Communication: Selected Websites

Browse the website's online Reading Room to find a wide array of articles and papers on topics like advertising, media advocacy, health issues, and media literacy in the home.

In addition to documenting journalists who are killed, imprisoned, or missing in action, the CPJ produces an annual report called "Attacks on the Press" that summarizes assaults on press freedom in individual countries.

This free online reference provides guidance on how to find, interpret, and present statistics in order to enhance the quality of journalistic news writing. Some helpful case studies are included.

This Canadian organization's website offers a variety of resources related to media and Internet literacy. Look under Digital and Media Literacy for summary reports on hot topics.

This group reports on the state of American journalism and analyses media coverage of current events. See the Analysis section for in-depth discussions of the latest media trends.

This resource from the Pew Research Center provides a series of tables that document corporate ownership in the media, including newspapers, TV, radio, and online.

A project between Harvard's Business School and their Institute for Quantitative Social Science. It's goal is to gather research on news media to find ways to "rebalance truth, privacy and power in the media industry". Includes indexes of Media ownership and even political contributions by media owners/outlets.