The Globalisation Guide, designed by the Australian Apec Study Centre, is a resource for students. It presents the arguments of both those who believe globalisation is positive and those who believe it is negative.

CorpWatch provides up-to-date news and analysis, and exposes various corporations with records of environmental, labour, or social injustices.

Global Trade Watch (GTW), a division of Public Citizen, the national consumer and environmental group, promotes democracy by challenging corporate globalization, arguing that the current globalization model is neither a random inevitability nor "free trade." GTW works on an array of globalization issues, including health and safety, environmental protection, economic justice, and democratic, accountable governance.

This site refers to itself as "leading source of corporate responsibility and sustainability, press releases, reports and news" and contains press released about acts of corporate responsibility. Be sure to look at "The Business Case for CSR" in the "Resources" section of the site.

"The mission of Business Ethics is to promote ethical business practices, to serve that growing community of professionals striving to work and invest in responsible ways." The site provides a variety of articles and reports about positive and negative corporate citizenship. The site includes links to sample corporate codes of ethics.

Channel One is a somewhat controversial organization that provides technology to schools in exchange for running closed-circuit programming (that includes advertising). This site provides information about the organization, as well as a number of interactive features for visitors.

Based in Vancouver, Adbusters produces a magazine that focuses on commercialism and consumerism. In addition to its print magazine, Adbusters organizes "culture jamming" campaigns, produces digital media items, ad spoofs, and Web-based content.

This site, associated with Naomi Klein's book of the same title, provides up-to-date "dispatches" on current events related to globalization and commercialization and a variety of relevant links.

This site provides resources for people interested in youth media and information literacy. Be sure to look at theirKey Concepts in Media Literacy page. The second URL provides a direct link to the Network's eight techniques to detect bias.

FAIR, a national media watch group, offers documented criticism of media bias and censorship. Many current issues in the news are discussed.

An easy-to-use list, maintained by the Columbia Journalism Review, detailing media ownership.

MediaChannel.org offers this comprehensive chart describing media ownership.

Global Policy Forum is a non-profit organization, with consultative status at the United Nations. Its Web site offers a brief introduction to the topic of globalization, with a selection of articles and Web resources.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) creates industry standards for many aspects of business, and is widely used in the manufacturing sector. ISO developed tools to help businesses define and address what CSR means and how to implement it throughout their organizations.

The World Bank provides consulting services to organizations who wish to pursue social responsibility agendas. Be sure to examine the links to reports and brochures on the right-hand side of the screen.

The Government of Canada's site on corporate social responsibility provides an overview of the government's position on this issue, and provides news and updates through links.

This "Lecture Blog" was prepared by Darrell Moen, PhD and provides an overview of the propaganda model of mass media.

This site provides an excerpt of Chomsky and Herman's definition of the five parts of the Propaganda Model.

MLR is a biannual online resource for people interested in children, adolescents, and media. The site provides readings, links to resources, and a directory of media literacy and education organizations.

Under "School-Business Relationships", this site provides several links and articles relating to consumerism and education.

YaleGlobal Online is an online magazine published by the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. It explores the implications of the growing interconnectedness of the world with a number of relevant articles that are available free of charge.

Eduventures is a private educational corporation ("learning supplier") that provides analysis and efficient organizational strategies for "learning markets" and "learning buyers." It is aimed at executives who wish to do business with schools.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world's trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business.

Under the title 'globalization and the incorporation of education', this site provides a lengthy analysis of the relationship between the dynamic of globalization and the resulting 'commodification' of education, and includes an annotated bibliography of relevant books and articles.

Written from a pro free-market approach, this website outlines the benefits of advertising for developing countries and defends advertising as "freedom of commercial speech"

CERU conducts research, disseminates information, and helps facilitate dialogue between educators, policy makers, and the public about commercial activities in schools. This Web site contains links to research, articles, and other relevant documents.

The Merrow Report focuses on commercialism in schools and provides a number of relevant statistics, links and articles, including the report ?Schools For Sale: Commercialism in Public Schools?.

These PTA guidelines are intended to be considered by schools when entering into relationships with businesses. They highlight some of the problems that can arise from such arrangements.

This 1998 report released by Consumers Union (a non-profit publisher of consumer reports) and Consumers Union Education Services, outlines strategies used by advertisers and the various problems associated with them.

An essay by Dr. Renee Hobbs on the relationship of media education to democracy.

This site is recommended for those interested in, teaching or studying media, political events, and U.S. foreign policy. It provides visually-engaging, extensively researched material demonstrating contradictory stories told by domestic and international media. It can be used to extend lesson content in this resource.