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Communications Research in Action: Scholar-Activist Collaborations for a Democratic Public Sphere / Edition 3

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ISBN-10:: 0823233472
ISBN-13:: 9780823233472
Pub. Date:: 02/01/2011
Publisher:: Fordham University Press

ISBN-10:: 0823233472
ISBN-13:: 9780823233472
Pub. Date:: 02/01/2011
Publisher:: Fordham University Press

Communications Research in Action: Scholar-Activist Collaborations for a Democratic Public Sphere / Edition 3

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Overview

A synergy between academia and activism has long been a goal of both scholars and advocacy organizations in communications research. The essays in Communications Research in Action demonstrate, for the first time in one volume, how an effective partnership between the two can contribute to a more democratic public sphere by helping to break down the digital divide to allow greater access to critical technologies, democratizing the corporate ownership of the media industry, and offering myriad opportunities for varied articulation of individuals' ideas. Essays spanning topics such as the effect of ownership concentration on children's television programming, the media's impact on community building, and the global consequences of communications research will not only be valuable to scholars, activists, and media policy makers but will also be instrumental in serving as a template for further exploration in collaboration.

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ISBN-13:	9780823233472
Publisher:	Fordham University Press
Publication date:	02/01/2011
Series:	Donald McGannon Communication Research Center's Everett C. Parker Book Series
Edition description:	3
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Philip M. Napoli is Professor in the Graduate School of Business and the Director of the Donald McGannon Communication Research Center at Fordham University. He is the author of several books, most recently Audience Evolution: New Technologies and the Transformation of Media Audiences.

Minna Aslama is a Visiting Lecturer and Research Fellow at the Donald McGannon Communication Research Center at Fordham University, as well as a researcher at the University of Helsinki. She has published widely on popular culture and on media policy.

Foreword
Becky Lentz ix

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction
Minna Aslama and Philip M. Napoli 1

PART I: explorations of movement actors: strategies, impacts, and needs

1. Digital Inclusion: Working Both Sides of the Equation
Dorothy Kidd with Eloise Lee 11

2. Engaging in Scholar-Activist Communications in Canada
Leslie Regan Shade 28

3. Toward a Taxonomy for Public Interest Communications Infrastructure
Dharma Dailey and Alison Powell 45

PART II: media ownership: bridging research and regulation

4. Big Media, Little Kids: The Impact of Ownership Concentration on the Availability of Television Programming for Children
Katharine E. Heintz and Christina Romano Glaubke 71

5. Minority Commercial Radio Ownership: Assessing FCC Licensing and Consolidation Policies
Catherine J.K. Sandoval 88

6. Cross-Ownership, Markets, and Content on Local TV News
Danilo Yanich 114

PART III: alternative and community media: discovering needs and opportunities

7. Measuring Community Radio’s Impact: Lessons on Collaboration
Graciela Leo´n Orozco 139

8. Youth Channel All-City: Mapping the Media Needs and Interests of Urban Youth
Isabel Castellanos, Amy Bach, and Rachel Kulick 157

9. Mobile Voices: Projecting the Voices of Immigrant Workers by Appropriating Mobile Phones for Popular Communication
The VozMob Project 177

10. Community Connect: A Network of Civic Spaces for Public Communication in North Dakota
Lana F. Rakow and Diana Iulia Nastasia 197

PART IV: communications infrastructure: rethinking rights

11. Telecommunications Convergence and Consumer Rights in Brazil
Estela Waksberg Guerrini, Diogo Moyses, and Daniela Batalha Trettel 221

12. Citizen Political Enfranchisement and Information Access: Telecommunications Services in Rural and Remote Areas
Richard S. Wolff 240

13. Open Access in Africa: The Case of Mauritius
Russell Southwood, Abiodun Jagun, and Willie Currie 257

14. Public FM Project: Supporting the Licensing of New Noncommercial FM Radio Stations for Student and
Community Usage
Todd Urick 271

PART V: assessment: creating support for scholar-activist collaboration
15. Cultures of Collaboration in Media Research
Joe Karaganis 287

16. Engendering Scholar-Activist Collaborations: An Evaluator's Perspective
Catherine Borgman-Arboleda 313

Conclusion: Bridging Gaps, Crossing Boundaries
Minna Aslama and Philip M. Napoli 333

List of Contributors 337

Index 347

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Editorial Reviews

One of the most glaring shortcomings of the field of Communication is our limited study of communication and information policy, and the limited impact of the scholarship we do produce on crucial policy debates in this area. Communications Research in Action is a major step towards remedying this deficit, in part by providing a wealth of methodologically diverse research that is both rigorous and relevant, and in part by providing a blueprint for how such research can be conducted in the future. -Michael X. Delli Carpini, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
This volume an important contribution to academic and activist knowledge. It is ambitious in the range of issues areas it covers, challenging in the depth and breadth of analysis of the individual chapters. All in all, this is a treasure trove of new insights, experiences, and innovative approaches to politically committed and scholarly work that aim to make a difference.-Marianne Franklin, Goldsmiths, University of London
". . . A fascinating exploration of the intersection of scholarship, activism and politics. . ."-Milton Mueller, Canadian Journal of Communication

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One of the most glaring shortcomings of the field of Communication is our limited study of communication and information policy, and the limited impact of the scholarship we do produce on crucial policy debates in this area. Communications Research in Action is a major step towards remedying this deficit, in part by providing a wealth of methodologically diverse research that is both rigorous and relevant, and in part by providing a blueprint for how such research can be conducted in the future.

University of Pennsylvania - Michael X. Delli Carpini

This volume is an important contribution to academic and activist knowledge. It is ambitious in the range of issues areas it covers, challenging in the depth and breadth of analysis of the individual chapters. All in all, this is a treasure trove of new insights, experiences, and innovative approaches to politically committed and scholarly work that aim to make a difference.

Goldsmiths, University of London - Marianne Franklin

. . . A fascinating exploration of the intersection of scholarship, activism and politics. . .

Canadian Journal of Communication

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