Communication and Design Arts: Speech Communication

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"A review of world political events, mainly American political events."

"Challenging media bias since 1986. FAIR, the national media watch group, has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986. We work to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints."

"The leading source for pros and cons of controversial issues."

This site created by Butler University Speakers Lab contains practical tips on public speaking and includes information guides in PDF format and a 5-minute video presentation titled, "Five Basic Public Speaking Tips."

Presidential documents archive includes inaugral addresses, state of the union and convention speeches, weekly addresses, etc.

"Database of and index to 5000+ full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two."

"Listen here for famous speeches made by influential leaders of the 20th and 21st centuries."

Includes video and audio files of famous speeches and eyewitness accounts of major historic events.

"Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google."

"This site contains approximately 100,000 images, is global in coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery."

"Digital version of C-SPAN video library provides access to its daily coverage and more than 200,000 hours of archived political programming since 1987."

"Learn how to speak confidently in front of a crowd with these three tips from speech instructor Steven D. Cohen."

"TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less)."

"Segments of 355,000 news broadcasts."

"Ever wonder what fighting a bear and public speaking have in common? Professor Guin explains the hunter-gatherer perspective behind why humans fear public speaking more than dying."

"Megan Washington is one of Australia's premier singer/songwriters. And, since childhood, she has had a stutter. In this bold and personal talk, she reveals how she copes with this speech impediment—from avoiding the letter combination “st” to tricking her brain by changing her words at the last minute to, yes, singing the things she has to say rather than speaking them."

"Open Vault provides online access to unique and historically important content produced by public television station WGBH for individual and classroom learning. The ever-expanding site contains video excerpts, searchable transcripts, a select number of complete interviews for purchase, and resource management tools."

"Founded in 1959 through the generosity and vision of diplomat and philanthropist Walter Annenberg, the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania is devoted to furthering our understanding of the role of communication in public life through research, education and service."

"International Debate Education Association is a global Network of organisations who educates people in debate in order to give young people a voice for their ideas. Includes an online debate database which is home to the top 100 debates written by experienced debaters."

"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."