Communication: Web Resources

The Ad*Access Project, funded by the Duke Endowment "Library 2000" Fund, presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955.

Site for full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation's Archive of American Television produces extensive video oral history interviews with television legends of all professions and makes them available free online.

The Center exposes people to the issues, the ethics, the influential people, and the creative products that define the media business.

The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable.

The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It does so by conducting public opinion polling and social science research; by analyzing news coverage; and by holding forums and briefings.

Established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, the National Film Preservation Board, a program at the Library of Congress, works to ensure the survival, conservation and increased public availability of America's film heritage. Essays are written by film scholars and critics.

The ACA is a not-for-profit virtual professional association with actual presence in the world of communication scholars and practitioners.

ICA is an academic association for scholars interested in the study, teaching, and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication.

The National Communication Association advances communication as the discipline that studies all forms, modes, media and consequences of communication through humanistic, social scientific and aesthetic inquiry.

The News Media Alliance is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. The organization was founded in 1992 through a merger of seven associations serving the newspaper industry and was originally known as the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). Their work focuses on the key challenges and opportunities of today’s news environment: Freedom of the press, public policy and legal matters, advertising growth, new revenue streams and audience development across all platforms.

PRSA is the world’s largest and foremost organization of public relations professionals.