The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications

The ACEJMC evaluates "professional journalism and mass communications programs in colleges and universities."

Do note that "ACEJMC does not accredit programs leading to the Ph.D., which is considered a research (and not a professional) degree."

Also note that accreditation is "a system of voluntary self-assessment and external review." Therefore, many excellent schools are accredited by groups OTHER THAN the ACEJMC.

The site offers a useful List of Accredited Programs.

The Advertising Educational Foundation

The aef is a non-profit foundation whose mission is to be "the industry's clearinghouse, repository and distribution force for educational information and materials to improve the perception and understanding of the social, historical, cultural and economic role of advertising."

Their web site is an excellent resource for students and educators alike.

The Boston Cultural Studies Project

Center for Media Literacy

Cultural Environment Movement

Disinformation

"Launched on September 13, 1996, Disinformation was designed to be the search service of choice for individuals looking for information on current affairs, politics, new science and the 'hidden information,' that seldom seems to slip through the cracks of the corporate-owned media conglomerates. [Since then,] Disinformation has become a leading source for original writing and reporting."

Be sure to read one contribution, an article titled george gerbner and the cultural environment movement

Media Awareness Network

PopCultures.com (a.k.a. Sarah Zupko's Cultural Studies Center)

PopMatters: The magazine of global culture

Screen Actors Guild Fights for Equality

This section of the Screen Actors Guild website details SAG's ongoing fight for equality and affirmative action.

Three studies commissioned by SAG are fully available on the site, including Casting the American Scene: Fairness and Diversity in American Television, a 1997 (?) report by George Gerbner