Table of Contents
Foreword. Community Journalism Research: Rooted in the Groove - Jock LautererPART I: BACKGROUND AND EXPLICATION1. Community Journalism: A Concept of Connectedness (with an essay, "Community Journalism's Challenge to do Journalism," by Linda Steiner) - Bill Reader2. Key Works: Some Connections Between Journalism and Community (with an essay, "Bringing Scholars and Professionals Together," by Gloria Freela) - Jack Rosenberry3. The 'Minnesota Team': Key Studies of Institutional Power and Community Media (with an essay, "Profile of a Research Team," by Eileen Gilligan) - Eileen GilliganPART II: THEORIES AND METHODS4. Community Journalism and Community History (with an essay, "Re-examine the History of Big-city Community Journalism," by G. Michael Killenberg) - Janice Hume5. The Challenge of Measuring Community Journalism (with an essay, "Methodological Choices Offered from the Study of the Norwegian Press," by Sigurd Host) - Wilson Lowrey6. Drawing from the Critical Cultural Well (with an essay, "Asian and American Perspectives on Community Journalism," by Crispin C. Maslog) - Bill Reader7. A View From Outside: What Other Social Science Disciplines Can Teach Us About Community Journalism (with an essay, "Community Journalism as Metropolitan Ecology," by Lewis Friedland) - John HatcherPART III: MULTIMEDIA AND GLOBAL CONSIDERATIONS8. Considering Community Journalism from the Perspective of Public Relations and Advertising (with an essay, "The Economics of Community Newspapers" by Stephen Lacy) - Diana Knott Martinelli9. Broadcasting and Community Journalism (with an essay, "The Developing World: Considering Community Radio in Africa," by Guy Berger) - George L. Daniels10: Community Journalism in an Online World (with an essay, "Citizens, Journalists, and User-Generated Content," by Nicholas W. Jankowski) - Hans K. Meyer and George L. Daniels11: Magazines and Community (with an essay, "Making the Mundane Matter," by Carolyn Kitch) - Cary Roberts Frith12: Community Journalism as an International Phenomenon (with an essay, "Studying the Global Community of Community Journalists," by Chad Stebbins) - John HatcherAPPENDIX: Resources for Community Journalism Researchers