Open Educational Resources: Communications Studies

Overviews the time-tested conceptual foundations of the field, while incorporating the latest research and cutting-edge applications of these basics.

Wiki book.

Part of a collection of traditionally published works made available to the public under a Creative Commons license.

Textbook for Engineering Technical Communications courses at The Ohio State University.

"Written by two nationally recognized experts in information strategy, Information Strategies for Communicators leads students step-by-step through the information search and evaluation process for news and strategic communication message production."

"This book is the first of its kind to teach advertising concepts by reverse engineering a real advertising campaign from beginning to end."

Introductory Mass Communication text that covers major mass communication terms and concepts including "digital culture." It discusses various media platforms and how they are evolving as Information and Communication Technologies change.

"This is a modular open textbook designed for entrepreneurial journalism, media innovation, and related courses."

Text for media and communication studies students created by academics in Australia and New Zealand.

"The text provides an upper-level undergraduate introduction and explanation of the social and cognitive processes involved in human communication, focusing on how people create understanding."

Traditional textbook made available to the public.

Traditional textbook made available to the public by the publisher under a Creative Commons License.

Work focuses on helping students become more seasoned and polished public speakers, and has an emphasis on ethics in communication.

Emphasizes practical application of academic inquiry to help readers improve their writing skills.

119 courses on business communication, journalism and other subjects.

Several dozen courses.

Close to 50 courses.

"To serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, policy makers and journalists, the ANES produces high quality data from its own surveys on voting, public opinion, and political participation."

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research.

"The Center’s mission is to collect, preserve, and disseminate public opinion data; to serve as a resource to help improve the practice of survey research; and to broaden the understanding of public opinion through the use of survey data in the United States and abroad."

Collection of thousands of speeches in politics, film etc. in audio, video and transcript form.

ounded in 1997, the Television Academy Foundation’s Archive of American Television has conducted over 800 oral history interviews (over 4000 hours) with the legends of television. These interviews chronicle the birth and growth of American TV History as it evolves, and make the interviews available worldwide.

A community-powered learning library for people who want to change the world. Films For Action has cataloged over 1,500 of the best films and videos that can be watched free online. These films address social, environmental, and media-related issues.

A public media service of WGBH that collects thousands of video and audio lectures from the world's foremost scholars, authors, artists, scientists, policymakers, and community leaders.

A free online resource, featuring millions of pages of books and magazines from the histories of film, broadcasting, and recorded sound.

Lectures form the University of Oxford features audio recordings of discussions on topics such as "Leaks, Snowden, and the Guardian", "How Mobile Phones are changing journalism practice in the 21st century, and "The Strengths and Weaknesses of Social Media."