The Latinos and Media Project (LAMP)

The Latinos and Media Project (LAMP) is a web-centered organization seeking to serve as a hub of information and resources pertaining to Latinos and the media in the United States, Latin America, and other parts of the world. The site features a modest database of annotated bibliographies of reports, magazine and academic articles, theses and dissertations, and other items. Under Resources you can find a list of links to other related sites and organizations, also links to other academics working in this area. It's a nice looking site but it looks like it could use more input, and in fact asks: "bring to our attention materials that could be added, including other web sites that should be linked, to some section of the LAMP web site."

Another website along these lines to check out is the Center for Spanish Language Media Website at the University of North Texas. It's actually a little more robust with resources and boasts the Journal of Spanish Language Media (in its third year) and State of Spanish Language Media 2009 Annual Report (a 39-page pdf).

McGannon Center Working Papers

It's always good to to see what's doing at the Donald McGannon Communication Research Center. The McGannon Center conducts and disseminates research that informs the communications policymaking process and ethical decision-making in the management of media institutions. Here are three of their latest working papers.

10.10.2009 - New Working Paper by Philip Napoli on Navigating Producer-Consumer Convergence

09.15.2009 - New Working Paper by Minna Aslama on Rethinking Media Diversity and Policy in the Web 2.0 Era

09.15.2009 - New Working Paper by Minna Aslama and Ingrid Erikson on Public Spheres, Networked Publics, and Networked Public Spheres

If you like these, check out all the Center's working papers going back to 2004.