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COM 100 - First Year Seminar (Fall 2017)

Highlights of common research starting points for students in COM 100 (and related needs for research in COM 107..and beyond COM 107)

Professional Associations

A listing of communications-related associations, organizations, and societies.

Advertising/Public Relations || Journalism || Photography/Graphic Arts || Television/Radio/Film

 

Advertising/Public Relations:

Advertising Age Data Center

Advertising Research Foundation

American Advertising Federation

American Association of Advertising Agencies

American Marketing Association

Asian American Advertising Federation

Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies

Connectiv, Business Information Association, a division of the Software & Information Industry Association

Interactive Advertising Bureau

International Advertising Association

International Public Relations Association

Institute for Public Relations

Public Relations Society of America

Public Relations Student Society of America

Society for Consumer Psychology


Journalism:

American Press Institute

American Society of Newspaper Editors

Associated Press

Association of Alternative News Weeklies

Committee to Protect Journalists

International Center for Journalists

International Federation of Journalists

Investigative News Network

Journalism Education Association

Magazine Publishers of America

National Association of Hispanic Journalists

National Federation of Press Women

National Press Club

Newseum

Newspaper Association of America

The Newspaper Guild

Online News Association

Reuters

Reporters Without Borders

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Society of Environmental Journalists

Society of Professional Journalists

United Press International

 

Photography/Graphic Arts:

American Institute for Graphic Arts (AIGA)

American Photographic Artists

American Society of Media Photographers

American Society of Picture Professionals

Design Council

Design Talkboard

Graphic Artists Guild

National Association of Photoshop Professionals

National Press Photographers Association

Photo Marketing Association International

Professional Photographers of America

Reportage

Society for News Design

Society of Publication Designers

Women in Photography International

 

Television/Radio/Film:

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

Alliance for a Media Literate America

American Communications Association

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)

Center for the Study of Popular Television, Syracuse University

Directors Guild of America (DGA)

Internet Movie Database (IMDB)

Museum of Broadcast Communications, Chicago

National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)

National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE)

Paley Center for Media (f.k.a.: Museum of Television and Radio)

Radio-Television Digital News Association

Screen Actors Guild (SAG)

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)

Writer's Guild of America