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COMMUNICATIONS THEORY

National Communication Association (NCA)
NCA is the oldest and largest national organization established to promote the study, criticism, research, teaching, and application of the artistic, humanistic, and scientific principles of communication. Click on "NCA Journals" to browse contents of recent scholarly e-journal issues.

COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
ASHA is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists. Contains full-text archive of The ASHA Leader , the association's news magazine.

National Student Speech Language and Hearing Association (NSSLHA )
NSSLHA is a pre-professional membership association for students interested in the study of communication sciences and disorders. Contains links to information on undergraduate and graduate school programs; scholarships; career paths; mentoring programs; and multicultural and advocacy issues.  

MASS COMMUNICATIONS

Advertising

American Advertising Federation (AAF)
The AAF is a trade association representing professionals in the advertising industry. AAF's 130 corporate members are advertisers, agencies and media companies. The organization also maintains a national network of ad clubs and 210 college chapters. Contains information about the National Student Advertising Competition; scholarships; internships; the Advertising Hall of Fame; the annual ADDY and Mosaic awards; and legislative issues related to advertising and marketing.

Broadcast Media

Museum of Television & Radio
The Museum of Television & Radio was founded by William S. Paley in 1975 to collect, preserve, and interpret television and radio programming and to make these programs available to the public. In April 2000, the collection was expanded to include Internet programming. Link to the museum's New York City or Los Angeles locations to find out about exhibitions and guest speakers.

Film

American Film Institute
An organization committed to advancing, preserving and redefining the
art of the moving image. Site includes AFI's "100 Best" film lists in a
variety of genres.

The American Museum of the Moving Image
The American Museum of the Moving Image is dedicated to educating the public about the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media, by maintaining the nation's largest permanent collection of moving image artifacts and by offering exhibitions, film screenings, lectures, seminars, and other education programs.

Internet Movie Database

Media Resource Center
The Media Resource Center at the University of California, Berkeley, holds the largest collection of films of any academic library in the United States. This Web site features bibliographies of film criticism resources, listed by genre, director, and film title; videographies; and access to online film journals (look for the titles labeled "unrestricted access").

Open Vault: WGBH Media Library and Archives
"Provides online access to unique and historically important content produced by public television station WGBH for individual and classroom learning. The ever-expanding site contains video excerpts, searchable transcripts, a select number of complete interviews for purchase, and resource management tools.'

Public Moving Image Archives and Research Centers
An extensive list of links to film archives and preservation organizations
around the world.