Links to Media Resources:

This page includes links to resources on the web that can be used for gathering content for media literacy activities and projects. (For example, if students and/or teachers were planning a project or researching for an activity, they may find useful information here or find suggestions for searching elsewhere). Also included here are links to multimedia fairuse guidelines and copyright issues, since it is important to remember and follow the rules for using media products when creating your own projects.

Content for media literacy activities and projects...

• MTV Check out MTV's site, which has sections on programs, music, news, animation, job openings, special features, interviews, archives. There is also a new section "Now What?" - a guide to jobs, money and the real world. This site includes sections for young a adults with information about budgeting, banking, taxes, interviewing techniques, job searching, finding the right place to live, etc.
  
  
• Time Warner's Pathfinder This site features a multitude of information with a chat area, bulletin boards, and search engine. Some links here include: Life Photos, All Politics Issues, The Weather Channel, People Magazine, Living, Fortune Business and Investing, sports, news, business, and entertainment.
  
  
• CNN Interactive QuickTime movies, photographs, up-to-date news, information, sports, entertainment, weather, and more can be found here. Also, stories about health, sci-tech, travel, style, showbiz, health, and more, plus a search engine to assist in helping you find what you are looking for.
  
  
• The New York Times It's The NY Times but on the web! Includes the following sections: Front Page, CyberTimes, Politics, Business, Editorials/Letters, Op-Ed, Arts & Leisure, Travel, Real Estate, Job Market, Diversions, and Web Specials. You can search the news by category or through a search engine, join a forum, and check out other services. For first-time users, there is a place to register and tour the site.
  
  
• MSNBC Similar to other news sites, MSNBC has a search engine for easy researching. Topics included here are Top news stories, On Air highlights, World, Commerce, SciTech, Life, Opinion, Weather, Local, and an Index.
  
  
• National Public Radio - On-Line NPR provides you with news on the hour, which can be heard in Real Audio. Also, News now (news on the hour, this just in..., editor's choice, NPR in-depth, stories you may have missed), Programs (news magazines, talk shows, cultural & information, just for kids, other), Inside NPR (user information, corporate headquarters, technical facilities), Member stations (find a member station, NPR overseas, trivia), Your turn (online discussions), Search.
  
  
• Viacom Learning about "who" is producing your information and entertainment can be very enlightening. Find out all the different types of businesses that Viacom is involved with (e.g. publishing, retail, motion pictures, television, etc.), facts and figures pertaining to Viacom's operations, news announcements, links to their sites (e.g. Education Management Group, Blockbuster Video, Sci-Fi Channel, Allyn & Bacon, Comedy Central, etc.), collaborations, products, job postings, and a search engine too.
  
  
• The Media History Project This project promotes the "study of media history from petroglyphs to pixels". An enormous resource of various forms of media, chatboards, archives, journals, listservs, a timeline, organizations and more.
  
  
• "Hey Kid, Buy This" Check out this BusinessWeek article; it really makes you think.