RESEARCH FINDINGS
Kaiser Family Foundation
Kids Use of Internet
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
PBS Media Literacy Web Site for kids
New York Times Lesson Plans (type in Media Studies as the search criteria)
Instructional Materials in Media Literacy/Studies
On-Line Media Literacy Resources
Media Literacy Clearinghouse
Education World (type in media education in the search criteria)
Lesson Plans
Sample Lesson Plans
Media Literacy Resources @Web English Teacher
Media Web Quest
Media Literacy: The Power of Image... A Television Commercial WebQuest
Teaching Media (Grades K-8)/ Media Awareness Network
Media Literacy Clearinghouse
KQED.org: Education Network
MediaChannel
Media Literacy Story Unit Lesson Plans
Video Production Activities
DIVERSITY
Diversity on Television
BET Home
Who Gets to Tell a Black Story?
Blood, Gore, Sex and Now: Race
The Hurt Between the Lines
CBS Promises more diversity on TV
Minority groups mend rift over TV diversity
NAMIC – The National Association of Minorities in Communications
Children Now: Study Finds Race and Racial Difference Largely Ignored on Prime Time
TOOLS
Glossary of Media Terms
Gloarry of Media Terms 2
Marshal McLuhan Encarta Article
CNN Videoselect
TV Guide
ORGANIZATIONS
Children NOW
Children NOW – Children and the Media Webcast/Chat Videos
Annenberg Public Policy Center
Nielsen Media Research
National Association of Broadcasters
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Home Page
Media Awareness Network: For Educators
PBS Teacher Source
The Museum of Television and Radio
Adbusters: Magazine
Center for Media and Public Affairs
National Cable Television Association
Maryland Public Television
Discovery for Teachers
Resources for Teachers from Nickelodeon.com
Cable in the Classroom
SITING SOURCES
Documenting Electronic Sources
Practicle Steps in Documenting Internet Resources
CELEBRITIES AS MULITIMEDIA COMPANIES
George Lucas
Oprah
Mickey Mouse
Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan IMAX Movie
JFK Jr.
Jennifer Lopez
Biography.com
MCLUHAN
McLuhan, Marhsal – Discovery.School.com
McLuhan, Marshal - Britannica
The Marshal McLuhan Center on Global Communications
McLuhan, Marshal - Encarta
Adbusters: Lower Education
Adbusters: Creative Resistance Contest
SOCIALLY RESP. MEDIA
Children Now: Study Finds Race and Racial Difference Largely Ignored on Prime Time
Children Now Publications
Annenberg Publications
NCR: Teen Violence: Does Violent Media make Violent Kids?
GoLive Cyberstudio: V-Chip
Full Metal Dust Jacket: Books are Violent Too
The Internet Vs. The First Amendment
Sesame Street Workshop’s Partners
MTV’s Pro-Social Campaign: Fight For Your Rights
Nickelodeon’s Pro-Social Campaign: The Big Help
VH1’s Pro-Social Campaign: Save the Music
MEDIA THROUGH YEARS
Nick at Nite/TV Land
Time 100: Scientists and Thinkers – Philo Farnsworth
Introduction: The Farnsworth Chronicles
Early TV Recordings: Silvatone 1933
TV Weekend: Take an Old hit, Make it New
Yahoo! News and Media>Televison>Shows
Tarzan: From Darwin to Disneyesque
The American Experience: Big Dream, Small Screens – TV Milestones
The American Experience: Big Dream, Small Screens – More about Sarnoff
The American Experience: The Telephone Timeline
The 1939 World’s Fair Gallery
The Museum of Television and Radio
National Cable Television Association
DiscoverySchool.com - Television
DiscoverySchool.com - Radio
DiscoverySchool.com - Printing
Britannica.com: The Family – Searching for True Values (on Television)
Lucent - Bell Laboratories – How the Internet Came to Be
The Internet: A Very Short Personal History
Philadelphia Online: 50 Years of TV
PUBLIC MEDIA VS. PAY
The 1900 House
National Public Radio - Britannica
Association of America’s Public Television Stations
Public Broadcasting Service - Britannica
Broadcasting operations - Britannica
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
NBC TV
Maryland Public Television
CBS
Nickelodeon
Sesame Street
Sesame Street’s partners
Noggin
AUTHENTICITY OF SOURCES
Practicle Steps in Documenting Internet Resources
Disputed Holocaust Book Withdrawn
Whales in the Minnesota River?
About.com Short History of the Internet
The Kurt Vonnegut MIT Sunscreen Speech Hoax
National Geographic - Mars
Mars Attacks
PRODUCT PLACEMENT/SPONSORSHIP
The Hype is With Us: The Lucas Empire is Invading
Apple and LucasFilm Feel the Force is Within Them
NabiscoWorld Homepage
Adbusters: Raffi Talks Back
Captive Kids: A Report on Commercial Pressures on Kids at Schools
Tobacco Product Placement
Smoking in Movies
International Promotions Product Placement
Entertainment Resources and Marketing Association
Product Placement Benefits
CBS News Homepage (note commercialization/sponsorship on site)
ADVERTISING
“Lord of the Rings” Taps the Net to Build Excitement for Film
The Hype is With Us: The Lucas Empire is Invading
Special –Interest Groups Widening Political Attack Ads
The Subliminal Scares: FCC’s 1984 Statement on Subliminals
PBS – Dissect an Ad
Nabisco World Homepage
German Scientists Turn from Slogans to Jingles
BadAds
As We Go to the Movies, So Are America’s Advertisers
Adbusters: Lower Education
Marketing - Britannica
International Promotions Product Placement – Promotional Opportunities
Subliminal Advertising
Subliminal Advertising Presidential Election Issue Arises
Internet Advertising Report
Absolut Subliminal
Subliminal Cartoon
WHY PEOPLE DO MEDIA
Reading the News in Inkless Cyberspace
Television – DiscoverySchool.com
Why People Watch TV from Media and Communications Study Site
The Internet: The Promise of One to One (A Love Story)
BIG PLAYAS
FCC Chairman
Viacom
Adbusters - Meme
Adbusters - Corporations
Television – DiscoverySchool.com
AOL_TimeWarner
AOL-Time Warner Merger
FCC Opens Hearing on AOL TimeWarner Merger
NBC Joins Attack on AOL - TimeWarner
Disney Takes Merger Fears to FCC
Disney ABC Merger
Vivendi Universal
Bertelsmann Homepage
STATISTICS
Annenberg Publications
Children Now: Publications
Measuring the Ethnic Television Audience - Neilsen
Nielson Media Research
Quick Fax
The Gallup Organization
MECHANICS
Telephone – DiscoverySchool.com
Television – DiscoverySchool.com
Internet – DiscoverySchool.com
Internet Service Provider – DiscoverySchool.com
Radio – DiscoverySchool.com
Printing – DiscoverySchool.com
Television – Britannica
Internet - Britannica
TRADES
Entertainment Weekly
Variety
Media Week
Billboard
WIRED
TV Guide
Bacons
Advertising Age
TelcomClick
Inside.com
Wireless Week
RATINGS
Nielsen Media Research
Television – DiscoverSchool.com
Nielsen - Britannica
Television Ratings - Britannica
Radio - Britannica
GENERAL MEDIA LIT
The Alliance for A Media Literate America
Teaching Media Literacy
Eight Key Concepts for Media Education
Products
Nielsen Media Research
Teach With Movies
Media Literacy Project - Babson
South Carolina's MGSSPI's study of media literacy skills
literacy
PTA – Media Literacy
Understanding McLuhan
BOOKS/CDS
Middle School Resources
Products
PERSPECTIVE SHAPERS
Debate over Milk: Time to Look at Facts
National Dairy Council
Got Milk?
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Meat Stinks: Vegetarian Living Factsheets
Oprah and Mad Cow Disease
Beef.com
Vegetarian.com
Why Files about Mad Cow Disease – Can’t happen here?