Annenberg Public Policy Center - A communication research institute of the University of Pennsylvania. Areas of research: media and politics, children's television, health communication, information technologies.

UCLA Center for Communication Policy - The Center is a forum for the discussion and development of policy alternatives addressing the leading issues in media and communication.

The Annenberg Washington Program - Located in Washington, DC, this nonprofit institute in communication studies of Northwestern University is a neutral forum in for examining pressing communications policy issues.

The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) - The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) is the premier on-line research center focusing on strategy, management, and policy issues in telecommunications, computing, and electronic mass media, worldwide.

Communication Institute for Online Scholarship (CIOS) - Serves institutional and individual subscribers to provide searchable communication research resources, publications, study project assistance, and online graduate forum.

Language Evolution and Computation Research Unit - Institute of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh applies mathematical and computational modelling techniques to traditional issues in the evolution of communication and language, historical linguistics, and language typology. Links to software and research papers.

Santhome Communications Centre - Institute provides training, production and research in communication and media in India.