Some useful websites for emerging media and communications:

• Creative Commons - a nonprofit organization that develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation. "Share, Remix, Reuse -- Legally."
• Digital Media & Learning Research Hub - by the MacArthur Foundation
• Electronic Frontier Foundation - defending freedom in the digital world.
• Emerging Media & Communication (EMAC) Program at UTD - courses, faculty, and degrees offered for undergraduate and graduate study. 
• Knight Digital Media Center - cornucopia of resources for the emerging digital media scholar. By the Knight Foundation, USC Annenberg School, and UC Berkeley
• Media Commons - a digital scholarly network.
• On the Media- "Explores how the media 'sausage' is made, casts an incisive eye on fluctuations in the marketplace of ideas, and examines threats to the freedom of information and expression in America and abroad." Features articles and audio (podcasts/MP3s) on the latest topics in the media world. 
• Overview of Communication Theories - organized into clusters: Organizational Communication; Mass Media; Communication Processes; Media, Culture and Society; and more. Giving students a richer, better understanding of the theoretical framework of communication.
• TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design): Ideas Worth Spreading -- watch, listen, and discuss inspired talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers.
• Theory.org.uk- "Social theory for fans of popular culture. Popular culture for fans of social theory." Exploring media projects, art, creativity, Web 2.0, media influences and effects, and more. By David Gauntlett, author of Making is Connecting.
• Women's Media Center (WMC) - making women visible and powerful in the media
• Virtual Revolution : How 20 Years of the Web Has Reshaped Our Lives - by the BBC

Other resources

• CNET - technology product reviews and prices, software downloads, and tech news.
• Fora.TV - videos on the people, issues & ideas changing the plane.
• Gawker - "Today's gossip is tomorrow's news." News, blogs, forums, reviews and more.
• In Media Res - a Media Commons project. Promoting an open, ongoing dialogue amongst scholars and the public on contemporary approaches to media studies.
• A Mash-Up Culture: Ten to Watch- NYT "ArtsBeat" article on mash-ups and remixes by Michiko Kakutani. Entertaining and informative.
• Mashable - the social media guide. Social media news and web tips.
• ReadWriteWeb - web apps, web technology trends, social networking and social media
• Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy- book and online project by Lawrence Lessig.
• TechCrunch - cutting edge news, opinion, articles, video and more on technology, business, social media and more.