Communication & Mass Media Studies: Internet Resources

An independent United States government agency established by the Communications Act of 1934. The FCC is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable.

A nonprofit charity with the mission of fostering an awareness and appreciation of cultural difference in both the international and domestic arenas

The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2012 is an online exhibition presenting more than 300 television commercials from every election year since 1952, when the first campaign TV ads aired.

The official site of this professional association.

The American Forensic Association is a professional association of teachers who seek to empower students through argument and advocacy.

AWC is a professional organization that champions the advancement of women across all communications disciplines by recognizing excellence, promoting leadership and positioning its members at the forefront of the evolving communications era.

ICA is an academic association for scholars interested in the study, teaching and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication. ICA began more than 50 years ago as a small association of U.S. researchers and is now a truly international association with more than 4200 members in over 80 countries. Since 2003, ICA has been officially associated with the United Nations as a nongovernmental association (NGO).

The purpose of the association is to promote, in an international world-wide context, activities and exchanges in all fields related to speech communication science and technology.

NCA is the largest national organization dedicated to communication. Researchers, educators, and professionals, work to understand and better all forms of human communication.

RSA is a scholarly organization dedicated to studying, teaching, and practicing rhetoric. The RSA website provides information for society members, links to scholarly journals, and conferences & events information.

WSCA is a not-for-profit educational association of scholars, teachers, and students of communication with over 1,000 members from around the globe.

This site is a springboard to finding information in the area of communication studies. It is not exhaustive, rather it includes the core or primary resources within each category presented. The resources included within this site were initially selected by communication studies librarians serving as members of the Association of College and Research Libraries Educational and Behavioral Sciences Section Communication Studies Committee.