Social Legislation
- Discuss U.S. bills aimed at regulating social media. Explains the Deleting Online Predators Act, the Social Networking Website Prohibition Act and the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act.
- http://www.sociallegislation.com/

On the Media
- Site representing weekly, one-hour National Public Radio program devoted to media criticism and analysis.
- http://www.onthemedia.org/

NewsTrust
- Online social network that aims to help people identify quality journalism. Sign-in to rate news and opinions.
- http://beta.newstrust.net/

Center for Media and Democracy
- A wiki-based investigative journalism collaborative focused on the public relations industry and whistle-blowing manipulative or misleading practices. Contribute to a quarterly investigative journal, the Weekly Spin listserv, donate or draw on newsfeeds.
- http://www.prwatch.org/

Media Matters for America
- A non-profit progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media. Founded by David Brock, a conservative media insider.
- http://mediamatters.org/

Press Complaints Commission
- Independent organisation monitoring British newspapers and magazines to ensure they adhere to ethical guidelines. Deals with issues such as inaccuracy, privacy, misrepresentation and harassment.
- http://www.pcc.org.uk/

Global Media Monitoring Project
- A twice-a-decade study of the media’s news coverage to be undertaken worldwide with the aim of documenting the participation and portrayal of men and women in the world’s news media.
- http://www.whomakesthenews.org/

Media Watch (ABC TV)
- A leading forum for Australian media analysis. Summary, news, bungled stories and viewable episodes of the weekly program, plus archive of previous coverage.
- http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/

Independent Press Councils (IPC)
- Containing details of press councils who have successfully adapted the idea of self-regulation to their own cultural and political context, to facilitate the exchange of views and information, and to promote and support self-regulation.
- http://www.media-accountability.org

Adbusters
- Foundation with goal of changing the way society and the mass media interact.
- http://www.adbusters.org

Stats
- Weblog and articles highlight abuses of science and statistics regarding policy issues.
- http://www.stats.org/

PR Watch
- Investigative reporting on the practices of public-relations and public affairs industry, from the Center for Media and Democracy.
- http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/index.html

Morality in Media
- Established in 1962 by Father Morton A. Hill, S.J. (1917-1985), to combat obscenity and to uphold decency standards in the media. MIM maintains the National Obscenity Law Center, a clearinghouse of legal materials on obscenity law.
- http://www.moralityinmedia.org/

Center for Media and Public Affairs
- Nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization in Washington, D.C., conducting scientific studies of the news and entertainment media.
- http://www.cmpa.com

National Institute on Media and the Family
- Providing research and education on the media's effect on families and children.
- http://www.mediafamily.org

Project Censored
- Locating stories about significant issues of which the public should be aware, but is not, for one reason or another.
- http://www.projectcensored.org

Tyndall Report
- Monitoring the American television networks' weekday nightly newscasts.
- http://www.tyndallreport.com/

The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
- Independent opinion research group studying attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues.
- http://people-press.org/

American Journalism Review
- National magazine covering all aspects of print, television, radio and online media.
- http://www.ajr.org

Columbia Journalism Review
- Publication serving as a watchdog of the press in all its forms.
- http://www.cjr.org/

Media Monitors Network
- Grass roots watchdog of media coverage which seeks to uncover journalistic and media bias and provide contrary information and opinions.
- http://www.mediamonitors.net

Media Watch
- Organization focusing on media literacy and the challenging of stereotypes commonly found in the media.
- http://www.mediawatch.com

Alternative Media Watch
- Media group showcasing underreported news stories and issues.
- http://www.zmag.org/altmediawatch.htm

MediaChannel.org
- Nonprofit site dedicated to the political, social, and cultural impacts of the media.
- http://www.mediachannel.org

Media Transparency
- Watchdog organization tracing funding sources of many media and political organizations.
- http://www.mediatransparency.org

Media Research Center
- Conservative group founded to bring political balance to the news media and responsibility to the entertainment media.
- http://www.mediaresearch.org/

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR)
- National media watchdog group advocating independence and criticism in journalism.
- http://www.fair.org/

Accuracy in Media
- Conservative watchdog group for fairness, balance and accuracy in news reporting.
- http://www.aim.org/