Important Communication Schools & Research Centers

Center for History and New Media
Since 1994, the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University uses digital media and computer technology to democratize historyto incorporate multiple voices, reach diverse audiences, a...   [more]
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Center for the Digital Future
The Center for the Digital Future at the USC Annenberg School has been tracking a representative sample of the American population for over five years watching as people move on-line and then move fro...   [more]
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EPPI-Centre : Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre
Provides systematic reviews and evidence-based research on social policy, especially health behaviors....   [more]
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Freedom House
Think tank on freedom worldwide. Includes annual reports and data sets on Freedom in the World, Freedom of the Press, Countries at the Crossroads, Nations in Transit....   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Freedom House publications and databases
    Freedom in the World

IRI - International Republican Institute
Reports on elections worldwide and public opinion polling on democratization and political attitudes....   [more]
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Media Institute
A nonprofit research foundation specializing in communications policy and the First Amendment....   [more]
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National Public Broadcasting Archives
The National Public Broadcasting Archives (NPBA) brings together the archival record of the major entities of non-commercial broadcasting in the United States....   [more]

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
Also Known as: News Interest Index, Pew Global Attitudes Project
Research center polling public attentiveness to major political and public policy issues and to the media. Includes cross-national Pew Global Attitudes Project. News Interest Index polls Americans on ...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Pew Center survey data sets (free downloading)
    News Interest Index -- most closely watched news stories of the decade
    Pew Global Attitudes Project

PROL - Political Research Online
REQUIRES FREE REGISTRATION. Electronic fulltext preprint archive for political science. Includes conference papers, preprints, syllabi, and center and institute reports....   [more]
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Public Agenda
Non-profit dedicated to explaining and communicating public opinion findings....   [more]
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Transparency International
Global civil society organization opposing corruption in more than 90 countries. Web site includes regional pages, reports, and tools for measuring, evaluating, and fighting corruption. Web site provi...   [more]
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