Convergent Organizations

Below you will find a listing of links to various convergent media sites and topics. Please feel free to email t.johnson@ttu.edu with suggestions or to add your site to the list.

Association of Internet Researchers
http://www.aoir.org/
The Association of Internet Researchers is an academic association dedicated to the advancement of the cross-disciplinary field of Internet studies. It is a member-based support network promoting critical and scholarly Internet research independent from traditional disciplines and existing across academic borders.

The digital edge
http://www.naa.org/sitecore/content/Home/DigitalEdge.aspx
The Digital Edge Web site publishes original analysis and advice for the development and management of digital-media businesses. The site focuses on critical topics
such as classified advertising, emerging revenue streams, paid online content and joint sales efforts conducted by newspapers' print and online salespeople.

Institute for Interactive Journalism
http://www.j-lab.org
J-Lab is an incubator for news experiments that use new technologies to help people engage in critical public issues. Its core mission is to improve public life by transforming journalism for today and re-inventing it for tomorrow.

Interactive Advertising Bureau
http://www.iab.net/
The IAB is an association dedicated to helping online, Interactive broadcasting, email, wireless and Interactive television media companies increase their revenues.

Internet Society
http://www.isoc.org
The Internet Society (ISOC) is a professional membership society that addresses issues that confront the future of the Internet, and is the organizational home for the groups responsible for Internet infrastructure standards, including the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet Architecture Board (IAB).

Media Bloggers Association
http://www.mediabloggers.org/
The Media Bloggers Association is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting, protecting and educating its members; supporting the development of "blogging" or "citizen journalism" as a distinct form of media; and helping to extend the power of the press, with all the rights and responsibilities that entails, to every citizen

Mediapost
http://www.mediapost.com/
Mediapost.com is an advertising and media Internet portal providing free tools, news, and directories to help our members better plan and buy both traditional and online advertising

Newsplex
http://www.newsplex.org
Newsplex trains students, journalists and researchers in converged media management. Three- and five-day seminars are targeted specifically at journalists, editors and managers, information specialists, college students, University faculty, high school students and high school teachers.

Online News Association
http://www.onlinenewsassociation.org/
The Online News Association is a professional organization of online news professionals dedicated to the development of online journalism. The association’s founding principles focus on editorial integrity and independence, freedom of expression and access, and journalistic excellence online.

Online Publishers Association
http://www.online-publishers.org/
The mission of the Online Publishers Association is to advance the business interests of high-quality online content providers before the advertising community, the press, the government and the public.

Poynter online
http://www.poynter.org/default.asp
The Poynter Institute is a school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalists.