Media / Social Media

The Berkeley Media Studies Group – we work with community groups, journalists and public health professionals to use the power of the media to advance healthy public policy. In essence, we help people make their voices heard in a powerful public forum, and increase their participation in the democratic process. To do this we must understand how news, entertainment, and advertising present health and social issues. Thus we do research by monitoring the media, studying the process of news gathering, and analyzing media content to support our media advocacy training, professional education, and strategic consultation, Berkeley, CA.

The Center for Public Integrity – the mission is to produce original investigative journalism about significant social issues to make institutional power more transparent and accountable, Washington, DC.

The DART Center for Journalism & Trauma, a project of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism – dedicated to informed, innovative and ethical news reporting on violence, conflict and tragedy. Whether the topic is street crime, family violence, natural disaster, war or human rights, effective news reporting on traumatic events demands knowledge, skill and support. The DART Center provides journalists around the world with the resources necessary to meet this challenge, drawing on a global, interdisciplinary network of news professionals, mental health experts, educators and researchers, New York, NY.

Policy Database, Social Media Governance – most complete listing of social media policies. References by the world's largest brands and agencies. Copyright © 2009-2011 by Chris Boudreaux.

Social Networking, Pew Internet & American Life Project – social networks have been both embraced and vilified by sectors of the American public for their power to explicitly structure and make visible online relationships as well as create new connections, Washington, DC.

Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children's Entertainment (TRUCE) – educators who work to counteract the harmful impact of media and marketing on children, Cambridge, MA.

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