Resources

Here are some places to go to find information about media activism, media literacy, media democracy. We use these places for resources and inspiration.

1. http://www.youthactivism.com - "A democracy dropout reversal clearinghouse encouraging maximum youth participation"

2. http://www.indymedia.org - "Indymedia is a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage. Indymedia is a democratic media outlet for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of truth."

3. http://www.lipmagazine.org -" LiP is a not-for-profit print and electronic media project dedicated to the building of a sustainable society that values diversity. We question public and private policy that confuses consumption with freedom, perpetuates stratification based on gender, race, class, ethnicity and sexual practice, ignores the human costs of rote and mind-numbing work and pursues the destruction of the natural environment."

4. http://www.papertiger.org - "Paper Tiger Television (PTTV) is an open, non-profit, volunteer video collective. Through the production and distribution of our public access series, media literacy/video production workshops, community screenings and grassroots advocacy PTTV works to challenge and expose the corporate control of mainstream media."

5. http://www.videolink-kids.org - "Video Link is guided by the principle that through the process of studying and producing media, students develop self confidence and literacy skills needed to find and critically evaluate information, while discovering that media is a powerful vehicle for self-statement. While engaging in the production of non-fiction projects, students are exposed to a compelling medium through which they can negotiate the complexities of their lives and offer their perspective and vision to the world."

6. http://www.adbusters.org - "Our aim is to topple existing power structures and forge a major rethinking of the way we will live in the 21st century.We want to change the way information flows, the way institutions wield power, the way the world keeps the peace, the way the food, fashion, automobile, sports, music and culture industries set their agendas. Above all, we want to change the way we interact with the mass media and the way in which meaning is produced in our society."

7. http://www.mediademocracyday.org - "Media Democracy Day promotes a mass media system that informs and empowers all members of society. Media Democracy Day connects existing critical and creative media with active social movements, creating a coherent message for public attention and local and global action."

8. http://www.stayfreemagazine.org - "Stay Free! is a print magazine focused on issues surrounding commercialism and American culture."

9. http://www.openhumanminds.com - "Ohms Media is a New York City based, all volunteer collective who produce original and thought provoking media on social, political, and environmental issues. They are dedicated to using media
as a tool to evoke positive change in society, by offering an alternative to the franshised banter of mainstream media."

10. http://www.oocities.org/zimmerfidget - Official site of "The Great Social Equation", a movie by Media Activism members Adam and Ben. While you're at it, check out their 24 hour movie concepts.

11. http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/ - Featuring winners of the 2004 Media That Matters Annual Film Festival.

12. Morning Sedition on Air America Radio!

13. http://www.takebackthemedia.com

14. Madagascar Institute- Guerrilla Theater and Performance Arts group based out of NYC.

15. Nonsense NYC - Visitor Jeff Stark's email list. Subscribe to hear about all of the unusual and exciting "underground" events going on around NYC.

16. Sara was on npr-- check out what she had to say about Look Look Magazine... http://www.wnyc.org/studio360/show.html

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