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Online Research

This page contains links to various on-campus student organizations as well as links to websites that will be helpful to you as a Communications Major as you conduct your research.

If you find a search engine, or site that is helpful, please e-mail the information to our webmaster at kj-cosgriff-6@alumni.uchicago.edu and he will add it to this page.


Search Engines:

www.google.com (search engine)

www.about.com (search engine)

www.questia.com (online library)

John Carroll Student Produced Media:

John Carroll's Student Newspaper

John Carroll's Student Radio Station

Media Critiques:

The elections coverage web-site of the Columbia Journlism Review

Public Speaking:

Archives of American Public Address

University of Iowa's Resources on Public Speaking

 

Regional Communication Associations:

The following are regional associations of communication scholars and professionals. Each organization hosts conferences or conventions to discuss recent study in the field of communication and the teaching of communication classes. Many communication professors and some students present papers at these conferences. Interested students should talk to their professors about the possibility of traveling to and/or presenting at these conferences. Their websites include information on upcoming conferences.

www.csca-net.org Central States Communication Association (CSCA) (Our region)

www.ecasite.org Eastern Communication Association (ECA)

ssca.net Southern States Communication Association (SSCA)

www.westcomm.org Western States Communication Association (WSCA)

www.natcom.org This is the homepage of the National Communication Association (NCA). This includes information about the organization, conferences and their national convention. A highlight of the site is that it includes a directory of graduate programs in communication, which can be searched by state, area of concentration, etc.

National Communication Associations:

www.asha.org A web site for those interested in speech pathology and professional issues.

www.beaweb.org Broadcast Education Association

www.nab.org National Association of Broadcasters

www.rronline.com Radio and Records

www.billboard.com Billboard Magazine

www.lib.umd.edu/lab Library of American Broadcasting

www.broadcastingcable.com Broadcasting and Cable

 

 

   
 
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