Media

The media through which people receive information include newspapers, radio, television and the Internet. Other forms of communication can also be regarded as media, including books, music and simple speech.

Overview
The mass media (newspapers, radio and television) are especially well suited to use by propagandists, because they typically entail a relatively small staff of information producers whose messages are then broadcast to thousands or even millions of people.

For this reason, governments, corporations and other powerful sectors of society try very hard to control the type of information found in the mass media. Owners, advertisers, public relations firms, and journalists themselves all play a role in shaping the messages that appear in the media and try to influence our thinking.

"Corporate-dominated media -- which have amassed power and wealth through the use of public property, the airwaves -- are an anti-democratic force. They turn the election process into sport and horse race, while censoring or downplaying important issues that might offend the economic and political powers that be. Put into the hands of a few conglomerates, U.S. news media have increasingly become WMDs -- Weapons of Mass Distraction and Weapons of Mass Deception." 

The massive consolidation of major media outlets has prompted increasing concern about media trends that compromise the quality of journalism and the ability of citizens to be well informed about issues that affect and concern them.

Find out who controls the media in your area in the U.S. with the Media Tracker.

Magazines and Journals

 * Business Ethics
 * National Review
 * Newsweek
 * Policy Review
 * Proud American
 * Radiation Research
 * Time
 * U.S. News & World Report

Newspapers

 * Christian Science Monitor
 * El Nuevo Herald
 * Newsday
 * New York Times
 * Sydney Morning Herald
 * The Advertiser (Adelaide, Australia)
 * The Examiner (Launceston, Australia)
 * Wall Street Journal
 * Washington Post
 * Washington Times

Television

 * American Broadcasting Corporation/ABC
 * Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
 * British Broadcasting Corporation/BBC
 * Cable News Network/CNN
 * Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/CBC
 * CNBC
 * Columbia Broadcasting System/CBS
 * C-SPAN
 * Discovery Communications
 * Fox News
 * National Broadcasting Corporation/NBC
 * U.S. Television Stations

Radio

 * ABC Radio Networks
 * Air America Radio
 * Alternative Radio
 * American Family Radio
 * American Forces Radio and Television Service, under U.S. Department of Defense
 * Citadel Communications Corporation
 * Clear Channel Communications
 * Cumulus Media
 * Democracy Radio
 * Free Speech Radio News
 * KGEZ
 * National Public Radio/NPR
 * Pacifica Radio
 * Public Radio International
 * Radio Ada, Ghana
 * Radio America
 * Radio Farda, U.S. government-funded radio station that broadcasts to Iran
 * Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, funded by the U.S. Congress for Eastern Europe, Russia, Asia, and the Middle East
 * Radio Free Iraq, funded by the U.S.
 * Radio One, primarily targets African-American and urban listeners
 * Radio Sawa, Arabic language radio station funded by the U.S.
 * Salem Communications Corporation
 * SIRIUS Satellite Radio
 * Voice of America, funded by the U. S. government and broadcast internationally in 44 languages
 * XM Satellite Radio

Internet

 * green.tv
 * Hands Off the Internet
 * Network neutrality
 * openDemocracy
 * World Net Daily

Non-profit Media Groups

 * Center for Public Integrity
 * Corporation for Educational Radio and Television
 * Global Voices
 * Media Access Project
 * MediaRights
 * NAM News Network
 * National Journalism Center
 * Prometheus Radio Project
 * The Real News
 * US Responsible Media Forum

Newsletters

 * Rushford Report

Publishing companies

 * Dow Jones & Company
 * HarperCollins
 * Random House
 * Telegraph Group

Wire services

 * Associated Press

Media Advocacy Groups and Journalists Organizations

 * Amarc, World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters
 * American Press Institute
 * Article 19
 * Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA)
 * Asia-Pacific Network
 * Association of Independence in Radio
 * Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
 * Center for Journalism in extreme situations
 * Center for Media and Public Affairs
 * Center for Media Freedom in the Middle East and North Africa (CMF MENA)
 * Center for War, Peace, and the News Media, New York University
 * Committee of Concerned Journalists
 * Committee to Protect Journalists
 * Community Radio Support Centre (Nepal)
 * Communication for Social Change Consortium
 * Cubanet.org
 * The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma
 * Digital Freedom Network
 * FAIR
 * femLINKpacific
 * Free Expression Network (FEN)
 * Free Press
 * Freedom Forum International
 * Freedom of Expression Institute South Africa
 * Freedom of Expression Project
 * Glasnost Defence Foundation
 * Global Internet Liberty Campaign
 * Grade the News
 * Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia
 * Independent Media Institute
 * Index on Censorship
 * Indymedia/Independent Media Center
 * Institute for the Advancement of Journalism, South Africa
 * Inter American Press Association
 * International Communication Association
 * International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
 * International Federation of Journalists
 * International Freedom of Expression Exchange, IFEX
 * International Journalists' Network
 * International Press Institute
 * International Women's Media Foundation
 * Internews
 * Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.
 * The Journalism & Woman Symposium
 * Mainstream Media Project
 * Media Action International
 * Media Alliance
 * Media Diversity Institute
 * The Media Institute
 * Media Institute of Southern Africa
 * Media Lens
 * Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe
 * Mediachannel
 * Medios para la Paz, Colombia
 * Moscow Media Law and Policy Center
 * Nigeria Journalism Network
 * Newswatch
 * News World
 * Pacific Islands News Association
 * Periodistas
 * PressNow
 * Reporters Without Borders/Reporters Sans Frontières
 * Society of Environmental Journalists
 * Society of Professional Journalists
 * Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
 * The Society of Professional Journalists
 * The Spin project
 * The Union for Democratic Communications
 * TVE Asia Pacific
 * UNITY: Journalists of Color, inc.
 * Videazimut
 * Women's institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP)
 * World Association of Newspapers
 * World Press Freedom Committee
 * World Press Institute

Media lobbying groups

 * Magazine Publishers Association

SourceWatch Resources

 * blogs
 * Broadband availability
 * Cable Television Consumer Protection Act
 * Chris Matthews / Hardball
 * conservative news outlets (list)
 * Digital television
 * Drudge Report / Matt Drudge
 * flash media
 * Hannity & Colmes
 * journalists
 * Keith Olbermann
 * liberal news outlets (list)
 * Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
 * mass media, a.k.a. "mainstream media" (MSM)
 * media control
 * Media corporations
 * Media Matters for America
 * Media Monitors
 * media reform
 * Michael Savage
 * mucky media
 * media trends
 * MediaHitman
 * military-mass media complex
 * Neoliberal columnists in Australia
 * RSS
 * Rush Limbaugh
 * Talk radio
 * White House correspondents
 * newmatilda.com