Mass Communications: Internet Resources

A free digital archive of television commercials from the 1950s to the 1980s, this site provides access to commercials created or collected by the New York advertising agency Benton & Bowles. The archival collection is housed at Duke University's Harman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History and is a collaborative project with the Digital Collections Program at Duke.

A project based at Harvard's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. This resource examines news topics through a research lens.

A University of Minnesota project that promotes the study of media history from petroglyphs to pixels.

Literature reviews for the communication field. Articles include reviews in mass communications, video gaming, and methodology. This link leads to the current issue.

A free digital archive of television commercials from the 1950s to the 1980s, this site provides access to commercials created or collected by the New York advertising agency Benton & Bowles. The archival collection is housed at Duke University's Harman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History and is a collaborative project with the Digital Collections Program at Duke.

This site provides national advertising news, events, and job postings.

USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism presents digital/online/internet/web news & technology reports; Digital Future Report; World Internet Project Report (provides information about cell phone, tablet use, online privacy, etc...)

Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) includes estimated measurements of internet/online advertising revenues.

measures demographics based on industry & provides ratings. Top 10 lists for TV, TV ad brand memorability, books, music, video games, movies social media, alcohol, health & beauty, beverages, snack. Parts of the website are subscription based.

Collects vintage ads from a variety of sources, including comic books, CD-ROMs, websites, APIs, your submissions, books, and magazines.