Media studies

NEWSEUM - The Interactive Museum of News
This website contains lesson plans of topics such as The Media and The Messages. There are catalogues of resources and links to the CyberMuseum section of the website with exhibitions on Pulitzer Prizewinning photographs, the Berlin Wall, the Media and the Space Race, US presidential campaigns, and newstories of the 20th century.
http://www.newseum.org/
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NewsLink
This online news resource contains links to United States and international newspapers, magazines, radio and television sites. See the Oceana section for New Zealand newspapers. Also features a special service to job seeking journalists - free online posting of advertisements. The website is published by NewsLink Associates, an academic and professional research and consulting firm studying electronic publishing and visual journalism.
http://newslink.org/
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Scoop Independent News
The website of Scoop news service with articles and news releases from New Zealand and around the world. Topics include education, parliament, art, health, culture, sport, science, politics, and business. Includes links to blogs.
http://scoop.co.nz/
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Stuff Newspapers
This is the news and information website of Fairfax New Zealand Limited publications. Includes links to daily newspapers and classified advertisement sections.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nz_newspapers
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Te Karere Ipurangi: Māori News Online
Māori portal and Māori news online. NB: Viewers must subscribe to the current news section. Viewable in English.
http://www.maorinews.com/karere/
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Whose News – a case study of independent media
This paper is the summary of a workshop from the SocCom Conference 2005. The workshop on independent media used Noam Chomsky’s filters of media as a basis for discussion on the difference between 'independent' media and 'mass' media. Includes the handout of tools for teaching media literacy and information on alternative media sources.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/socialscience/soccon2005/
carolyn-brown-whose-news-workshop-summary.doc
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