Cultural Studies and Critical Studies
American Cultural Studies Site This site links you to great interdisciplinary resources and databases including: Theory.Org, Cultural Studies and Critical Theory, Spoon Collective Theory Page (postmodernism), Feminist Theory, Black Cultural Studies, Cultural Studies Central, CULTSTUD-L (The Cultural Studies discussion list site with links to other CS resources), Sarah Zupko's Cultural Studies Center, and Teaching Culture in a Non-Linear Environment. DH.
Cultural Studies (University of Iowa) A very easy to navigate site for accessing cultural studies scholarship, CFPs, Links, and other web resources. DH.
Cultural Studies Center Database for all things Cultural Studies. DH.
The Journal of American Culture and The Journal of Popular Culture Dual membership in the American Culture Association and the Popular Culture Association entitles you to receive these two quarterly journals (eight annually) and CFP notifications for their regional and nationwide conferences. The Journal of American Culture features articles concerned with cultural production in North and South America. Although contributions tend to be more influenced by American studies than cultural studies, the journal is often peppered with scholarship involving issues of power, re-presentation, visibility, and depictions of alternate histories in the Americas. Under its current editorial guidance, I do not recommend its companion journal -- The Journal of Popular Culture -- on its own. JPC often casts so wide a net as to make its "popular culture" identity applicable to just about anything and everything. Theoretically, this is a reasonable application of the term, and, from this perspective JPC makes for the occasional interesting (albeit ironically jargony) read. But I would recommend ordering it in tandem with JAC. Both journals feature relevant book reviews and CFPs, and accept MLA submissions for articles and book reviews. PCA/ACA also hosts regional conferences throughout the year. DH.
Humanities net - Full interdisciplinary database
Humanities.net - Discussion lists only
Discussion
networks feature an endless array of topics - an excellent place to surf for
ideas. Also featured are jobs, reviews, CFPs, and funding sources. DH.
Post-colonialism Studies at Emory While neither as attractive nor navigable as the Iowa site(s), the Emory site makes up for it in exhaustiveness. From an overview of the field and its history to a glossary of key terms to biographies of numerous relevant authors, if it's post-colonialism; they've to it. Its diverse array of topical subsections cover everything from homophobia to performance art. DTS.
Rhetorical and Cultural Studies: Critical Theory This a small section of the amazing Online Communications Studies resources maintained by the University of Iowa. It is organized by theorist, including cute pictures of Adorno, Hall, and all your favorites. Each has a handful or relevant, well-maintained links to online information and resources on their work. It's manageable and well-maintained; a much easier starting point at times than a search of the web or a database. There's also a general resources section, which are primarily online journals. And then, when you're brave, start exploring the whole site; it's massive and but easily navigated. DTS.
Theory.org.uk A very kitsch and fun site (for scholars that usually take themselves way too seriously). That said, in addition to being the "go to" site to pick up your theorist trading cards, your Anthony Giddens Action Figure, or your Stuart Hall Encoding/Decoding 112-piece LEGO set, its a good site to visit if you're unfamiliar with the who's who in Media, Gender and Identity, and want to get an overview of the fields and how they overlap. DH.
Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture
Entertainment Media
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences at the Margaret Herrick Library in Los Angeles/Beverly Hills If you want to do archival research on films (from the silent era to the present) this library is a treasure. It houses everything from press clippings, promotional materials, fugitive film prints, to production correspondences, box office receipts, and much, much more. It's a great place to research a particular film, especially if you are looking for primary source material. Use the site to access its searchable motion picture credits database, database of all library holdings (both accessible and not accessible), current directory of filmmakers, managers and agents, casting directors, and actors, and much, much more. This is also THE first stop when investigating all things "Oscar." It has updates on current year nominations, how the Academy and nominating process works, and an Academy Awards database. DH.
Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film & Television Studies (Historians Film Committee, Popular Culture Center). HFC-F&H annually publishes print and CD-ROM journals. Topics for scholarship generated by F & H are themed - for example, "War in Film, Television, and History," "Latin America in Film," and "TV as Historian," which makes this site particularly useful for scholars engaged in site-specific Film and Television research. DH.
International Movie Database If you are doing any type of film research, IMDb should be one of your bookmarks. Search by actor, director, film title, year, or production company. It is rare to not find a distributed film (including international, independents) on this site. It will link you to awards, reviews, release dates (international), box office information, stills and trailers, fan sites (official and unofficial), merchandising links, promotional materials, and a lot more.DH
Flow Coordinated and edited by graduate students in the department of radio, TV, and film at the University of Texas-Austin. As the website says, "Flow's mission is to provide a space where researchers, teachers, students, and the public can read about and discuss the changing landscape of contemporary media at the speed that media moves." DW.
Games and Culture: A Journal of Interactive Media This journal first issue edited by Douglas Thomas, will be the first academic journal devoted entirely to game-related topics and is likely to be a good forum for the latest issues in entertainment studies.and will debut in January of 2006. It will "include the socio-cultural, political, and economic dimensions of gaming from a wide variety of perspectives... Other possible arenas include: gaming culture as related to race, class, gender, and sexuality; game development, textual and cultural analysis of games as artifacts, and issues of political economy and public policy in both US and international contexts. SKK.
Media Psychology This well-established journal features "theoretically oriented empirical research that is at the intersection of psychology and media communication." The articles in this journal are known for their high-quality of scholarship and their empirical research and they provide excellent data for evaluating current trends in the psychology of entertainment. SKK.
Media Studies Another great site for general and mixed resources, sponsored by the University of Iowa's Dept. of Communication Studies. If you are doing quantitative media research, the site has links to audience research groups including Arbitron,Audience Research Analysis, Claritas, MORI, Neilsen, Radio Research Consortium, SRI-VALS, and TRAC Media Services. DH.
Play On (Palo Alto Research Center) Play On is a joint project run by Mr. Yee and the Palo Alto Research Center on "exploring the social dimensions of virtual worlds." SKK.
Screen Site This is a useful site for scholars working in film and television media. In addition to discussion boards, CFPs, announcements, and links to scholarly film and television sites, it also maintains productivity tools for instructors and students, including media studies college programs, syllabi, fair use information, and a film and television encyclopedia for instructors and students. DH.
Terra Incognita Since massively multiplayer online games such as Everquest and World of Warcraft capture both the social communication and entertainment aspects of play, anyone interested in research might want to start with two websites. Terra Incognita was developed by a graduate student (Nicholas Yee) at Stanford University who has collected massive amounts of data about some of the key themes in entertainment research. SKK.
Field-wide
The Communication Initiative This website has been developed as a resource for people working in the field of communication and change and is a partnership of over 20 international organizations from around the world. Mission Statement: "Space to share, debate and innovate for more effective development communication practice." Some of The Communication Initiative activities that make it a valuable resource: An extensive website (summarized information related to communication for development), which includes: Baseline data from development and communication sectors, change theories -- good overviews of most social science theories related to change, an extensive listing of publications and reports, an extensive listing of Links to programs and organizations in the development and communication sectors, a listing of training opportunities within the development and communication sectors, a listing of vacancy opportunities within the development sector, a listing of consultants available for work within the development and communication sectors. Issue- and region-specific "windows" into The Communication Initiative website provides a point of entry from an issue (e.g., HIV/AIDS, Health Communication, Gender, Environment) or a particular region (e.g., South Asia) into the CI process and information. JC.
Communication Studies Resources (University of Washington) UW librarians organized internal and external researches resources by topic area. While much of it is UW restricted access, the overall navigation is highly coherent and usable, much more than other com-info websites. Includes searching for books, articles, journals, transcripts and videos; electronic journals, and an ongoing collection of links organized by topic (cinema, political rhetoric, etc.). DTS.
Communication Studies (Trinity)
Conference Papers- 2005 ICA (International Communication Association) The links provide the full text of conference (ICA) papers. EL.
CRTNET Daily e-mails concerning all things communication are quite insightful, which can provide a number of research ideas. DW.
Electronic Journal of Communication
International Communications Association
MIT Communication Future Program
National Communication Association
Nettime Nettime is a very long-standing email list (it's been around since 1995) that is a heady mix of critical theory, science and technology studies, tech activism, cultural studies, new media art, event-scenes and propaganda critique, and so on. It has subscribers from all over the world, probably a majority from the EU, and a mix of academics, activists, artists, tech geeks, and every combination thereof. The readers are print compilations of 'collaboratively filtered texts,' or keywords and extracts from mostly essay-length postings to the list during the course of the past decade. These texts are frequently among the most innovative and interesting in terms of 'speculative theory' in the field of communication, new media, and globalization. I highly recommend anyone interested in 'new media,' internet, mobile telephony, art, activism, globalization, representation, culture, critique, technology, etc. to subscribe to the list and read the readers. SCC.
Online Communication Studies Resources (U. Iowa)
Southern States Communication Association
Voice of the Shuttle Sponsored by UC Santa Barbara, this is a huge clearinghouse of sites used in interdisciplinary humanities research. Each subject area links you to area nodes with dozens of additional links to smaller databases specific to that topic. From art to gender to technology, this is the online "go to" resource that will save you hours of Google time. DH.
Western States Communication Association
Gender & Sexuality
Feminist Theory Website Hosted by the Center for Digital Discourse and Culture at Virginia Tech University, this site features three main components: Fields within and associated with Feminist Theory (31 listed), international feminisms (searchable by continent), and individual feminist scholars (searchable by name). Fairly decent site to brush up on binary-bound (first-wave) feminism. DH.
ONE Institute "World's largest research library on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,and Transgendered heritage and concerns. ONE is affiliated with but not governed by the University of Southern California." Amazing collection of more than queer interest - much material relevant to women's issues, pornography, military, L. A. history, etc. DTS.
Queer Theory A major interdisciplinary database and clearinghouse for all things queer theory. QT features academic resources, lists of colleges with gender and queer studies programs, books, topic links, calls for papers, and annual competitions. This is a great site for those wanting to explore queer theory and its applications, as well as those already knee-deep in QT. DH.
XY Online Masculinity Studies A fairly comprehensive list of Masculinity Studies resources has been compiled by Michael Flood for XY online. He has listed over 530 links ranging from health, the law, MS intersections with feminist theory, body image, sexuality, fatherhood, etc. as well as publications, organizations, and other helpful resources. If you are doing research in this area, this is a great place to begin your search for MS academic resources, MS theory, and individual scholar links. DH.
Global & Development
Global Media Journal An online journal that looks at international communication from all different perspectives, including diplomacy, advertising, culture, media economics, and visual communication. Besides publishing refereed and invited papers, it is also the official journal of the Global Fusion Consortium, and publishes selected papers from their yearly conference. They also have a special section devoted to publishing the work of graduate students. Instead of breaking down international communication into discrete portions (i.e. a journal on information and communication technologies and development, or a journal on international advertising), it attempts a synthesis of these fields of study in one publication. Including these papers in one journal emphasizes their cohesiveness and interaction. JM.
Incommunicado For those interested in the discussion of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D), both in terms of 'best practices' and featured communication development projects and in terms of a productive critique of the 'public-private-partnership' development industry paradigm, check out Incommunicado. SCC.
Institute for Global Ethics While a non-profit site, the Institute for Global Ethics approaches the issues of ethics and values by trying to elevate these issues and provide practical suggestions for incorporation. With a mission statement: "To promote ethical behavior in individuals, institutions, and nations through research, public discourse, and practical action," the Institute for Global Ethics publishes key white papers that are excellent resources on the topic of values, ethics, and the like. Academics are involved in working with the Institute and influence the thinking of the institution. Their work influences corporations, non-profits, students, etc. AB.
Institute of Development Studies Sussex UK This research webpage is organized thematically based on areas of research work. Each area not only provides ongoing research overview at IDS but more importantly lists websites and resources in that area of interest thus allowing one to navigate through to a whole host of academic and field resources. JC.
UNESCO Communication and Information
Health
Health and Science Communication Association
Healthy People 2010 Ch. 11 Health Communication
Interactive Health Communication, Glossary
Management
Media & Communication Technology
Blogs and Blogging Resources (UW) Scroll down past student blogs for a wide collection of links to blog software, measurement tools, articles, templates, etc.
Center for Digital Future - Internet Project
Cyberpsychology & Behavior This relatively young journal byline claims that the journal "explores the impact of the Internet, multi-media and virtual reality on behavior and society." Its pages have included many interesting articles regarding the psychology of entertainment, including one of the seminal articles concerning Internet addiction as a clinical phenomenon. Additionally, this journal has a very strong contingent of international contributors. SKK.
Information Technologies and International Development
New Media, Information and Knowledge Systems Readings / Resources (Harvard)
Pew Internet and American Life Project
Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies
The Telegrapher Web Page Research resources for the history of telegraphy and the work of women in the telegraph industry. DTS.
Unmediated When you just want to get your geek fix of all things fresh, new, and not yet utterly commodified in the media technology realm, see Unmediated. Lots of great tips and heads-up on next wave media tech. SCC.
Misc.
Autonomedia "is an autonomous zone for arts radicals in both old and new media. We publish books on radical media, politics and the arts that seek to transcend party lines, bottom lines and straight lines. We also maintain the Interactivist Info Exchange, an online forum for discourse and debate on themes relevant to the books we publish." SCC.
Organizational
Organizational Communication (University of San Francisco)
Political
American Journal of Political Science Published by the Midwest Political Science Association, the American Journal of Political Science , according to their web site seeks to publish on "notable theoretical concerns, puzzles, or controversies in any subfield of political science" Particularly useful for seeking out articles on subfields related to voting behavior and economic analyses of political decision making, the AJPS can be searched through JSTOR via the USC server. If beginning a search on public policy or methodologies or a general topic within the political realm, this is a great introductory research source. AB.
Center for Communication and Civic Engagement (UW)
Center for Media and Public Affairs The empirical data on this site is a useful tool for infotainment scholarship; in particular, I have found the polls on political humor a great resource. Started in 1985, the website says CMPA " is a nonpartisan research and educational organization which conducts scientific studies of the news and entertainment media. CMPA election studies have played a major role in the ongoing debate over improving the election process. Our continuing analysis and tabulation of late night political jokes provides a lighter look at major news makers. The Center's goal is to provide an empirical basis for ongoing debates over media fairness and impact through well-documented, timely, and readable studies of media content." DW.
History and Politics Out Loud A searchable archive of audio political recordings. DTS.
Political Communications Resources (Lance Bennett, UW)
Rockridge Institute George Lakoff's framing think tank.
Townhall Content Partners This site links to just about every politically conservative organization in the United States that you can imagine--a veritable treasure trove and clearinghouse of online and print resources for textual analyses. A great place to find under-studied texts, or better yet--new problems worthy of rhetorical explication. DW.
Policy & Public Diplomacy
Program on International Policy Attitudes
Telecommunications & Information Policy Institute (University of Texas)
Telecommunications Policy Research Conference
US Info - US Department of State and U.S. Department of State's Press page US Info is the U.S. State Department website aimed at non-citizens (as opposed to its website for American citizens). The website contains daily updates on policy, as written for a foreign audience. This chronological and comprehensive catalogue of U.S. policy and branding positions aimed at the foreign market is valuable for study as a site of "encoding" updates from the U.S. government. The Department of State's press page contains much of the same content but is more comprehensive and aimed a broader audience, primarily of journalists. These are good resources to find out what the "party line" is on any given day. JM.
USC Center on Public Diplomacy
Religious and Irreligious
American Academy of Religion If your site of inquiry involves religious or secular subjects, this is a pretty good place to begin your investigations. From the site: "The Academy does not endorse or reject any religious tradition or set of religious beliefs or practices. Our commitment is, rather, to the highest standards of scholarship. AAR members include those who have a secular interest in the study of religion, as well as those whose research springs from participation in a religious tradition or community of practice. By bringing together secular scholars with scholars who are themselves religious, the AAR helps to ensure that academic reflection about religion does not become disjoined from the realities of religious practice and that religious theorists open their work to criticism." DH.
Atheist Empire This is the best link I've been able to locate for reference information, legal issues, news, statistics, and media products featuring irreligionist themes and "out" freethinkers, secularists, atheists, agnostics, and humanists. DH.
Religious Communication Association (RCA) The Religious Communication Association is "an [interfaith] academic society founded in 1973 by people interested in the study of all aspects of public religious communication. Among its members are teachers, students, clergy, broadcasters, and other scholars and professionals who share a common interest in religious speech, media, performance, and other communication. It is nonsectarian, striving to provide a setting in which persons of various faiths, or no faith, can study the problems of communication and religion." DW.
Rhetoric
American Rhetoric The famous words from movies, political speeches, and links to journals all stem from this web site. Most used for its speech bank, the American Rhetoric database can be used to track down many pivotal speeches for rhetorical analysis and review. A great resource for someone wanting to dabble in the art of rhetorical analysis, examination of persuasion, or preparation for teaching a public speaking class, this web site is treasure. Of course, American Rhetoric should not be a substitute for taking the time to see politicians and other public figures engage in the practice of public discourse. AB. A grander collection of speeches (written and audio/visual) than just about any other website. A good place to start for textual criticism ideas. If you are searching for the arcane or unique however, it's probably better to look elsewhere. DW.
KAIROS A journal of rhetoric, technology, and pedagogy.
Rhet Net The author of Rhet Net, Stephen Weiss (a professor of rhetoric), conceived this resource "as a starting point for scholars and students of rhetoric wishing to use the web for their research." Whether you are looking for research on ethos or hermeneutics, this portal is tremendously helpful. It has updated content about rhetorical theory and history, interactive forums and community features, and contains great links to many other websites whose sole purpose is to disseminate information about all things rhetorical. DW.
Rhetoric and Public Affairs The website explains that R&PA "is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the history, theory, and criticism of public discourse [exploring]...leadership, diplomacy, political campaigns, judicial and legislative deliberations, and public policy debate." Essays dealing with rhetoric, politics, and ethics are especially encouraged. DW.
Science
Edge A website that is devoted to pondering and reporting on the speculations of leading thinkers and scientists. Each year they send out a "big, open-ended question" and publish selected replies. Last year's question was "What do you believe is true, even though you cannot prove it?" It's a good site because it welcomes contributions from both humanists and hard scientists, as well as everyone in between. Reading through it, one can get a sense of the rhetorical direction of those who are supposedly on the cutting edge. Identify the spaces between what is going on in science and what is being said about science. DM.
Psycinfo: Your online source for psychology abstracts.
Theory
Communication Theory Workbook (U. Ky.)
Resources on Theorists, Theories, and Fields (U. Colo.)
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