Author: W. James Potter

Pub Date: May 2010

Pages: 488

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Organizations

Center for Media Education
1511 K Street, NW, Suite 518
Washington, DC 20005
Telephone: (202) 628-2620
Fax: (202) 628-2554
Web site: http://www.densondesign.com/CME.html

Center for Media Literacy
4727 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 403
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Telephone: (800) 226-9494
Fax: (213) 931-4474
Web site: www.medialit.org

Children Now
1212 Broadway, Suite 530
Oakland, CA 94612
Telephone: (510) 763-2444
Web site: www.childrennow.org

Citizens for Media Literacy
34 Wall Street, Suite 407
Asheville, NC 28801
Telephone: (704) 252-0600
Web site: http://main.nc.us/cml/

Media Watch
P.O. Box 618
Santa Cruz, CA 95061
Telephone: (408) 423-6355
E-mail: mwatch@cruzio.com
Web site: www.mediawatch.com

National Association for Family and Community Education
Children’s Television Project
P.O. Box 835
Burlington, KY 41005
Telephone: (606) 586-8333
Fax: (606) 586-8348
Web site: www.nafce.org

Parents’ Choice
119 Chestnut Street
Newton, MA 02164
Telephone: (617) 965-5913
Web site: http://www.parents-choice.org/

Consumer Groups Primarily Concerned With Advertising

Adbusters
1243 West Seventh Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6H 1B7 Canada
Telephone: (604) 736-9401
Web site: www.adbusters.org/home/

Children’s Advertising Review Unit
Council of Better Business Bureaus
845 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Telephone: (212) 705-0124
Web site: www.caru.org

Consumer Group Primarily Concerned With News

FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting)
130 West 25th Street
New York, NY 10001
Telephone: (212) 633-6700
Web site: www.fair.org

Consumer Groups Primarily Concerned With TV and Movie Ratings

Classification and Rating Administration
Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.
15503 Ventura Boulevard
Encino, CA 91436-3103
Web site: www.mpaa.org

OKTV (Alternative TV Ratings)
c/o Gaffney-Livingstone
Consultation Services
59 Griggs Road
Brookline, MA 02146
Web site: www.aacap.org
(American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

TV Parental Guidelines
Monitoring Board
P.O. Box 14097
Washington, DC 20004
E-mail: tvomb@usa.net
Web site: www.tvguidelines.org

National Television Networks

ABC, Inc.
2040 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Telephone: (310) 557-6655
Web site: http://abc.go.com/

CBS Entertainment
7800 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Telephone: (213) 460-3000
Fax: (213) 653-8266
Web site: http://www.cbs.com/

Fox Broadcasting Company
P.O. Box 900
Beverly Hills, CA 90213
Telephone: (310) 369-1000
Web site: http://www.fox.com/home.htm

NBC Entertainment
3000 West Alameda
Burbank, CA 91523
Telephone: (818) 840-4404
Web site: www.nbc.com

Public Broadcasting Service
1320 Braddock Place
Alexandria, VA 22314
Telephone: (703) 739-5040
Fax: (703) 739-5295
Web site: www.pbs.org

Turner Broadcasting System
1 CNN Center
Atlanta, GA 30303
Telephone: (404) 885-4291
Web site: www.turner.com

U.S. Governmental Agencies
Federal Communications Commission
1919 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20554
Web site: www.fcc.gov/vchip

Federal Trade Commission
Attention: Marketing Practices
Room 238
6th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20580
Fax: (202) 326-2050
Web site: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/consumer.shtm

United States House of Representatives
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance
2125 Rayburn Building
Washington, DC 20515
Telephone: (202) 225-2927
Web site: http://www.house.gov/Welcome.shtml

United States Senate
Subcommittee on Communications
227 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Telephone: (202) 224-5184
Web site: www.senate.gov/~commerce/