Convergent Research

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.

Center for the Digital Future
http://www.digitalcenter.org/
The Center for the Digital Future is conducting a long-term longitudinal study on the impact over time of computers, the Internet and related technologies on families and society. The Internet Project is based at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and being conducted in Singapore, Italy, Sweden, Britain, Germany, France, Hungary, China, Hong Kong,Taiwan, Japan, Korea, India, Iran, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and a growing list of additional countries.

 Center for History and New Media
http://chnm.gmu.edu/
Center for History and New Media at George Mason University has used digital media and computer technology to democratize history—to incorporate multiple voices, reach diverse audiences, and encourage popular participation in presenting and preserving the past.

Clickz
http://www.clickz.com/
The ClickZ Network is resource for interactive marketing news, information, commentary, advice, opinion, research, and reference--online or off--
From search to e-mail, technology to trends.

Comscore Media Metrix
http://www.comscore.com/metrix/default.asp
comScore Media Metrix, the audience measurement division of comScore, Inc., is a source of Internet audience measurement for advertising agencies, publishers, marketers and financial analysts.

Media audit
http://www.themediaaudit.com/
THE MEDIA AUDIT is a multimedia, qualitative audience survey that covers over 450 target items for each rated media's audience. These qualitative data points cover things such as socioeconomic characteristics, life styles, business decision makers, product purchasing plans, retail shopping habits and other selected consumer characteristics important to local media and advertisers.

Netfactual
http://www.netfactual.com
NetFactual information is information about the Internet compiled from the Internet to provide actionable information at your fingertips. NetFactual's goal is to share factual information about the Internet for everyone to use.

Nielsen NetRatings
http://www.nielsen-netratings.com/
Nielsen//NetRatings is the global standard for Internet audience measurement and premier source for online advertising intelligence, enabling clients to make informed business decisions regarding their Internet and digital strategies.

Pew Internet & American Life Project
http://www.pewinternet.org/
The Pew Internet & American Life Project produces reports that explore the impact of the Internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life.

The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
http://people-press.org/
The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press is an independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues.
It is best known for regular national surveys that measure public attentiveness to major news stories, and for our polling that charts trends in values and fundamental political and social attitudes.

ResearchBuzz
http://www.researchbuzz.org/wp/
ResearchBuzz provides almost daily updates on search engines, new data managing software, browser technology, large compendiums of information and Web directories.

Stanford Internet Credibility Research
http://credibility.stanford.edu/
The Stanford Internet Credibility Research work falls within four broad areas: evaluation strategies, design, individual factors, and contextual factors. Additionally, the center attempts to (1) develop new experimental methodologies useful for investigating Web credibility, (2) synthesize existing research in the Web credibility literature, and (3) advance theory in this field.

The State of the News Media
http://stateofthenewsmedia.org
The State of the News Media is an annual report on the health and status of American journalism. Its goal is to gather in one place as much data as possible about all the major sectors of journalism, to identify trends, mark key indicators, note areas for further inquiry and provide a resource for citizens, journalists, and researchers