Professional Associations & Organizations
Professional associations & organizations exist to further the interests of specific industries and the professionals (and new professionals) who are active that industry.
There are many associations across different communication & media disciplines. Below is a representation of a few across various industries.
- American Communication Association (ACA)The ACA is a not-for-profit virtual professional association with actual presence in the world of communication scholars and practitioners.
- Communications Media Management Association (CMMA)CMMA is a not-for-profit professional development organization, founded in 1946, to provide managers in all areas of media development and production with the tools they need to lead now and into the future.
- International Communication AssociationICA aims to advance the scholarly study of human communication by encouraging and facilitating excellence in academic research worldwide.
- National Communication Association (NCA)The National Communication Association advances Communication as the discipline that studies all forms, modes, media, and consequences of communication through humanistic, social scientific, and aesthetic inquiry.
- Film Organizations & Associations (NY State)New York State is home to a true production community, a network of people and organizations working collaboratively and cooperatively to help one another in the pursuit of their various personal and professional goals at all levels of the industry across the state.
- Local Media AssociationLocal Media Association is the only organization that brings all media together for the purpose of sharing, networking, collaborating and more.
- National Sports Media AssociationThe oldest organization in the United States honoring sports media.
- International News Media Association (INMA)The International News Media Association (INMA) is the world's leading provider of global best practices for news media companies looking to grow revenue, audience, and brand amid profound market change.
Communication & Media Websites
The following list includes reliable, reputable professional resources from various disciplines within the communication and media industries.
- Indiana University of PA: Professional Associations and JournalsListing of professional associations and academic journals in the area of communications and media. See the Find Articles tab to find out if Pace has access to the listed journals.
- American Communication JournalCommissioned by the American Communication Association's Board of Directors at the 1996 Annual Convention in historic Charleston, South Carolina, The American Communication Journal is a completely online, blind-reviewed publication, dedicated to the conscientious analysis and criticism of significant communicative artifacts.
- Communication Arts JournalFounded by Richard Coyne and Robert Blanchard in 1959, Communication Arts is the premier source of inspiration for graphic designers, art directors, design firms, corporate design departments, advertising agencies, interactive designers, illustrators and photographers—everyone involved in visual communication.
- Communication Arts: Journals and Popular MagazinesOn the research guide from Queensborough Community College, you will find a list of popular magazines and periodicals.
- Media MattersMedia Matters for America is a web-based, not-for-profit, 501 (c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.
- The Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason UniversityCMPA is a nonpartisan research and educational organization which
conducts scientific studies of the news and entertainment media. - Federal Communications Commission (FCC)The Federal Communications Commission regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.