LINKS

Legislation

http://www.agcom.it/
Web site of the Italian Communications Authority (English pages).

http://www.camera.it//_bicamerali/rai/home.htm
Italian Parliament - bicameral committee of inspection and for the general policy on the media (the web site is in Italian) .

http://europa.eu.int/comm/avpolicy/index_en.htm
European Commission, audiovisual policy, the regulatory framework (Television without frontiers and protection of minors), Support mechanisms (the MEDIA programmes), statistics and studies.

http://www.epra.org/
epra, european platform of regulatory authorities.

Universities

http://www.unicatt.it
University Cattolica - Milan, Italy

http://www.iulm.it/
IULM - Milan, Italy

http://www.unimib.it
University of Milano-Bicocca - Milan, Italy

http://www.unipv.it/cim/
University of Pavia - CIM - Pavia, Italy

http://www.uniroma1.it
University of Roma-La Sapienza - Rome, Italy

http://www.uniroma2.it
University of Roma-Tor Vergata - Rome, Italy

http://www.unibo.it
University of Bologna, Italy

http://www.unipi.it
University of Pisa ,Italy

http://www.unipg.it/cicop/
University of Perugia - Centro Interuniversitario di Comunicazione Politica, Perugia, Italy

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ics/
Università of Leeds– Institute of communication studies

http://pcmlp.socleg.ox.ac.uk/
Oxford University - Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy

http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/
University of Iowa - Department of communication studies

http://academic.csuohio.edu/kneuendorf/content/
Cleveland State University and Sage Publications-The Content Analysis Guidebook Online

Loughborough University
Loughborough University - Assessment and Development of New Methods for the Analysis of Media Content

Institutional bodies and research institutes on the media

http://www.mediatenor.com/
Media Tenor Ltd - is the world's leading provider of international media content analysis and provides in-depth analysis of new and traditional media content worldwide

http://www.hans-bredow-institut.de/
Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research at the University of Hamburg - The Hans Bredow Institute was founded as an independent non-profit organisation by the Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk broadcasting corporation NWDR in co-operation with the University of Hamburg in 1950. As an Institute at the University of Hamburg it is legally independent, however, there are various content-oriented as well as organisational cooperation undertakings with the University. The research conducted by the Institute focuses on mediated public communication: The Institute emphasises its role as an independent observer and combines sociological, legal, economic and pedagogical approaches

http://www.eim.de/
The European Institute for the Media (EIM) - is a think tank for research and strategy concerning developments in European media and communications, based in Düsseldorf and Paris

http://www.scienzedellacomunicazione.com/index.asp
The Italian portal of the communication science (the web site is in Italian)

http://www.baskerville.it/home.html
Baskerville is a private communication research centre founded in Bologna, Italy, in 1986. Baskerville works with companies and 'no profit' organizations and is in relationship with communication and information technology research institutes

http://www.eccr.info/
European Consortium for Communications Research – is a network for communication research across Europe

http://www.ecrea.eu/
European Communication Research and Education Association - ECREA was established in 2005 as a merger of the two main European associations of communication researchers, the European Communication Association (ECA) and the European Consortium for Communications Research (ECCR)

http://www.iamcr.org/
International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) - is the largest international professional organisation in the field of communication research. Established in 1957,the Association now has over 2300 members in some 70 countries

http://www.whomakesthenews.org
GMMP - GMMP - The Global Media Monitoring Project was born out of the 1994 international Bangkok conference on “Women Empowering Communication” organised by WACC in conjunction with two other international women’s networks, the International Women's Tribune Centre and Isis International, Manila. There, hundreds of gender and communication activists called for a one-day study of the media’s news coverage to be undertaken worldwide with the aim of documenting the participation and portrayal of men and women in the world’s news media, creating a research instrument and establishing a benchmark which would serve as a standard for measuring future change.

The first GMMP was held in 1995, the second in 2000, and the third in 2005. Check out the GMMP history.

http://www.obs.coe.int/
European Audiovisual Observatory - set up in December 1992, the Observatory is the only centre of its kind to gather and circulate information on the audiovisual industry in Europe

http://www.aceproject.org/main/english/me/
The Administration and Cost of Elections (ACE) - Electronic Publication represents the first ever attempt to provide a globally accessible information resource on election administration

http://www.mediareporttowomen.com/
Media Report to Women - stands alone in providing information on all types of media - television, cable, film, radio, newspapers, magazines, newsletters, the Internet and other emerging media and the way in which they depict women and issues of interest to women

http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/
Vanderbilt Univerity television news archive - the Television News Archive collection at Vanderbilt University is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. The collection holds more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline since 1989

http://www.fair.org/
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting - a national media watchdog group advocating independence and criticism in journalism

http://www.aim.org/
Accuracy in Media – a conservative Watchdog Group For Fairness, Balance and Accuracy in News Reporting

http://www.mediaresearch.org/
Media Research Center – a conservative group founded to bring political balance to the news media and responsibility to the entertainment media

http://www.gradethenews.org/
Grade the News - evaluating print and broadcast news organizations and analyzing ethical issues in journalism in the San Francisco Bay Area using an empirical approach similar to Consumer Reports

http://www.presscouncil.org.au/
Australian Press Council - the self-regulatory body of the Australian print media, aiming to help preserve the traditional freedom of the press within Australia and ensure that the free press acts responsibly and ethically

http://www.prwatch.org/prw_issues.html
PR Watch - investigative reporting on the practices of public-relations and public affairs industry, from the Center for Media and Democracy

Freedom of Expression

http://www.rsf.org/
Reporters Without Borders is an association officially recognised as serving the public interest. More than a third of the world's people live in countries where there is no press freedom. Reporters Without Borders works constantly to restore their right to be informed...

http://www.article19.org/index.html
Article 19 - named after Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, works worldwide to combat censorship by promoting freedom of expression and access to official information.

http://www.isfreedom.org/
Information Safety and Freedom - The goals of ISF are the defence of press freedom world-wide and the protection of journalists and consumers of information: that is, the defence of the freedom to inform and the freedom to be informed...

http://www.osce.org/fom/
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media - the function of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media is to observe relevant media developments in OSCE participating States with a view of providing early warning on violations of freedom of expression. The Representative's second main task is to assist participating States by advocating and promoting full compliance with OSCE principles and commitments regarding freedom of expression and free media.

http://www.internews.ru/
Internews - is a Russian non-profit organization working in collaboration with other Internews offices in the U.S., Western and Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa ENG-RU.

http://www.cpj.org/
The Committee to Protect Journalists - is an independent, nonprofit organization promoting press freedom worldwide by defending the right of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal.

http://www.freemedia.at
International Press Institute - founded in October 1950, the International Press Institute is the world's oldest global press freedom organisation. It is a network of editors, media executives and journalists dedicated to the promotion and protection of press freedom and the improvement of the practices of journalism.

http://www.ijnet.org/
International Journalists’ Network - a Training Materials Library, a Media Law Library, Codes of ethics, Fellowships and Awards and useful contacts for Media Assistance from countries around the world.

http://www.freedomhouse.org/
Freedom House - founded nearly sixty years ago by Eleanor Roosevelt and others, Freedom House has been a vigorous proponent of democratic values and a steadfast opponent of dictatorships. Freedom House is led by a Board of Trustees. All its members are united in the view that American leadership in international affairs is essential to the cause of human rights and freedom.

http://www.tol.cz/
Transition OnLine - media development NGO Transitions Online is dedicated to using Internet technologies to help strengthen the professionalism, independence, and impact of journalism--and individual journalists--in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the former Soviet Union. A Czech nonprofit dedicated to strengthening independent journalism, TOL is based in Prague and uses a network of local correspondents to provide unique, cross-regional analysis.