SSCI 110: Material for media literacy

The academic bill of rights

 

The document:

Relevant organizations:

Alternative views

Articles

Other resources

  • Sourcewatch (use this page to check out some of the other people or organizations--they are a watchdog that monitors the PR industry)
  • Media Transparency (this organization tries to identify the funding sources for various institutes and think tanks, to try to understand the underlying sources of financial support, where it's not clear or seems suspicious)
  • Media matters (a liberal-leaning media watchdog)
  • SAF 'Chapter tools' (check out some of the things students are encouraged to do in reporting liberal professors)
  • Wikipedia (This is a great resource for finding out about people, events, organizations, etc. And they link to lots of other information. It's an online encyclopedia that is continuously being updated, produced by people with expertise on the topic)
  • Esther Grassian. Thinking critically about web-based resources. Online at www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm
  • Liberals and conservatives and bias (from Bill Grigsby's Soc 205 class)