Communications Research in Action : : Scholar-Activist Collaborations for a Democratic Public Sphere / / ed. by Philip M. Napoli, Minna Aslama.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• MitwirkendeR: Aslama, Minna,; Bach, Amy,; Borgman-Arboleda, Catherine,; Castellanos, Isabel,; Currie, Willie,; Dailey, Dharma,; Glaubke, Christina Romano,; Guerrini, Estela Waksberg,; Heintz, Katharine E.,; Jagun, Abiodun,; Karaganis, Joe,; Kidd, Dorothy,; Kulick, Rachel,; Lee, Eloise,; Lentz, Becky,; Moyses, Diogo,; Napoli, Philip M.,; Nastasia, Diana Iulia,; Orozco, Graciela Leon,; Powell, Alison,; Rakow, Lana F.,; Sandoval, Catherine J.K.,; Shade, Leslie Regan,; Southwood, Russell,; Trettel, Daniela Batalha,; Urick, Todd,; Wolff, Richard S.,; Yanich, Danilo,
• HerausgeberIn: Aslama, Minna,; Napoli, Philip M.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Donald McGannon Communication Research Center's Everett C. Parker Book Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; FOREWORD --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; PART I. Explorations of Movement Actors --; CHAPTER 1. Digital Inclusion --; CHAPTER 2. Engaging in Scholar-Activist Communications in Canada --; CHAPTER 3. Toward a Taxonomy for Public Interest Communications Infrastructure --; PART II. Media Ownership --; CHAPTER 4. Big Media, Little Kids --; CHAPTER 5. Minority Commercial Radio Ownership --; CHAPTER 6. Cross-Ownership, Markets, and Content on Local TV News --; PART III. Alternative and Community Media --; CHAPTER 7. Measuring Community Radio’s Impact --; CHAPTER 8. Youth Channel All-City --; CHAPTER 9. Mobile Voices --; CHAPTER 10. Community Connect --; PART IV. Communications Infrastructure --; CHAPTER 11. Telecommunications Convergence and Consumer Rights in Brazil --; CHAPTER 12. Citizen Political Enfranchisement and Information Access --; CHAPTER 13. Open Access in Africa --; CHAPTER 14. The Public FM Project --; PART V. Assessment --; CHAPTER 15. Cultures of Collaboration in Media Research --; CHAPTER 16. Engendering Scholar-Activist Collaborations --; CONCLUSION. Bridging Gaps, Crossing Boundaries --; CONTRIBUTORS --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780823237500; 9783111189604; 9783110707298
• DOI: 10.1515/9780823237500?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Philip M. Napoli, Minna Aslama.

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.