Communication Resource Links

This page lists some important academic and professional organizations, many of which conduct regular conferences where participants present research and network among one another. Connection with these organizations is an efficient way to stay current with the advances and people in the field.

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication: AEJMC, founded in 1912, is a non-profit organization whose members comprise professors of journalism and mass communication, administrators, students and media professionals.
Association for Educational Communications and Technology: AECT, established in 1923, helps networking among professionals holding a common interest in the use of educational technology and its application to the learning process.
Advanced Public Speaking Institute: APSI's site has scores of articles on public speaking available to browsers at no charge.
American Marketing Association: AMA is a large membership-based organization of professional marketers that supports the practice, study and teaching of marketing.
Alpha Lambda Delta: Alpha Lambda Delta, founded in 1924, is "a large national society that honors academic excellence during a student's first year at college."
American Communication Association: ACA seeks to "promote academic and professional research, criticism, teaching, practical use, and exchange of principles and theories of human communication."
American Journalism Review: AJR, a national magazine published ten times a year, examines how the American media cover specific stories, analyses broader coverage trends and monitors ethical dilemmas and the impact of technology.
Atlanta Press Club: APC is a regional hub of journalists that seeks to "serve the professional and social needs of our journalism community and foster journalistic excellence," and to "advance the public's interest in and understanding of a free press."
Broadcast Educators Association: Founded in 1955, BEA is the professional association for scholars, industry professionals and students who are interested in electronic media and multimedia enterprises.
Communication Institute for Online Scholarship: CIOS is a membership-based organization that supports the use of computer technologies in the service of communication scholarship and education.
Exploring Nonverbal Communication: This site created by a professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz is an interesting hub of information about nonverbal communication.
Federal Communications Commission: FCC, established in 1934 as an autonomous U.S. government agency reporting to Congress, regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable.
First Amendment Center: FAC is "a forum for the study and exploration of free-expression issues, including freedom of speech, of the press and of religion, the right to assemble and petition the government." It is affiliated with Vanderbilt University and the Freedom Forum.
Freedom Forum: FF is a "nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people." Its agenda covers a "Newseum," First Amendment freedoms and newsroom diversity.
Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office: GAFMDE is a state agency that offers information resources and film office services free of charge to individuals or companies interested in relocating or shooting in Georgia.
International Association of Business Communicators: IABC is an "international network of professionals committed to improving the effectiveness of organizations through strategic interactive and integrated business communication management."
International Communication Association: ICA was formed in 1950, and its president describes it as "an international association for scholars interested in the study, teaching and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication."
International Telecommunication Union: Headquarted in Geneva, Switzerland, this organization, part of the United Nations, helps "governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and policies."
Institute for Global Communications: Founded in 1987, IGC has helped bring advanced communications technologies to grassroots organizations working for peace, human rights, environmental sustainability, women's rights, conflict resolution and worker rights.
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.: IRE provides educational services to reporters and editors interested in proactive journalism. Its resource center contains abstracts of over 12,000 investigative reporting stories.
Internet Press Guild: IPG promotes excellence in journalism about the Internet, online services, and bulletin board systems.
IndieWire: indieWIRE is an online community of independent filmmakers and aficionados that specializes in reporting film festivals.
National Association of Broadcasters: NAB describes itself as "a full-service trade association which represents the interests of free, over-the-air radio and television broadcasters."
News Media Alliance: NMA describes itself as "a full-service trade association which represents the interests of free, over-the-air radio and television broadcasters."
National Communication Association: Started in 1914, this association of scholars, educators and students supports research, teaching and service in communication fields.
Petersons Education and Career Center: Peterson's is a popular education resource on the Web, and contains information about with information about colleges and universities, career schools, graduate programs, distance learning, executive training, private secondary schools, summer opportunities, study abroad, financial aid, test preparation, and career exploration.
Public Journalism Network: PJNet is a global professional association of journalists and educators interested in exploring and strengthening the relationship between journalism and democracy via public and participatory journalism. It is hosted by the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University.
Public Relations Society of America: Chartered in 1947, PRSA seeks to "unify, strengthen and advance the profession of public relations."
Public Relations Student Society of America: This organization was founded by the PRSA in 1968, and its purpose is to "cultivate a favorable and mutually advantageous relationship between students and professional public relations practitioners."
Reporters Without Borders: RWB's trilingual (French, English and Spanish) site keeps a daily tally of attacks on press freedom as they occur throughout the world.
Society of Professional Journalists: Founded in 1909 as the Sigma Delta Chi fraternity, SPJ today is a broad-based organization that works to improve and protect the free press tradition in America.
Southern States Communication Association: SSCA is a regional organization that declares its purpose as being "to promote the study, criticism, research, teaching, and application of the artistic, humanistic, and scientific principles of communication."
Society for Technical Communication: STC is a large membership-based association that seeks to "advance the arts and sciences of technical communication."
The Journalist's Toolbox: This online forum for reporters and editors features "more than 20,000 Web resources helpful to the media and anyone else doing research."
The Pew Center for Civic Journalism: Pew describes itself as "an incubator for civic journalism experiments that enable news organizations to create and refine better ways of reporting the news to re-engage people in public life."
The Poynter Institute: This is a comprehensive resource to magazine publishing resources available on the Web. In-depth categories focus on general publishing, design and layout, editorial/journalism, circulation/promotion, production and web publishing and research tools.