Communication Arts: Public Service Announcements
These sites are about producing public service announcements (PSAs). Learn techniques on scripting writing and story boarding. A number of examples of audio and video PSAs can be found. Teaching plans are also included. There are also links to eThemes Resources on writing persuasion and advertisements.
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The Museum of Broadcast Communications: Public Service Announcements
Learn the definition and history of Public Service Announcements. Includes a museum of PSA's as well as the history and how to get involved.
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Wikipedia: Public Service Announcement
Learn concepts of Public Service Announcements (PSAs). Here are a number of links to well-known PSAs in the United States.
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Public Media Production: Featured Projects
This site provides several video samples of Public Service Announcements. The first three samples ("Tampa Bay: Living Legacy", "Down the Drain", and "Methanol Fuel Cell Vehicles: The Clear Alternative") in this website are all related to the topic of "Man & Nature".
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Exotic Mexican Red Rump
Here is a public service announcement (PSA) about how to be a responsible pet owner in order to protect animals and plants. A PDF file transcript of this PSA can be downloaded for studying script writing. There are also more PSA videos.
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Minnesota Department of Natural Resource: Public Service Announcements
Learn audio public service announcements on various topics such as boat and water safety, the threat of invasive species, protecting and sustaining wildlife. Audio clips are saved in MP3 format.
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PSA Research Center: Public Service Announcements
This site is an online information library dedicated to public service advertising. Learn about PSA bibliography, media profile, glossary, and case studies.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Responses to 2005 Hurricanes
This website contains a number of public service announcements (PSA) used for providing information to people in the hurricane affected areas. Audio clips and transcripts are also included. Audiences can listen to a PSA online by clicking the file name or download a PSA to personal computer by right-click on the PSA name and select Save/Save Target As.
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Press Release Writing: How to Write Public Service Announcements
Learn techniques on Writing Public Service Announcements. NOTE: This site has links to external sites.
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Teacher's Network: Producing Public Service Announcements for Video
Here is a teaching plan on producing Public Service Announcements. Click the link of "Project URL", the teaching plan can be found.
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California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: Public Service Announcement
Here are 22 examples of Video Public Service Announcements. All movies can be viewed in a pop-up window and cover various topics regarding fire protection.
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California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: Public Service Announcement
Here are six examples of Audio Public Service Announcements. Topics are related to fire protection.
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How to Write a Public Service Annoucemnent
An eight-page pdf provides tips for writing an effective PSA which is worth airing and hearing. Includes short examples.
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ReadWriteThink: Campaigning for Fair Use: Public Service Announcements on Copyright Awareness
Students will conduct research on copyright and intellectual property rights and then use the information to create a campagin to raise copyright awareness. Includes online resources and examples of PSA. NOTE: This site has links to external sites.
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Listen Up!
This site contains media and examples of public service announcements (PSAs) written by students. Click "Resources" to find infornation about production tools.
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eThemes Resource: Writing: Persuasion
These sites focus on persuasive and argumentative writing for middle and high school students. Learn about the persuasive techniques used in letters, essays, and advertisements. There are suggested hands-on activities, graphic organizers, writing prompts, and assessment sheets. Includes a link to an eThemes Resource on debate.
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eThemes Resource: Writing: Advertisements
Explore these web pages to learn how to write good advertisements. Find out what the target audience is, how to create a right appeal, and what words to use for a successful advertisement. Includes quotes on advertising by David Ogilvy, lists of top advertisements and slogans, lesson plans, work sheets, and in class activities. Includes links to the eThemes resource on Advertisements and Persuasive Writing.