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

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Communications Research in Action DONALD MCGANNON COMMUNICATION RESEARCH CENTER’S EVERETT C. PARKER BOOK SERIES This series seeks to publish research that can inform the work of policy makers, policy advocates, scholars, and students as they grapple with a rapidly changing communications environment and the variety of policy issues arising within it. The series employs a broadly defined notion of communications policy, in that it considers not only scholarship addressing specific policy issues and processes but also more broadly focused communications scholarship that has direct implications for policymaking. editorial board Patricia Aufderheide, American University Ellen Goodman, Rutgers University School of Law, Camden Allen Hammond, Santa Clara University School of Law Robert B. Horwitz, University of California at San Diego Robert W. McChesney, University of Illinois Jorge Schement, Rutgers University, New Brunswick Communications Research in Action Edited by Philip M. Napoli and Minna Aslama scholar-activist collaborations for a democratic public sphere fordham university press new york 2011 . . Copyright 䉷 2011 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Communications research in action : scholar-activist collaborations for a democratic public sphere / edited by Philip M. Napoli and Minna Aslama. p. cm.— (Donald McGannon Communication Research Center’s Everett C. Parker book series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8232-3346-5 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8232-3347-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8232-3348-9 (ebook) 1. Communication policy. 2. Communication—Social aspects. 3. Mass media policy. I. Napoli, Philip M. II. Aslama, Minna. P95.8.C645 2011 302.23—dc22 2010033994 Printed in the United States of America 13 12 11 5 4 3 2 1 First edition ...