Organizations

Organizations

Organizations Links

• Consumer Project on Technology Advocates for public interest in telecommunications and technology policies.
  
• Federal Communications Bar Association The Federal Communications Bar Association is an organization of attorneys and other professionals, involved in the development, interpretation and practice of communications law and policy.
  
• Center For Media Education The Center for Media Education (CME) is a national non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of the electronic media, especially for families.
  
• World Association of Community Broadcasters Represents international community-based broadcasters.
  
• Parents Television Council PTC acts to bring positive, family-oriented television programming to the US entertainment industry. Site includes organization information and news, individual action projects, and viewing recommendations of current family-oriented programming.
  
• Media Action International Aims to promote a more effective use of the media to help local populations in crises and to strengthen the role of information in humanitarian and development initiatives.
  
• World Press Freedom Committee The WPFC is a group of national and international news media organizations monitoring, advocating, and coordinating efforts to promote a free press.
  
• Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law Media research center affiliated with University of Minnesota.
  
• TV Talk An organization run by kids with the purpose of censoring children's TV shows of sex, violence, homosexuality, and swear words.
  
• Committee of Concerned Journalists The Committee of Concerned Journalists is a consortium of reporters, editors, academics and others worried about the future of journalisism, and who promote dialogue to discuss these issues.
  
• Center for Media and Public Affairs Media analysis, research and educational resources from organization which conducts studies of the news and entertainment media.
  
• Baltic Media Centre Independent, non-profit foundation (NGO) promoting democracy and a peaceful international co-operation through the active participation of the media.
  
• Media Alliance Nonprofit membership organization dedicated to advancing independent media in New York State by expanding resources, support, and audiences for the media arts.
  
• Rocky Mountain Media Watch News, information, research studies and other resources from advocacy organization that is highly critical of mainstream media.
  
• The Brechner Center A Freedom of Information center and a source for media law developments in the State of Florida, with research, publishing, and educational activities at the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida.
  
• The European Broadcasting Union The EBU is the largest professional association of national broadcasters in the world. Negotiates and advocates for interests of public broadcasters in Europe.
  
• Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) An NGO in southern Africa, whose work focuses on the promotion of free, independent and diverse media, as envisaged in the 1991 Windhoek Declaration.
  
• National Association of Broadcasters News, position statements, research, information and resources from major industry organization of broadcasters.
  
• Cultural Environment Movement International coalition of over 250 organizations and 6300 individuals united in working for gender equity and general diversity in mass media employment, ownership and representation.
  
• CleanAirwaves.com Site advocating family values and decency in the media. Includes links to contact media, and other resources.
  
• Christian Media News Christian organization that monitors coverage of issues, and advocates for incresed Bibical influence and Christian participation in secular media.
  
• Project for Excellence in Journalism Project for Excellence in Journalism, an initiative by journalists to clarify and raise the standards of American journalism.
  
• Botswana Media Consultative Council (BMCC) A non-profit, non-government organization promoting the democratic development of multi-media in Botswana.
  
• Economic TeleDevelopment Forum - Home Page Economic TeleDevelopment Forum is a source of policy and research on the direct relationship between telecommunications infrastructure investment and community economic development
  
• The International Communications Forum Organisation dedicated to upholding high standards of ethics in the media