Searching for associations

• The Sources Directory: More than 5,000 Expert Contacts and Media Spokespersons representing more than 1,000 Organizations." Use to identify organizations that may discuss your topic, then check out their web pages.
• Associations Canada: an encyclopedic directory [print]
• Associations - Information and Cultural Industries: Part of Industry Canada's directory of organizations by sector.
• ASAE Gateway to Associations Directory: Searchable list of associations by the American Society of Association Executives. US-focused, but some international content.

Key Canadian associations

• Canadian Communication Association
• Canadian Newspaper Association
• Canadian Broadcast Standards Council administers standards established by members of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters; deals with complaints and queries from the public about Canada's private broadcasters' programming
• Canadian Association of Broadcasters represents the interests private broadcasters, including radio and television stations, networks, and speciality, pay and pay-per-view services
• National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada
• Electronic Frontier Canada
• Media Smarts  Canadian not-for-profit charitable organization for digital and media literacy.
• Newspapers Canada includes the ultimate online guide to Canadian dailies, including links to papers, statistics, history, ownership, etc.

Key US associations

• American Communication Association
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting: funds public broadcasting on radio & tv
• Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
• National Association of Broadcasters
• Motion Picture Association of America: Includes a page about the movie ratings system and market statistics
• National Association of Television Program Executives: "The leading association for content professionals;" includes links to industry resources
• Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

Key international associations

• Communication Institute for Online Scholarship
• International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
• International Communication Association check out the specialized divisions links
• Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing includes links to projects, societies, teaching & learning resources
• Radio-Television News Director's Association and Foundation "world's largest professional organization devoted exclusively to electronic journalism"
• Telecommunications Society of Australia (TSA)

Thinks tanks & research centres

Searching for think tanks & research centres

• WorldPress.Org directory of think-tanks and NGOs
• World Directory of Think Tanks Japan's National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA) provides this comprehensive guide to websites from think tanks from over 75 countries.

SFU organizations

• Centre for Policy Research in Science and Technology (CPROST)
• Publishing Department
• NewsWatch Canada
• EPIX: Emergency Preparedness Information Exchange
• Also search the Canadian Electronic Library for reports from many Canadian think tanks and government bodies.

Key international organizations

• Pew Research Centre: Includes reports from 8 research centres including the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Internet & American Life Project
• School of Media and Communication: University of Leeds
• Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations: (CRITO) at the University of California at Irvine
• European Communication and Research Education Association
• Benton Foundation: Works "to realize the social benefits made possible by the public interest use of communications"
• Department of Communication University of Washington