An extensive list of Mass Communication internet resources, including links to government, print, broadcast, music, public relations and advertising web sites.
Understanding Mass Media
The Print Media
The Electronic Media
Advertising and Public RelationsOtherUnderstanding Mass MediaGovernment/Unions/Trade Groupswww.ampas.org/ampas/
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
www.emmys.org/Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
www.afionline.org/American Film Institute
www.aftra.com/
AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists)
www.entertainet.com/dfwactors
AFTRA Dallas-Ft. Worth
www.aftraseattle.com/
AFTRA Seattle
www.cpb.org/
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
www.fcc.gov/
Federal Communications Commission
www.ftc.gov/
Federal Trade Commission
www.mpaa.org/
MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America; this is the group that, among other things, assigns ratings to movies)
www.nabj.org/
National Association of Black Journalists
www.nab.org/
National Association of Broadcasters
www.natpe.com/
National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE)
www.wga.org/Writers Guild of America (WGA is the union for television and film writers)
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Internships/Jobs in Media www.nbc.com/jobs/internships.html
NBC
www.awl.com/hrd/
Addison Wesley Longman
www.nationjob.com:80/conde
Conde Nast Publications
http://hmco.hrdpt.com/cgi-bin/a/searchjobs_quick.cgi
Houghton Mifflin Company
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The Print Mediahttp://reporter.umd.edu/
A Journalist's Guide to the Internet
Book Publisherswww.aw.com/
Addison Wesley Longman
www.baen.com/
Baen Books
www.harpercollins.com/
Harper Collins
www.hmco.com/
Houghton Mifflin Co.
www.hyperionbooks.com/
Hyperion/Walt Disney Books
www.aw.com/longman.html
Longman Publishers USA
www.mcp.com/
Macmillan
www.prenhall.com/
Prentice Hall
www.SimonSays.com/
Simon & Schuster
www.tor.com/
Tor Books
www.tor.com/imprints.html
A really good explanation of the concept of book publishers' "imprints," as well as some insight into the business concerns that shape the structure of a book publishing company
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Bookstores Onlinewww.abcbooks.com/
A Book Collector's Bookstore (Novato, California)
www.bookstore.com/
A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books (San Francisco)
www.amazon.com/
Amazon.com Books (Seattle)
www.Barnesandnoble.com/
Barnes and Noble
www.bookpassage.com/
Book Passage, Inc. (Corte Madera, California)
www.booksmith.com/
The Booksmith (San Francisco)
www.borders.com/
Borders
www.codysbooks.com/
Cody's Books (Berkeley, California)
http://futfan.com/
Future Fantasy
www.needleworkbooks.com/
Hard-To-Find Needlework Books (Newton, Massachusetts)
www.keplers.com/
Kepler's Books (Palo Alto, California)
http://moesbooks.com/
Moe's Books (Berkeley, California)
www.mystgalaxy.com/
Mysterious Galaxy (San Diego, California)
www.dnai.com/~ochobbit
Other Change of Hobbit (Berkeley, California)
http://portal.mbnet.mb.ca/pandora/
Pandora's Books Ltd. (Altona, Manitoba) (specializes in SF and fantasy books)
www.io.com/~aylott/
The Space Crime Continuum (Northampton, Massachusetts) (specializes in SF and mysteries)
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Newspaperswww.asahi.com
Asahi Shimbun (Japan)
www.bangkokpost.net/
Bangkok Post (Thailand)
www.berlinonline.de/
Berliner Zeitung (Berlin, Germany)
www.bhip.com/
Bradenton (Florida) Herald
www.suntimes.com The Chicago Sun-Times
www.chicago.tribune.com
The Chicago Tribune
http://enquirer.com/
Cincinnati Enquirer
www.cpcn.com/
City Paper (Philadelphia)
www.dallasnews.com:80/
Dallas Morning News
www.detnews.com/
Detroit News
www.guardian.co.uk/
The Guardian (London, England)
www.chron.com/
The Houston Chronicle
www.irish-times.com/
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
www.ptconnect.com/
Long Beach (California) Press-Telegraph
www.latimes.com/
The Los Angeles Times
www.herald.com/
The Miami Herald
www.montrealgazette.com/
Montreal Gazette (Montreal, PQ, Canada)
www.nationalenquirer.com/
The National Enquirer
www.nytimes.com/
The New York Times
www.ocregister.com/
The Orange County Register (California)
www.phillynews.com/
The Philadelphia Inquirer / Daily News
www.pioneerplanet.com/
St. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneer Press
www.sfgate.com/chronicle/index.shtml
The San Francisco Chronicle
www.sjmercury.com/
San Jose Mercury News
www.scrantontimes.comScranton Times and Tribune
(Scranton, Pennsylvania)
www.seattle-pi.com
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
www.seatimes.com/Seattle Times
www.scmp.com/South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
www.startribune.com/The Star-Tribune (Minneapolis)
www.the-times.co.uk/The Times (London, England)
www.GlobeAndMail.CA/Toronto Globe and Mail (Toronto, ON, Canada)
www.canoe.ca/TorontoSun/Toronto Sun (Toronto, ON, Canada)
www.usatoday.com/USA Today
www.wsj.com/The Wall Street Journal
www.villagevoice.com/Village Voice
www.washingtonpost.com/The Washington Post
www.washtimes.com/The Washington Times
www.welt.de/Die Welt (Berlin, Germany)
www.itar-tass.com/ITAR-TASS News Service
www.reuters.com/Reuters (Wire Service)
www.shns.com/Scripps Howard News Service
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Magazineswww.adage.com/Advertising Age
www.theatlantic.com/The Atlantic Monthly
www.barrons.com/Barrons
www.broadcastingcable.com/Broadcasting & Cable/Broadcasting & Cable International
www.caranddriver.com/Car and Driver
www.commarts.com/index.htmlCommunication Arts
http://travel.epicurious.com/Conde Nast Traveler
www.economist.com/The Economist
www.ellemag.com/Elle
http://pathfinder.com/@@fU4wkgQAU2Z1aRXP/ew/Entertainment Weekly
www.pathfinder.com/fortune/Fortune
www.georgemag.com/George
www.thn.com:80/The Hockey News
www.hollywoodreporter.com/The Hollywood Reporter
www.hotwired.com/HotWired
www.inquisitor.com/Inquisitor
www.pathfinder.com/life/Life
http://mmnewsstand.com/static/products/191/index.htmlHarper's Bazaar
www.pathfinder.com/moneyMoney
www.mojones.com/Mother Jones
www.townhall.com/nationalreview/The National Review
www.omnimag.com/Omni
www.popularmechanics.com/Popular Mechanics
www.rollingstone.com/Rolling Stone
www.skypub.com/Sky and Telescope
www.sofmag.com/Soldier of Fortune
http://Southern-Living.com/Southern Living
http://cnnsi.comSports Illustrated
http://sikids.com/index.htmlSports Illustrated Kids
www.pathfinder.com/time/Time
www.pathfinder.com/Time Warner's Pathfinder
www.tvguide.com/TV Guide
www.usnews.com/US News & World Report
www.variety.comVariety
www.vibe.com/Vibe
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The Electronic MediaMusicwww.alligator.com/Alligator Records
www.atlantic-records.com/Atlantic Records
www.island.net/~blues/arhoolie.htmlArhoolie Records
www.bmg.de:80/BMG (Note: some of this is in German)
www.monsterbit.com/candyass/Candy Ass Records
www.hollywoodandvine.com/Capitol Records
www.geffen.com/Geffen Records
www.mcarecords.com/MCA Records
www.rcavictor.com/RCA Records
www.repriserec.com/Reprise Records
www.rhino.com/Rhino Records
www.rounder.com/Rounder Records
www.rykodisc.com/Rykodisc
www.music.sony.com/Music/Sony Music
www.subpop.com/Sub Pop Records
www.vmg.co.uk/Virgin Records
www.wbr.com/Warner Music
www.ascap.com/ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers -- a composers' rights organization that oversees the collection and payment of royalties to member composers)
http://bmi.com/BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated -- another composers' rights organization)
www.iuma.com/Internet Underground Music Archive
http://kzsu.stanford.edu/eklein/Underground Music Database
www.umo.com/Underground Music Online
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Film Industrywww.castle-rock.com/Castle Rock Pictures
www.disney.com/Disney (also Buena Vista)
www.flf.com/Fine Line Features
www.mca.com/MCA
www.mgmua.com/MGM/United Artists
www.miramax.com/Miramax Films
www.newline.com/New Line Cinema
www.paramount.com/Paramount Pictures
www.spe.sony.com/Pictures/index.htmlSony Pictures
http://showbiz.starwave.com/showbiz/Starwave's Mr. Showbiz
www.trimarkpictures.com:80/Trimark Pictures
www.FoxMovies.com/Twentieth Century Fox
www.mca.com/universal_picturesUniversal Pictures (MCA)
www.viewaskew.com/View Askew Productions
www.movies.warnerbros.com/Warner Bros.
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Broadcast Networkswww.abctelevision.comABC
www.abc.net.auAustralian Broadcasting Corp.
www.bbc.co.ukBBC (British Broadcasting Corp)
www.cbc.caCBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp.)
www.CBS.comCBS
www.cplus.frCanal + (France)
www.NBC.com/NBC
www.nhk.or.jp/index-e.htmlNHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.)
www.foxnetwork.com/Fox
www.foxnews.comFox News
www.pbs.org/PBS
www.rte.ie/Radio Telefis Eireann (Republic of Ireland)
www.rtl.lu/Radio Television Luxembourg
www.seven.com.au/Seven Network Australia
www.televisa.comTelevisa (Mexico)
www.tcs.com.sgTelevision Corporation of Singapore
www.upn.com/UPN (United Paramount Network)
www.tv.warnerbros.com/WB Cable Networks
www.wrn.org/World Radio Network (WRN)
www.betnetworks.com/BET (Black Entertainment Television)
www.bravo.ca/bravo.htmlBravo
www.cnn.comCNN
www.c-span.org/C-SPAN
www.cinemax.com/Cinemax
www.comcentral.comComedy Central
www.courttv.com/Court TV
www.discovery.com/Discovery Channel
www.eonline.com/E! Entertainment Television
http://ESPNET.SportsZone.com/ESPNET SportsZone
www.fxnetworks.com/Fox's fX
www.thegolfchannel.comThe Golf Channel
www.hbo.com/HBO
www.lifetimetv.com/Lifetime
www.msnbc.com/msNBC
www.mtv.com/MTV
www.nick.com/Nickelodeon
http://nickatnitestvland.com/Nick at Nite's TV Land
www.scifi.com/Science Fiction Channel
www.showtimeonline.com/Showtime
www.sundancechannel.com/Sundance Channel
www.vh1.com/VH1
www.weather.com/twc/Weather Channel
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Television Stationswww.kcpq.com/KCPQ (Seattle)
www.keyt.com/KEYT (Santa Barbara, California)
www.kgtv.com/KGTV (San Diego)
www.infi.net/vegas/onlineKLAS (Las Vegas)
www.kpix.com/KPIX (San Francisco)
www.kron.com/KRON (San Francisco)
www.ktmd.com/KTMD (Houston)
www.kttc.com/KTTC (Rochester, Minnesota)
www.kxas.com/KXAS (Dallas/Ft. Worth)
www.kxtv10.com/KXTV (Sacramento, California)
http://teletel.co.il/gimmel/Reshet Gimmel (Israel)
http://wbz.com/tv/WBZ (Boston)
www.nbc10.com/WCAU (Philadelphia)
www.wcco.com/WCCO (Minneapolis)
www.wcvb.com/WCVB (Boston)
www.wdiv.comWDIV (Detroit)
www.wfla.comWFLA (Tampa)
www.wfsb.com/WFSB (Hartford, Connecticut)
www.whtm.com/WHTM (Harrisburg)
www.nbc5chi.com/WMAQ (Chicago)
www.newschannel4.com/WNBC (New York)
www.wndu.com/WNDU (South Bend, Indiana)
www.wnep.com/WNEP (Scranton, Pennsylvania)
www.wphltv.com/WPHL (Philadelphia)
www.wpvi.com/WPVI (Philadelphia)
www.wral-tv.com/WRAL (Raleigh, North Carolina)
www.nbc4dc.com/WRC (Washington, D.C.)
www.wtaetv.com/WTAE (Pittsburgh)
www.nbc6.nbc.com/WTVJ (Miami)
www.wyou.com/WYOU (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania)
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/BBC World Service (U.K. - Shortwave)
www.dwelle.de/english/Welcome.htmlDeutsche Welle Radio TV International (Germany)
www.kcrw.org/KCRW (Santa Monica, California)
www.kfog.com/KFOG-FM (San Francisco / San Jose)
www.kisw.com/KISW-FM (Seattle)
www.z100portland.com/KKRZ-FM (Portland, Oregon)
www.littlesaigon.com/radio/radio.htmLittle Saigon Radio & Television (Orange County, California) (an example of a specialized ethnic broadcaster)
www.npr.orgNational Public Radio
www.pri.orgPublic Radio International
www.radiobras.gov.brRadiobras (Brazil)
www.rcs.com.sg/Radio Corporation of Singapore
www.sr.se/rs/index.htmRadio Sweden
www.2bs.ix.net.au/Stereo 2BS Bathurst (Bathurst, NSW, Australia) (home of an Annenberg faculty member)
www.wbcn.com/WBCN-FM (Boston)
http://wbz.com/radio/WBZ-AM (Boston)
http://newsradio88.com/WCBS (New York)
www.westwoodone.com/Westwood One Radio Networks
www.wgst.com/WGST-AM/FM (Atlanta)
www.wmmr.com/WMMR (Philadelphia)
www.y100.com/WPLY (Y-100 - Philadelphia)
www.wpst.com/WPST (Philadelphia)
www.wqam.comWQAM-AM (Miami)
www.wrlt.com/WRLT-FM (Nashville)
www.xpn.org/WXPN (Philadelphia) (Unofficial site)
http://jdbshow.com/WYSP(Philadephia)
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Advertising and Public Relationswww.adnetadvertising.com/Adnet Advertising Agency
www.xcentric.com/Centric Advertising
www.chiatday.com/factoryChiat/Day Inc.
www.coxadvertising.com/Cox Advertising
www.dnaadv.com/DNA Advertising
www.jwtworld.com/J. Walter Thompson
www.martinagency.com/The Martin Agency
www.petrynetwork.com/Petry Interactive
www.hillandknowlton.com/Hill & Knowlton
www.mediarelations.com/Media Relations, Inc.
www.oar.org/Ogilvy Adams & Rinehart
www.porternovelli.com/Porter/Novelli Public Relations
www.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/
Corporate_Services/Public_Relations/Yahoo! Directory of Public Relations Companies
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Otherwww.bookweb.org/American Booksellers Association Bookweb
www.cahners.com/Cahners Publishing Co.
www.dccomics.com/DC Comics
http://showbiz.starwave.com/showbiz/Mr. Showbiz
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/curry/centers/multicultural/The Multicultural Pavilion
www.nabj.org/National Association of Black Journalists
www.unitedmedia.com/United Media
www.ampas.org/ampas/Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences -- this is the group that, among other things, hands out the Oscars
www.afionline.org/American Film Institute
http://cinemaspace.berkeley.edu/CinemaSpace
(UC Berkeley Film Studies Program)
www.hollywoodreporter.com/2/index.shtmlHollywood Hyperlink (a good page run by the Hollywood Reporter, with links to many studios, production, pre-production, and post-production companies, and even movie Web pages)
www.hollywood.com/Hollywood Online
www.iatse.com/IATSE (union for stagehands and grips)
www.mpaa.org/MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America; this is the group that, among other things, assigns ratings to movies)
www.ios.com/~nyfilm/New York Film & Video Guide
www.cs.virginia.edu/~bct7m/bacon.htmlThe Oracle of Bacon at Virginia (a fast, easy way to find out how many links there are between your
favorite actor/actress and Kevin Bacon!)
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