About Face  
www.about-face.org
The Gallery of Shame, a showcase of the most offensive examples of degrading images of women in advertising, is one part of this website that combats negative and distorted images of women in the media.

Center for Media and Democracy 
www.prwatch.org
Investigative reporting on the public relations industry is the purpose of this non-profit organization.

Center for Media Awareness
www.media-awareness.ca
This website contains resources and lesson plans for making youth more media literate.

Center for Media Literacy
www.medialit.org
The Center for Media Literacy is a nonprofit educational organization that provides leadership, public education, professional development and educational resources nationally.  Their website displays teaching resources for a variety of subjects and media literacy topics.

Center for Public Integrity 
www.publicintegrity.org
This non-profit and non-partisan organization has published over 40 studies, reports, and books on public service and ethics-related issues.  Recent investigations have focused on issue ads and campaign finance.

Children Now 
www.childrennow.org/issues/media/
Children Now researches the content of mass media, specifically focusing on the impact and the influence on children.  You can access current news articles and Children Now studies on this site.

Citizens for Media Literacy
www.main.nc.us/cml
Citizens for Media Literacy is a non-profit, public-interest organization linking media literacy with the concepts and practices of citizenship.  Their site offers many media literacy resources.

Democracy Project: 30 Second Candidate (PBS)
www.pbs.org/30secondcandidate/  
This site focuses on political advertising, allowing students to watch and learn about political ads across several decades.

Dissect an Ad (PBS) 
www.pbs.org/elections/savvydissect.html
This site contains a section for parents, teachers and youth.  You can dissect a political ad on this site, read about election vocabulary and get tips on how to vote smart.

Don’t Buy It (PBS)
http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks
This site allows you to learn about food advertising tricks, create your own ads, and learn about activism.

Girl Power 
www.girlpower.gov
The US Department of Health & Human Services sponsors this site that contains helpful and interesting information for girls and adults.  Their BodyWise Handbook contains plenty of information about body image and eating disorders, including what friends and adults can do to help.

Just Think
www.justthink.org
This program and website teaches youth about healthy lifestyles in a world highly impacted by media culture.

Kaiser Family Foundation 
www.kff.org
This foundation analyzes the content of entertainment media from a health standpoint.  The site contains reports about violence and sex in the media.

Media Channel.org
www.mediachannel.org/classroom
Media Channel.org’s web pages on why media literacy is important contain resources and information on a variety of media literacy topics.

Media Education Foundation
www.mediaed.org/index_html
This site offers news articles and handouts on their wide selection of media literacy DVDs and videos.

Media Literacy On-Line Project
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/mlr/home/index.html
Media Literacy On-Line Project provides support for educators wishing to teach media literacy to youth.  Their site contains articles, lesson plans and links about media literacy.

Project Look Sharp
www.ithaca.edu/looksharp
Project Look Sharp provides materials, training and support to help teachers prepare students for life in today's media saturated world.  Their site provides a media literacy library, research links on the effectiveness of media literacy and teaching resources.

Propaganda Analysis 
www.propagandacritic.com
Examining the techniques of propaganda and providing examples of propaganda are two purposes of this site.

Rocky Mountain Media Watch 
www.bigmedia.org
This non-profit organization collects and analyzes the content of local news around the country in an effort to empower citizens to resist the manipulations of the mass media.

The Truth Campaign 
www.thetruth.com
The Truth Campaign is one of the most successful anti-tobacco advertising programs in the country. 

Video Production in the Classroom:  A Resource Guide
www.kqed.org/ednet/mediaeducation/mediaclasroom/videoprodclass/bibli.html
This bibliography contains resources (including handbooks, curriculum, textbooks, magazines, and videos) for educators.

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