The Media and the Net

• Internet and the  News Media: How and Why we use it
• How reliable is the Net? 
• Le web en français

Plus on other JNet pages:

• Internet surveys and statistics - The new media 

How the media use the Internet:

The best:

• Online Journalism News    Excellent source for trends and developments
• Freedom Forum's Technology News    News and views.  Top site to visit
• Net News Today    Charles Bowen keeps you abreast of news and views
• Poynter Conference on Ethics         A report of a Poynter conference on online ethics by Anne Stuart.
• UBC's survey of use of the Internet

The rest:

• Commonwealth Voices  Online debate on new technology and freedom of expression
• Carver Survey   How charities and political groups use the web  
• Control Revolution    Book on how the web has changed society by Nation contributing editor Andrew Shapiro
• Futurefile  
• Y2K News     From The Netly News, TIME Daily, and TIME Magazine

Women and the web:

• Netfemme        Pour les femmes francophones
• WebGrrls         Women's network, in English and French

The law:

• Electronic Frontier Canada         Keep posted about press freedoms on the info highway
• The Writer's Guide to the Internet         A  site for writer's of online and print material. It supports two new publications of value to writers: The Writer's Guide and The Dictionary of Multimedia Terms and Acronyms.
• Internet Press Guild              A group of online journalists and academics formed to promote accurate Internet reporting. Can also be reached through e-mail at sjvn@access.digex.net. 
• Digital journalism 

Ethics:

• Pentagon spying on the Internet?             The report about how America's military might be better off snooping around the Net 
• Stalker's Homepage             Is there too much private information available on the Net?
• "Silencing the Net"                A Human Rights Watch Special Release 

How reliable is the Net?

• Truth, Lies and the Internet
• Nora Paul on Search Engines
• Information Quality Virtual Library
  

Le web en français

• Actualités du web
• Guide-Internet
• Cyberie Suisse