Where To Get Help
by Barbara Solow
Local/State Media Literacy Organizations:
Appalachian State University program in media literacy, Boone: www.ci.appstate .edu/programs/edmedia/medialit, David Considine chair of 2003 National Media Literacy Conference, (828) 262-2270
Citizens for Media Literacy, Asheville: www.main.nc.us/cml/, (828) 255-0182
Center for Documentary Studies, Durham: www.cds.aas.duke.edu, 660-3663
LimiTV, Inc., Raleigh: (888) 546-4883, www.limiTV.org
MediaSmart, Raleigh: 834-8371
National Alliance for Non-Violent Programming, Greensboro: www.ncmsalliance.org, (336) 370-0407
National Media Literacy Groups:
Action Coalition for Media Education: www.acmecoalition.org
Alliance for a Media Literate America: www.nmec.org
Cable in the Classroom: www.cicoline.com
Center for Commercial Free Public Education: www.commercialfree.org
Center for Media Literacy: (800) 228-4630, www.medialit.org
Children Now: www.childrennow.org
The Just Think Foundation: www.justhink.org
Media Awareness Network: www.media-awareness.ca
Media Literacy Clearinghouse at the University of South Carolina: www.media.sc.edu
The National Institute on Media and the Family: www.mediafamily.org
New Mexico Media Literacy Project: (505) 828-3129, www.nmmlp.org
TV Turn-Off Network: www.tvturnoff.org
Related Sites/Organizations:
American Academy of Pediatrics: www.aap.org
American Legacy Foundation's Truth campaign: www.thetruth.com
The Annenburg School for Communication: www.asc.upenn.edu, (404) 767-1275
Center on Blacks and the Media: (404) 767-1275
Center for Democracy and Technology: www.cdt.org
Center for a New American Dream: (301) 891-3683; www.newdream.org
Culture Jammers: www.adbusters.org
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: www.fair.org
Kaiser Family Foundation: www.kff.org
Selling America's Kids: www.consumersunion.org/other/ sellingkids/recommendations
Zillions Ed Center: www.zillionsedcenter.org (has information on kids and advertising)
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