Newseum:
The Newseum, the interactive museum of news, takes visitors behind
the scenes to see and experience how and why news is made. Visitors
can be reporters or television newscasters; relive the great news
stories of all time through multimedia exhibits, artifacts and news
memorabilia; and see today's news as it happens.
National
Schools Film Week: What sort of history do feature films give
us? Do they do no more than show us what the period depicted in the
film would have looked like? Do they tell us more about the values
of the current culture which produces them as opposed to the culture
that they seem to represent? For the historian and the student of
history, the feature film presents many challenges and offers lots
of problems. But if we are looking at feature films as a possible
source of evidence, then they pose no more difficult questions than,
say, paintings, photographs etc., in fact any other historical source
that historians might use. The
history strand of National Schools Film Week offers a wide historical
perspective and is supported by study notes.
Masters
of Photography: A collection of articles on the world's leading
photographers. This includes Ansel Adams, Berenice Abbott, Alvin L.
Coburn, Imogen Cunningham, Walker Evans, Arthur
Fellig, Lewis
Hine, Dorothea
Lange, Jacob Riis, W. Eugene Smith, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz,
Paul Strand, Timothy O'Sullivan, Edward Weston and Clarence White.
Women
Photographers: A website produced by the California Museum of
Photography that includes images by some of the best-known names in
the history of the medium as well as significant or exemplary images
by other less famous photographers. There are illustrated articles
on Frances Johnson, Julia Margaret Cameron, Gertrude Kasebier, Alice
Boughton, Berenice Abbott, Marion Palfi, Alma Lavenson, Imogen Cunningham,
Susan Meisalas, Barbara Morgan, Mary Ellen Mark, Rosalind Solomon
and Olivia Parker.
Film
Education is a registered charity supported by the film industry
and the BFI in the UK. The website's aim is to encourage and promote
the study of film and other media within the Curriculum through online
resources, CD ROMS, downloadable study guides and educational video
packs. In addition to providing a range of free educational materials,
the site also includes information on INSET courses, workshops, seminars,
free screening events and television programmes. The Film Library
section, currently one of the site's most visited areas is a comprehensive
list of titles recommended by Film Education by Key Stage and subject
area and includes downloadable study guides for many of the films
listed.
Photo-Seminars:
A website for image makers and those who teach image making. It offers
free seminars on several photographers including Henri Cartier-Bresson,
Edward Weston, Eugene Atget, Matthew Brady, Robert Capa, Imogen Cunningham,
W. Eugene Smith, Irving Penn, Lisette Model and Margaret Bourke-White.
There are also sixteen workshops on subjects such as Photojournalism
and Travel Photography.
Filcomedia:
Filcomedia is a web site dedicated to Film, Communication & Media
studies for the 16-19 year old. The
site is particularly useful for students & teachers following
the AQA Communication Studies syllabus with a number of extensive
case studies for the 'Culture, Context & Communication' unit.
There are also a large number of photo-copiable hand-outs for A/AS
Media Studies (in PDF) The site is frequently updated and is produced
by an experienced subject specialist at Filton College of F.E.
Media
Studies: Steve Baker's website is an unofficial site containing
materials suitable for all students of Media, but in particular those
studying the OCR and AQA syllabuses. While the site is still very
much under development, there are a large number of shorts pieces
on the main conceptual areas as well as longer booklets. There are
also research links to major media organizations and some limited
advice for teachers. A small amount of material is password protected,
but the majority is open to all.
Media
Web: This is a media studies site intended for students and teachers
and anyone interested in working on the AQA media studies A/AS course.
There are sections on film, advertising, representation, genre, audience,news,
documentary, wider issues, advice on exam coursework and marking criteria.
It's been very popular and is widely used by both students and teachers
alike. The resources can be copied, pasted and printed.
A
Level Media Site: Mick Underwood's website provides reading materials,
links for research and useful notes. Aimed primarily at students on
the AQA syllabus, but also relevant to any student or teacher of Media
Studies.
Christmas
Commercialism: The Association for Media Literacy (AML) is a voluntary,
non-profit organization, made up of teachers, librarians, consultants,
media professionals, parents and cultural workers concerned about
the impact of the mass media and popular culture on young people.
This lesson on Christmas Commercialism originally appeared in the
Media Literary Resource Guide published by the Ontario Ministry of
Education.
Carte-de-Visite
Photographs: From
1859 onwards there were millions of small studio portrait photographs
produced all over the world in a format known as Carte-de-visite.
In the UK they were discontinued from about 1905. They were the first
cheap, mass produced form of having an image of yourself, family and
friends or even famous people! The were placed in albums made for
them and now turn up in sales and are very collectable. They show
how the Victorians looked in their Sunday best! This website, created
by Roger Vaughan, contains a large section of these photographs.
American
Photographers: Biographies of 42 photographers working in the
United States between 1840 and 1980. There are also brief articles
about Pictorialism, Documentary Photography, The Camera Club, Camera
Work Magazine, Photo-Succession Group, Group f/64, Photo League, Surrealism,
Farm Security Administration, Standard Oil Project, Photojournalism,
Family of Man Exhibition, Life Magazine and Photomontage.
History
of the BBC: Since it was first formed as a company in 1922, five
years before it received its first Royal Charter and became the British
Broadcasting Corporation, the BBC has been a world leader in programme
production. It has pioneered communications in radio, television and
online technologies. The BBC has proved a powerful force in the 20th
century - providing entertainment, education and information, and
captivating millions of viewers and listeners at home and abroad.
This website gives a short history of the BBC, with highlights from
radio and television from each decade.
Z
MAGAZINE is an
independent monthly of critical thinking on political, cultural, social,
and economic life in the United States. Z Magazine is available in
print and online. The online system, updated monthly, reproduces the
print version of the magazine. The current edition includes articles
on Corporate Globalization (Raymond Ker), The Next Arms Race (James
John Bell) and Palestine: Ethnic Cleansing By Starvation (Rania Awwad).
FAIR
is a United States media watch group and has been offering well-documented
criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986. The organization
argues for greater diversity in the press and scrutinizes media practices
that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints.
Fair is an anti-censorship organization that attempts to expose neglected
news stories and defend working journalists when they are muzzled.
Journal
of Theory, Technology and Culture: Online journal published weekly.
Recent articles include Language and Politics: Agonistic Discourse
in West Wing (Samuel A. Chambers), Remediating Democracy: The Public
Intellectual, Hypertext and the West Wing (Patrick Finn), Digital
Democracy: When Culture Becomes News (Samuel A. Chambers and Patrick
Finn), Culture Pessimism and Rock Criticism (Mike Grimshaw), Hyper-Heidegger
(Arthur Krocker), Beyond Postmodernism? (John Armitage), Pleasure
Island (Kenneth Chen), Sentencing Learners to Life (Cliff Falk), HTML
as Needlepoint (Michael Dartnel) and Digital Ideology (Arthur and
Marilouise Kroker).
Mediaknowall
is designed as a starting point for students undertaking research
into media projects. Created by Karina Wilson, Head of Media Studies
at South Island School in Hong Kong, the website has sections for
KS3, GCSE and A-level students, each containing notes and further
links on a range of media topics - Audience, Production, Narrative,
Genre etc as appropriate to each level. Students can also search for
a particular topic or key word using the search page. The site has
more than 150 pages and is constantly growing - especially as WJEC
change the focus of the set papers each year. There is a comprehensive
history of the horror film in a separate section, designed for those
choosing Genre for their A2 coursework essay. Teachers can find also
find simulations and suggestions for student tasks to go with key
topics.
Media
Literacy Clearinghouse: A website designed for educators who want
to learn more about media literacy and to make their students more
media aware. The material is organized under the headings: Advertising,
Commercialism, Gender Representation, Motion Pictures, Propaganda,
Political Advertising, Television, Recommended Articles, Role of Media
in Politics, Analyzing for Bias, Media Literacy and Visual Literacy.
Pathe
News: Seven years ago the publishers of the Daily Mail spent more
than £10 million for the film library of British Pathe. The
3,500 hours of material covers news, sport, social history and entertainment
from 1896 to 1970. The entire archive, including its pictures of the
Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II, the explosion of the Hindenberg airship
and the declaration of war in 1939, has been digitised, with the help
of £1 million from the National Lottery's New Opportunities
Fund. This material can now be searched online and downloaded from
the Pathe News website.
Newsroom:
The Newsroom, Archive and Visitor Centre at 60 Farringdon Road, London
preserves and promotes the histories and values of the Guardian and
the Observer through archive, education and exhibitions. School parties
are invited to spend a day at the Newsroom to find out what it is
like to be a reporter and editor. Students get the opportunity to
get involved in everything from researching, writing, editing to creating
headlines and selecting and captioning photographs.
Slip-Ups:
The term "Slip-Up" means any amusing accidental blooper
or mistake that wasn't caught, and made its way to the viewing public.
They can be inconsistencies in movies, like an actor wearing something
in one shot, and it's missing in the next shot. Or they can be funny
errors in books. The website includes sections on Movies (9,052),
TV (2,148), Books (266) and Quotes (181).
Internet
Movie Database: The Internet Movie Database is the ultimate online
movie database covering over 325,000 titles and over 1,000,000 people
with facts, trivia, reviews plus multimedia links from the earliest
films to the latest releases. The Movie database can be searched by
Movie/TV Title, Cast/Crew Name, Character Name and Word Search.
News
Corporation and the Iraq War: Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation
owns more than 175 titles on three continents. He publishes 40 million
newspapers a week and dominates the newspaper markets in Britain,
Australia and New Zealand. In a recent interview in the Sydney Daily
Telegraph, Murdoch came out strongly in favour of the forthcoming
war in Iraq: "We can't back down now, where you hand over the
whole of the Middle East to Saddam... I think Bush is acting very
morally, very correctly, and I think he is going to go on with it...
I think Tony (Blair) is being extraordinary courageous and strong...
It's not easy to do that living in a party which is largely composed
of people who have a knee-jerk anti-Americanism and are sort of pacifist."
In this article Roy Greenslade explores the reasons why Murdoch's
175 editors around the world are also backing the war with Iraq.
CNN
International Network: Chris Cramer, president of CNN International
Network, has recently pointed out that the US government is using
the Internet to wage an "information warfare campaign" against
Iraq. This has included sending messages calling them to defect to
all people with Iraqi email addresses. Saddam Hussein has responded
by closing down all internet service providers in Iraq. Cramer argues
that the net will play a key role in the reporting of the war. He
urges people to remember the quotation from Mark Twain: "A lie
can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on
its shoes."
British
Newspaper Library: The national archive collections in the United
Kingdom of British and overseas newspapers is held at Colindale in
London. It is the only large, integrated national newspaper service
in the world, combining facilities for the collection, preservation,
and use of newspapers all on one site. The library contains 52,000
newspaper and periodical titles. It is hoped that these newspapers
will eventually be placed online. The British Library Online Newspaper
Archive (pilot version only) currently includes searchable facsimile
issues of London’s Daily News, The News of the World, The Weekly
Dispatch, and The Manchester Guardian.
Propaganda
War: In this article, Phillip Knightley, the author of the book
The First Casualty: The War Correspondent as Hero, Propagandist
and Myth Maker, discusses the media coverage of the Iraq War.
Despite their superior resources, Knightley believes the coalition
is losing the propaganda war with Iraq. He quotes from a leaked Psyops
report that proposed: "bringing all Iraqi PoWs into impressively
large groups and offering the world's media a photo opportunity; making
more use of Iraqi opposition groups; and persuading Iraqis in 'liberated'
areas to speak out against Saddam Hussein." Knightley agrees
with this approach but warns: "that the media has become suspicious
of stories handed to it on a plate. Even if some western correspondents
might fall for such an operation, Arab and neutral reporters would
expose it."
Paperboy:
This website, created by Ian Duckworth, started out in November 1997
as a hobby to satisfy his own craving for easy access to quality news
and has grown from there. The website now provides access to 5,635
newspapers. The "Newspaper Search" box is located at the
top of the left column on the front page. This powerful search feature
is the quickest way to track down the paper you're hunting for. Click
on the appropriate newspaper name in the list of search results to
visit the site.
Reporting
the Iraq War: The Daily Mirror and the Daily Telegraph have reported
the invasion of Iraq very differently. The editors of these newspapers,
Piers Morgan and Charles Moore, hold very different views on the conflict.
This website, hosted by the Guardian newspaper, includes a collection
of interesting exchange of emails on the subject. In doing so, it
provides a good resource for a project on how newspapers report a
modern war.
War
Propaganda Bureau: In September, 1914, the British government
established the War Propaganda Bureau. Over the next four years famous
writers were paid by the government to produce a series of articles,
pamphlets and books on the First World War. In May 1916 the War Propaganda
Bureau began sending artists to record events on the Western Front.
Overall, over ninety artists produced pictures for the government
during the war. Many of the artists found the work very difficult.
Paul Nash complained about the control over subject matter. Nash told
a friend: "I am not allowed to put dead men into my pictures
because apparently they don't exist". On another occasion he
said: "I am no longer an artist. I am a messenger who will bring
back word from the men who are fighting to those who want the war
to go on for ever. Feeble, inarticulate will be my message, but it
will have a bitter truth and may it burn their lousy souls."
International
Education Media: This website provides an a-z listing of countries
who are looking to recruit students from overseas as well as nationally.
Click on the 'courses' button to browse the different study topics
available worldwide. Click on the green button beside each topic to
read articles and features about studying a particular course that
is of interest to you. Alternatively use the site search to find all
relevant information. If you do not find what you are looking for
on the site you may contact International Education Media through
its contact button on the navigation bar across the top. A directory
listing is free of charge and can be done via the website.
History
On The Radio: Beginning in the 1930's and into the early 1960's,
radio was the dominant means of communication, featuring entertainment
such as comedy, detective shows and tales of the Old West. It also
provided a popular means of education. Shows such as "You are
There," recreated historical events including the assassination
of Julius Caesar, the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, the Battle
of Plassey and the Battle of Gettysburg. These shows were particularly
exciting as they developed a unique and dynamic method of presentation:
they were structured as if they were being covered by embedded journalists
at live events. Other shows such as "Frontier Fighters"
recreated dramatic events in the history of the American West. Episodes
featuring outstanding personalities such as Zebulon Pike, Kit Carson
and Wild Bill Hickock, both entertained and informed students during
this period. Other shows such as "Cavalcade of America"
presented the life stories of Mark Twain, John Sutter and Tom Edison.
Best of Western Radio is now broadcasting these shows over the internet
to educate and to entertain a new generation.
Indymedia
UK: The media organization provides an interactive platform for
reports from the struggles for a world based on freedom, cooperation,
justice and solidarity, and against environmental degradation, neoliberal
exploitation, racism and patriarchy. The reports cover a wide range
of issues and social movements - from neighbourhood campaigns to grassroots
mobilisations, from critical analysis to direct action. The content
of the Indymedia website is created through a system of open publishing:
anyone can upload a written, audio and video report or a picture directly
to the site through an openly accessible web interface. Through this
system of 'Direct Media', Indymedia erodes the dividing line between
reporters and reported, between active producers and passive audience:
people are enabled to speak for themselves.
Moving
History: The AHRB Centre for British Film and Television studies
and the South East Film and Video Archive have launched Moving History
- a new web resource on film archives aimed at the arts and humanities
academic community. This new site provides an in depth guide to the
United Kingdom's twelve public sector moving image archives, presenting
detailed information on these fascinating and valuable collections,
and illustrated with over 100 selected film and television clips.
The site also offers guidelines on gaining access to these archives,
and provides links and contact points for further information.
Stage
and Screen: Notes
& Queries began in 1989 as a weekly column in the Guardian, and
rapidly acquired a cult following. Now, thanks to the Internet, it
is reaching a worldwide electronic audience. The questions and answers
are organised into different categories. This section deals with the
theatre and includes questions such as Why is a matinee performance
so called, if it takes place in the afternoon?" and "Why
is the ''green room'' in theatres so called?".
Reach
for the Sky: This BSkyB careers website covers four areas: TV
& Moves, Journalism, Music and Sport. Each section has interviews
with practitioners at various levels; from presenters to backroom
workers (video clips with text transcripts). Students will also find
the CV Builder useful. Other sections include On the Road, Work It,
Clued Up and Chat n Chill.
Newspaper
Education Trust is a registered charity based in the heart of
London Docklands. Supported by the Newspaper Industry it provides
courses for students and teachers. Each year nearly 2,000 Primary
and Secondary pupils use the newsroom facility each year. Teachers
can also apply for courses that cover the basics of Microsoft Publisher,
the Internet, e-mail and web design.
Media
Literacy Conference: In a democracy the right to express oneself
freely and the right of access to information are the indispensable
rights of a citizen. In order to guarantee these rights we need independent,
pluralistic and responsibly-minded media. Freedom of the press, free
exchange of information and ideas and an open discussion without the
influence of government are of great significance for the development
of a free, stable and democratic society in a united Europe. This
subject will be considered in greater depth during the conference
'Learning Democracy'. The presentation of media-literacy projects
from different European countries offer information and the chance
to collect ideas and take first steps in cooperation across national
borders. The conference language is English.
Global
Gang: Run by Christian Aid the website features a hot news section,
which provides stories from around the world. The stories are illustrated
and designed to provoke interest and discussion. Current news stories
include Liberia
(imagine living in a massive sports stadium with thousands of other
people); Join the global gang! (a new project that links up children
from around the world); Wrestling in London (Lisa from Colchester
wrestled with a giant figure called 'I can't be bothered'); We can
all be heroes! (find out about TV star Kwame's hero, and how you can
be a hero); Gun Violence in Jamaica; Life in Afghanistan (how has
life for children in Afghanistan changed since September 11th?) and
Hunger in Southern Africa.
Today's
Front Pages is an online version of a popular exhibit at Washington
DC's Museum of Virtual News. Every morning, more than 100 newspapers
from around the world submit their front pages to the Newseum via
the Internet. Front pages are chosen to represent each of the 50 states
as well as a selection of international newspapers. The main page
of the website is a gallery of thumbnail images of newspaper front
pages from around the world. You can click on a thumbnail to read
a larger version of that front page. Updated daily it provides an
excellent at-a-glance snapshot of global news.
Newsround:
This BBC website provides news stories on interest to young people.
The three main stories today are Apes are in danger of extinction,
Non-green schools waste millions and last night's Champions League
games. All news stories appear in categories such as UK News, World
News, Sport, Music, TV/Film, Animals, Science and Technology. The
website also has a section that explains how the stories gets online.
Screen
Online: This British Film Institute website brings to life Britain's
big and small screen histories from the 1890s to the present. Popular
classics, little-known gems and many hard-to-find films and television
programmes are represented by thousands of video extracts, thousands
of still images, publicity materials and specially-written analyses
by expert writers, supported by comprehensive filmographic information.
Screen Online is a vital resource for anyone with either an academic
or casual interest in British film or television.
Picture
Library: The Museum of London Picture Library holds over 20,000
images illustrating the history of London and the life of its people
from prehistoric times to the present. These include images of the
Museum's collections of paintings, prints, drawings, historic photographs
and 3D objects. The 1400 images that you can view on this website
represent a selection of material available to order from the picture
library. You can search through them by keywords, theme, date or type
(colour or black and white).
First
Day on the Somme: This CD-ROM, produced by Film Education, contains
downloadable pdf's which take students through the process of constructing
their own documentary on these historical events. Rushes from the
period as well as contemporary footage allow students to discover
ways in which propaganda can be created as well as the ways in which
images can be manipulated. It also asks them to question the veracity
of the moving image as used within documentary programmes on television.
Full details can be found at the Film Education website.
Lobster
Magazine: Robin Ramsay publishes the Lobster magazine twice a
year. A collection of these articles can be found on the website.
This includes: The Influence of Intelligence services on the British
Left, Compromised Reporting, Conspiracy Theories and Clandestine Politics,
Enemies Within? Recent JFK Literature, Who were they Travelling With?
UFOs and the Governments of the USA and UK and Getting it Right: the
Security Agencies in Modern Society.
Wizard
of Oz: Since its publication in September 1900, L. Frank Baum's
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has become America's greatest and best-loved
homegrown fairytale. The first totally American fantasy for children,
it is one of the most-read children's books. It has also engendered
a long series of sequels, stage plays and musicals, movies and television
shows, biographies of Baum, scholarly studies of the significance
of the book and film, advertisements, and toys, games, and other Oz-related
products. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of this timeless American
classic, the Library of Congress has supplemented its unparalleled
collections with costumes and other memorabilia borrowed from museums,
other libraries, and private collectors.
PBS
Frontline: When Frontline was launched in 1983, the prospects
for television news documentaries looked grim. Pressure was on the
network news departments to become profitable, and the spirit of outspoken
journalistic inquiry established by programs like Edward R. Murrow's
"See It Now" and "Harvest of Shame" had given
way to entertainment values and feature-filled magazine shows. Therefore,
it fell to public television to pick up the torch of public affairs
and continue this well-established broadcast news tradition. This
PBS website previews future shows as well as providing an archive
of past shows, which can be browsed chronologically or by subject.
Conspiracy
Planet: A collection of newspaper and magazine articles that provides
an alternative view of the world. Titles include Moon Landing Scam,
Princess Diana: Murder-Coverup, New World Order, Anthrax Fear Scam,
Suppressed Science, Dyncorp Crimes, Cheney/Halliburton Fraud, CIA
Drug Trafficking, Federal Reserve Scam, Globalism, Genetic Engineering,
Vote Fraud, Vaccination Scam, Voodoo Science, Solari Action Network,
PsyOps, Biowarfare, Chemtrails, Bilderbergers, Media Whores, Military
Guinea Pigs and Harvard Hijacked.
Truth
and Propaganda: The use of propaganda campaigns has been a crucial
aspect of modern warfare. Various techniques and media have been employed
by governments to attempt to modify their citizens' behaviour and
outlook: to encourage recruitment for the armed service, bolster home
morale and undermine the enemy. The diverse collections of the Imperial
War Museum illustrate many aspects of the history of propaganda in
the era of modern conflict. The material is organized under the headings:
De-humanising The Enemy (the subtle employment of propaganda strategy),
Myths And Heroes (icons, heroes and martryrs) and Machinery Of Delivery
(media technology at war).
Great
War Photographs: This Dutch website claims to have one of the
largest collections of First World War photographs. The material is
organized in galleries such as: Tinted War (more than 150 colour photographs
of the war), They Die Young (40 photographs of underage soldiers),
Shooting-Match (pictures of the Gallipoli campaign), Bloody Picnic
(explicit photographs of the death and destruction caused by the war),
The Americans are Coming (photographs of the American Expeditionary
Force), Unforeseen Epidemic (shellshock victims) and Love & War
(romantic postcards from the war).
Media
History Project: This site is hosted by the School of Journalism
and Mass Communication, College of Liberal Arts and the University
of Minnesota. The Media History site is organized under the following
sections: Early Media (oral & scribal culture), Print Media (printing
& publishing, journalism, photography, advertising, comics), Electrical
Media (telegraphy, telephony, recorded music, video games), Mass Media
(radio, film, television) and Digital Media (computing).
Media
Smart: Children are exposed to a variety of media every day, some
of which contain complex messages. Media plays an important role in
children’s lives today; they watch programmes and advertising
via satellite and terrestrial television, the Internet, billboards,
magazines and newspapers, mobile phones, videos and DVDs. Although
not all messages are aimed at children, a child must nevertheless
interpret and make informed choices in response. As a child develops
and grows, these skills are fine-tuned and used both as an individual
and as a consumer. Media Smart is a media literacy programme, initially
focused on advertising and is designed for primary school children
aged 6-11 years old. It is the first UK media literacy programme to
run inside the classroom and the home using broadcast and written
educational materials.
Private
Eye: This amazing websites contains more than 1,100 Private Eye
front covers. Each cover is indexed by date and subject. The collection
starts with the first issue on 25th October, 1961 (price 6d.) to the
present day. The website is run by someone calling himself "Idi"
and he is appealing for help to track down the 117 covers he is missing.
Idi is obviously breaking copyright law with this website and it is
hoped that Private Eye will appreciate the great service that these
enthusiasts are providing.
The
Onion: Every week, three million readers turn to the world's most
popular humour publication for a much-needed dose of Onion satire
and entertainment coverage. In a history spanning 15 years, six popular
books, and 10 Webby Awards, The Onion has attracted legions of loyal
fans drawn to its scathingly funny commentary on world events, human
behavior, and journalistic convention. It is now available in a "new,
non-free form". In other words it now has a premium service offering
extra content and no ads.
Press
Freedom: Freedom House has just published a report on press freedoms.
As one would expect, European countries dominate the top rankings
(Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Belgium, Finland, Norway, Switzerland).
However, one disturbing aspect is the position of Italy. It is ranked
74th (just below Benin and Mali). The report condemns Italy for “unbalanced”
coverage of political events and says that it no better than Albania
and Mongolia in terms of media independence. The report the decline
in the quality of media coverage is linked to the rule of Silvio Berlusconi.
RadioWaves:
This company supplies a unique network of online radio stations providing
schools with their own stations and international broadcast platform.
Learners can create your own stories in text, pictures and audio to
publish online. Teachers totally control all content and all editors
online. Schools have their own homepage and a pre-structured set of
web pages on which to publish all content.
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want to have your website listed in our web directory? If so, send
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