COM 210: Public Speaking

The Center for Social Media, School of Communication, American University, showcases and analyzes media for public knowledge and action—media made by, for, and with public to address the problems that they share. We pay particular attention to the evolution of documentary film and video in a digital era. With research, public events, and convenings, we explore the fast-changing environment for public media.

Internet Archive is a library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, and more. It's a useful place for finding old commercials and other historic media. The site also archives web data from the past, giving you access to years' worth of online information no longer available on the sites where it originally appeared.

A Resource for Film, TV & Radio History dedicated to digitizing collections of classic media periodicals that belong in the public domain for full public access.

Provides educational programs and exhibits and a searchable database of television, radio, commercial and Chicago news archives.

NCA is the largest national organization dedicated to communication. Researchers, educators, and professionals, work to understand and better all forms of human communication.

From Britannica Group. Presents sourced pros and cons of debatable issues, as well as a host of reference information relevant to those issues, thoroughly researched and compiled by our research staff and editors.

Find radio stations from across the country...

The Media Studies portal provides information about media theory and history, journalism, film and video, television, popular music, and cyberculture.

The leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy

A user-driven interface to 2000 and 1990 Census data and maps

Provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government without having to know in advance which Federal agency produces which particular statistic

A searchable record of hundreds of thousands of questions and responses from millions of people interviewed by The Gallup Poll since 1935. Also includes Gallup Poll and Gallup Management Journal articles with in-depth analyses.

Current polling reports from Gallup.

Computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas of the world.

As the Nation's principal health statistics agency, website provides a rich source of information about America's health.

Provides research reports exploring the impact of the Internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life. The Project aims to be an authoritative source on the evolution of the Internet through collection of data and analysis of real-world developments as they affect the virtual world.

The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.

Interesting data that lets you generate reports on a selected country to measure attitudes towards Risk Avoidance, Individualism, Achievement, Long-Term Orientation, and Power.

Book-length information on the history, culture, and economy of most countries in the world.

"The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities."

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