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Federal Communications Commission

http://www.fcc.gov/

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. FCC website resources include Public Notices, News Releases, Orders, Notices of Proposed Rulemaking, fact sheets, databases, and audio recordings.

 

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/

The home page of NTIA, the "Executive Branch's principal voice on domestic and international telecommunications and information technology issues."

 

Federal Communications Law Journal

http://law.indiana.edu/fclj/

Volumes 46 – 56 of the FCLJ are available for searching on this web site sponsored by the Indiana University School of Law and the Federal Communications Bar Association.. Topics covered include: communications, telephone, cable, radio, the internet, FCC, etc. Includes detailed list of links to other web sites regarding telecommunications.

 

Benton Foundation – Press Room

http://www.benton.org/News/

Headlines and brief reports about day's legal, legislative and policy developments in broadcasting and telecommunications. Includes access to virtual library resources. Sponsored by the Benton Foundation, whose mission is "to articulate public interest vision for the digital age and to demonstrate the value of communications for solving social problems."

 

Communications Media Center at New York Law School

http://www.cmcnyls.edu/

This site includes resources on U.S. communications, information and media law. Files include statutes, cases, papers, conferences and courses. Also news bulletins on current events and articles from Media Law & Policy.

 

FindLaw Legal Subjects: Communications Law

http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/05communications/index.html

This page contains links to resources related to telecommunications law and policy.

 

CNN - Law

http://www.cnn.com/LAW/

CNN provides news and analysis of current court cases.

 

Court TV

http://www.courttv.com/home_news/index.html

This site provides information about current well-known court cases and trials.

 

Court TV Famous Cases

http://www.courttv.com/trials/famous/

Several high profile civil and criminal trials are highlighted. Included are legal documents, transcripts, reports from the trials, and material presented on Court TV.

 

Communication Reference Sources

Television News Archive

http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/

The web site is located at Vanderbilt University. It contains an archive of television news. It contains abstracts of  the evening news from 1968 to the present.

 

Center for Nonverbal Studies

http://members.aol.com/nonverbal2/index.htm

The center is a non-profit organization that deals with all areas of communication with the exception of language. The site contains a dictionary of non-verbal terminology.

CNN News

http://www.cnn.com/

 

ABC News

http://www.abcnews.go.com/

 

MSNBC News

http://www.msnbc.com/news/default.asp

 

FOX News

http://www.foxnews.com/

 

BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

AJR

http://ajr.org

The American Journalism Review.

 

Facsnet

http://www.facsnet.org/

The organization states thats it's mission is to improve the qualtiy of information reaching the public. It states it is a source for journalist by journalist. You must register to use most of this source.

Television News Archive

http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/

The web site has been constructed by Vanderbilt University. The site contain the "Evening News Abstracts" which contains the abstracts of the evening news from 1968-present. The library houses over 30,000 videotapes which are available for duplication, for a fee.