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A media literacy organization for teachers, parents, and children teaching basic, visual, and technological literacy and encouraging young people to think critically.
www.justthink.org
A nonprofit, public interest organization dedicated to investigative reporting on the public relations industry.
www.prwatch.org
A nonprofit organization devoted to media research and the production of resources to aid educators and others in fostering analytical media literacy.
www.mediaed.org
National advocate for media literacy education. Develops and distributes books, videos, teaching materials and other programs that promote critical thinking about the media.
www.medialit.org
Guides and resources to encourage, promote, and develop Media Education in schools across Canada.
interact.uoregon.edu
New Mexico Media Literacy Project
Offers training and materials in support of media literacy. Group's mission is to cultivate critical thinking and activism in media culture.
www.nmmlp.org
Helps families, schools, and communities defend themselves against commercialism, advertising, and marketing. Campaigns focus on culture, education, government, and economy. Includes ideas for action, mailing list, news, and research library.
www.commercialalert.org
Free Minds Online: Responsible Journalism on the Web
On the Internet, we are all the media. Suggestions for evaluating information before you pass it on; links to valuable information sites; discussion groups.
www.angelfire.com
Essays and media criticism intended to reveal the hidden meanings in TV, film, science fiction, theme parks, virtual realities, politics, advertising and news.
www.transparencynow.com
Research, information and materials by media literacy speaker and consultant Peter DeBenedittis, Ph.D.
www.medialiteracy.net
Project Literacy Among Youth (PLAY)
A not-for-profit sponsorship of media literacy among youth. A scholarly yet practical experimentation with the ways in which all communication technologies can and do shape the education of youth.
www.kidsplay.org
A bilingual, Canadian educational web site containing a wide range of copy-right cleared resources to help teachers integrate media literacy and web literacy into their classrooms.
www.media-awareness.ca
A free online magazine dedicated to media literacy for the entire family. Works to help children and adults not perpetuate stereotypes and generalizations about people of different backgrounds. Provides tips and activities that may help children and their parents become more open-minded media consumers.
medialiteracy01.tripod.com
Children's Media Project (CMP)
A non-profit art and education organization focusing on giving children and youth, parents and teachers, artists and media makers a space to use media critically and creatively.
www.childrensmediaproject.org
Richard Griffith's short lecture on TV wrestling summarizes many of the main theoretical points in contemporary media and the culture of "spectacle."
www.arts.auckland.ac.nz