anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, compulsive exercising, and other lesser-known food and weight disorders.
Something-Fishy Website on Eating Disorders
http://www.something-fishy.org
This site offers first-person accounts from people who suffer from eating disorders, information, as well as chat and resource links.The Violence Against Women Online Resource
http://www.vaw.umn.edu
This site provides law, criminal justice, advocacy, and social service professionals with up-to-date information on interventions to stop violence against women.
Equity Online
http://www.edc.org/WomensEquity/about.htm
The WEEA Center is a national project that promotes bias-free education. Serving as a bridge between theory and practice, the WEEA works with educators in formal and informal education, reaching across the entire lifespan. They conduct research, provide training and consultation, and market hundreds of gender-fair multicultural education products developed by educators in classrooms, universities, and community organizations.
GENDER: Men, Masculinity and Sexism
The National Organization of Men Against Sexism
http://www.nomas.org
The National Organization for Men Against Sexism is an activist organization of men and women supporting positive changes for men. NOMAS advocates a perspective that is pro- feminist, gay-affirmative, anti-racist, and committed to justice on a broad range of social issues including class, age, religion, and physical abilities.Mentors in Violence Prevention Program
http://www.ncasports.org/mvpcurriculum.htm
This is the website for The Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Program, founded in 1993 by Jackson Katz at Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society (CSSS). The MVP program motivates student athletes and student leaders to play a central role in solving problems that historically have been considered "women's issues": rape, battering, and sexual harassment. The website provides opportunities to view small sections of the MVP curriculum, acquire background information on the bystander approach to violence prevention, and read about the history of the program.
Dads and Daughters
http://www.dadsanddaughters.org/links.htm
This is the site for Dads and Daughters, a grassroots organization committed to providing resources to empower and engage fathers in their daughters' lives and in the struggle for gender equality. This website includes sections on: free curriculum, activist tools, mediawatch, a listserv, FAQ, presentations and workshop information, and a very helpful directory of links.
Western Massachusetts Gender Equity Center: Media Literacy Curriculum (9-12)
http://www.genderequity.org/medialit/contents.html#units
This webpage from the W. Mass Gender Equity center offers a high school curriculum focusing on gender issues and media literacy skills. Although the center is regional, the resources available on the general website are helpful for educators looking to address equity issues in their respective areas.
The Men's Resource Center of Western Massachusetts
http://www.mrc-wma.com/links.html
This website lists the organizational history, programmatic offerings and connected links to the mission and work of the Men's Resource Center: a vibrant, grassroots, community-based men's center that is committed to "supporting men and challenging violence" in all its forms and
manifestations.Men's Roles and Responsibilities in Ending Gender-Based Violence
http://www.un-instraw.org/mensroles/
This listserv provides an international virtual seminar series focusing on men, masculinity and violence. One can access topics such as the root causes of men's violence, the need for broad- based coalitions, or how to design and implement effective strategies to respond to the patterns of violence and ultimately envision new definitions of masculinity.
Men for Change, Canada
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/CommunitySupport/Men4Change/index.htmMid Atlantic Equity Center
http://www.maec.org
An educational clearinghouse for teachers and facilitators in the mid-Atlantic states. This website also acts as a general resource center for all educators who are interested in different issues involved with education and equity.Children Now: Boys to Men: Messages About Masculinity
http://www.childrennow.org/media/boystomen/report-media.html
A study conducted on the messages sent by mainstream entertainment media to young men and boys in the United States about what it means "to be a man".Race and Ethnic Studies
Black Cultural Studies Web Site
http://www.tiac.net/users/thaslett/
African American Websites
http://www.lib.subr.edu/data/africweb.htm
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~savega/afr_amer.htm
Black History Quest
http://blackquest.com/link.htm
The African-American WebRing Collaboration
http://www.nubiansoul.com/etbm/collaboration.html
The African American WebRing Collaboration's purpose is based on African American webring owners coming together, helping one another to promote the African American community on the net. Each webring represented offers something specific/different in the African American community.
Recommended U.S. Latino Websites
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~savega/us_latin.htm
Chicano/Latino Net
http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu
LatinoVote
http://www.latinovote.com
This website is a product of political junkies interested in all things relevant to the Latino community. This site was built to be a source for those interested in learning more about this new voting block called the USA Latino Vote. Issues pertaining to LGBT latinos, voter registration, election scandals, and links to Latino news channels and organizations are available on this site.
Beginning Library Research on Asian American Studies
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/adams/shortcu/asam.html
Asian American Resources from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This site lists the social organizations, media outlets, and Asian American events that have websites.
Asian American Feminists
http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/AsAm.html
This page includes information on these areas in Asian American feminism: General Information, Aesthetics, History, Literature, and Politics.
Anti-Racism Website Links
http://www.nstu.ns.ca/violence/web3.htmlERaM: Ethnicity, Racism and Media Discussion Forum
http://www.code1.com/cybercolonies/eram/index.htm
The purpose of this forum is to identify, examine and separate the myths about the role and portrayal of ethnicity and race in the media.
The Multiracial Activist
http://www.multiracial.com/links/links-civilrights.html
LGBT and Sexual Orientation Issues
Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
http://www.glsen.org
GLSEN is the leading national organization fighting to end anti-gay bias in K-12 schools. Their website contains a large collection of recent and archived news clippings, a library of resources for purchase, lesson plans, and activist information regarding how to combat homophobia within
schools.American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): Lesbian and Gay Rights
http://www.aclu.org/issues/gay/hmgl.html
This website offers chances to contact national legislators, sign up for e-mail updates, and search through legislative archives. Resources and training on school safety for LGBT youth is also available.
The Massachusetts Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth
http://www.state.ma.us/gcgly/
The Commission works in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Education and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to create school- and community-based programs focusing on suicide prevention, violence intervention, and the promotion of zero- tolerance policies regarding harassment and discrimination against gay and lesbian youth.
The Human Rights Campaign
http://www.hrc.org
This site offers many resources that focus on ending workplace discrimination, combating hate crimes, fighting HIV/AIDS, protecting families and working for better lesbian health. This site also offers political activist tools, such as the HRC's Action Center, where you can send messages to your U.S. senators and representatives on the issues you care about.
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
http://www.ngltf.org/index.cfm
The NGLTF website offers numerous resources, including tips for lobbying legislators, archives of policy initiatives, electoral strategy training, editorials and other news articles, and opportunities for fellowships and internships.
The Family Diversity Project
http://www.lovemakesafamily.org
This website provides information on a non-profit organization started by a photographer and writer who created a traveling photo exhibit on LGBT families. Since then, they have expanded their projects to include families of different racial and ethnic backgrounds and families living with mental illness. Clips from the exhibit and information on the organization are posted on the
site.Queer Resource Directory
http://www.qrd.org
This international website provides information on queer media, health, politics, legal matters, culture and history, queer youth and families, and directories of organizations, newsletters, etc.
Creating Safe Schools for Lesbian and Gay Students: A Resource Guide for School Staff
http://members.tripod.com/~twood/guide.html
This resource was developed by a Rhode Island-based organization, Youth Pride, Inc. This booklet is designed to not only give school staff many valuable resources, but also to provide practical suggestions for helping to reduce homophobia within our schools. The ultimate goal is to ensure the safety of all students.
Rhode Island Safe Schools Report
http://members.tripod.com/~twood/safeschools.htmlDiversity and Social Justice
The McGraw-Hill Multicultural Supersite
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/education/multi/
This site is a clearinghouse for numerous resources dealing with Multicultural educational practices and curriculum design. Sections include: definitions, curriculum transformation, intercultural activities, discussion forum and multicultural library/superlinks.
Multicultural Pavilion: Resources and Dialogues for Educators, Students and Activists
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/
This site provides film and book reviews, links to other multicultural organizations, quotes, and list serves to join. There are also opportunities to submit material to be posted on the website.
Rethinking Our Schools: An Urban Educational Journal On-Line
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/SpecPub/ROC2.htm
Informative educational and social justice journal designed by teachers and practitioners and created with a small number of staff, lots of volunteer passion, and hard work. It is geared for educators, activists, students and parents alike, with articles written by teachers, professors and often students as well. Their resources and links section is a "must see."
National Association for Multicultural Education
http://www.nameorg.org
Founded in 1990, NAME provides resources and support that help educators promote "a philosophy of inclusion that embraces the basic tenets of cultural pluralism," and "promoting cultural and ethnic diversity as a national strength."
National Coalition of Education Activists (NCEA)
http://members.aol.com/nceaweb/
NCEA is a multiracial network and membership organization of parents, school staff, union and community activists, and children's advocates working for equitable and excellent public schools. This organization provides networking and referral opportunities for activists and educators working on social justice issues within the educational system. They also develop and distribute materials on social justice issues.
Health and Prevention
American Medical Association
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/1947.html
This is the website for the American Medical Association's (AMA) Program on Child and
Adolescent Health. It lists additional links and resources and provides information on special adolescent health issues including: youth violence, tobacco, alcohol and the impact of the mass media.
American Public Health Association
http://www.apha.org
The American School Health Association
http://www.ashaweb.org
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion:
Adolescent and School Health
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/
Center for Disease Control (CDC) Office on Tobacco and Health: Tobacco Information and Prevention Source
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/
Child Welfare League of America
http://www.cwla.org
National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/default.htm
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
http://www.nichd.nih.gov
National Office for Victim Assistance
http://www.try-nova.org
Dr. Northrup's Site on Women's Health
http://www.drnorthrup.comYouth Development and Youth Activism
Media Literacy Review: Directory of Media Production Programs for Youth
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/mlr/V01N01/index.html
This page provides background information on various programs that focus on children and teens as media producers. This page provides links to international organizations engaged in working with young people to make books, films, videos, and multi-media materials.
Academy for Educational Development (AED)
http://www.aed.org/msieindex.html
Addresses human development needs in the U.S. and abroad. This site describes and links to many sites and programs related to youth development.AED Center for Youth Development
http://www.aed.org/msieindex.html
A service of the Academy for Educational Development (AED), this organization provides public education, research, and policy formulation to expand opportunities and support systems for disadvantaged youth.WireTap: the Magazine
http://www.alternet.org/wiretapmag/about.html
WireTap provides readers with a weekly index of investigative news articles and provocative personal essays by and about young people that challenge stereotypes of race, gender, sexuality and lifestyle. WireTap is also a portal for other youth media groups. Their Youth Network page provides visitors with a map of existing youth media -- including high school and college newspapers around the country -- with short descriptions, contact info and direct links to their websites.
Connect for Kids
http://www.connectforkids.org
Offers opportunities to join and share ideas on children's issues such as public policy, statistics, and how to act on children's issues.National Network for Youth
http://www.nn4youth.org
Develops and advocates community strategies that promote positive youth development through its direct, regional, and state membership.Safe and Drug Free Schools: Preventing Youth Hate Crime booklet
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/HateCrime/start.htmlViolence Prevention
Safe and Drug Free Schools
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/
Serves as the federal government's primary vehicle for preventing drug use and violence among youth through school-based education and prevention activities. Provides a comprehensive approach through a state formula grant program that funds state and local education agencies and governors, and funds discretionary initiatives that respond to emerging national needs. This agency also collaborates with other federal agencies and organizations to develop national prevention initiatives. Develops and distributes prevention materials (print and video) to educators, administrators, parents, and others, free of charge. These materials can be obtained by calling 1-800-624-0100, or by e-mail from the Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program website.
Violence Prevention Links and Resources
http://www.save.addr.com/violence_prevention_links.htm
Youth Violence: A Report from the Surgeon General
http://www.mentalhealth.org/youthviolence/surgeongeneral/SG_Site/home.html
This report covers the magnitude of "youth violence," the developmental factors that influence this dynamic, the risk factors involved and the methods and strategies for prevention and intervention.
Stop School Violence
http://www.stopviolence.com/school.htm
This website is an excellent place to find background on the specific school shooting incidents, read gripping editorials that gained national attention with their perspective on being an "outsider," and search through pieces on the corporate media coverage and school violence hype.
SCRE: Bullying at School
http://www.scre.ac.uk/bully/
The Scottish Council on Research in Education's website provides many tools for educators and parents-- and even young people-- to intervene, prevent and deal with bullying in schools. Many of the resources pertain to Scotland or Europe as the movement to curb bullying is much more advanced in Europe, but are useful to anyone.
Committee for Children: Bullying and Sexual Harassment in Schools
http://www.cfchildren.org/PUbully.html
An article examining bullying and sexual harassment from a social-emotional perspective.
North Carolina Center for the Prevention of School Violence
http://www.ncsu.edu/cpsv/SVLinks.htm
National School Safety Center
http://www.nssc1.org
Provides technical assistance, legal and legislative aid, publications, films, and national focus for cooperative solutions that help combat problems of crime and violence in schools.Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org
Provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to develop, implement and support effective juvenile delinquency and victimization prevention programs.
Partnerships Against Violence NET (PAVNET) Online
http://www.pavnet.org
A "virtual library" of information about violence and youth-at-risk, representing data from seven different federal agencies and offering resources relevant at the state and local levels.The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV)
http://www.colorado.edu/Research/cspv/
CSPV works from a multi-disciplinary platform on the subject of violence. It facilitates the building of bridges between the research community, the practitioners, and policy makers. CSPV has a threefold mission. It offers a three-prong approach by collecting information, providing technical assistance and conducting data analysis.Back to Top
Education and Curriculum DevelopmentNational Education Association
http://www.nea.org
The National PTA
http://www.pta.org
National School Boards Association
http://www.nsba.org