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

Index

INDEX 51Open, 23–24 academic-practitioner partnerships, 315 academic researchers articles for nonacademic audiences, 57–58 information sharing, 63 mutual distrust in study, 186 policymaking process, resource limitations , 68 publishing creative commons licenses, 60 pressure, 59 academy as site of knowledge, 185 accountability local projects, 49 VozMob, 184 action research, 7, 12 social movement base building, 18 activism, media-related change and, 1 activist scholarship, 306 activists and scholars, point of intersection, 1 adaptive capacity, 328 Administrative Procedures Act. See APA advertisers, Internet spending, versus radio spending, 91 advocacy community collaboration, importance of results, 81 communications researchers and, 1–2 groups, generational renewal, 301 short and long games, 300–2 347 advocates broadband, 49–50 collaboration, 49 needs, researchable design and, 82 Africa case studies description, 258 results, 268 international bandwidth costs, 257, 261–63 national bandwidth and, 264 SAT-3/WASC, 257 agenda expansion, 327–28 aggregate analysis of cases, 59 alternative media, 4, 137–38 new techonologies, 137 Alt.Telecom Policy Forum, 39 Telecommunications Act (Canada), 39–40 AM radio band expansion, 98 analyzing data, 58 analytical tools, 58 Anatel (Brazil), 224 monitoring and, 226 universalized services, 226 Annenberg School for Communication (USC), 177 APA (Administrative Procedures Act), 90 APC (Association for Progressive Communication ), 258–59 SAT-3/WASC and, 259 348 i n de x Appalachia news access, 147 prescription drug abuse, 148 Appalachian tradition, WMMT-FM, 139 Arbitron diary method, 140 Gospel versus Religious formats, 103 PPM (Portable People Meter), 141 public radio impact, 140–41 radio listening, 88 Aristotelian mission, 3 articles for nonacademic audiences, 57–58 Asian radio programming, 102 Association for Progressive Communication . See APC audience, low-income, identifying needs, 149 bankruptcy among minority-owned radio stations, 94 behaviors, values and, 83 Bennett, William Children’s Book of Virtues, 82 on the media, 82 Biennial Review Order (FCC), 115 actions against, 115–16 localism and, 115 research methods, 116 Big Media, Little Kids (Children Now), 73 Big Media, Little Kids  (Children Now) methodology, 75–76 results, 76–81 Brazil CBT (Brazilian Telecommunications Code), 223 constitutional articles for broadcasting, 230 consumer protection, 235 convergence, inclusiveness, 229–34 cross-subsidies, 231 demographics, 226 Digital Convergence, 225 FUST, income-distribution, 231 General Telecommunications Law, 223 interconnectivity, fair cost model, 231–32 Internet access, 228 barriers to usage, 228–29 transmission speed, 229 universal access, 230–31 usage rate, 228 landline telephony, 226–27 market competition, 227 mobile telephony coverage advances, 227 level of use rating, 227 National Broadband Universalization Plan, 231 pay TV, 224 level of use, 227–28 NET Services, 228 Sky, 228 triple-play packages, 227–28 public consultations, 234–35 public telephones, 235 Technical Convergence, 225 Telebrás System, 222 privatization, 225–26 telecommunications Anatel, 224 development, 223 framework issues, 229–30 infrastructure, 235 privatization, 223–24 recommendations, 234 reform, 224 unbundling services, 232 Telecommunications Services Universalization Fund, 224 telephony converting, 231 monthly fees, 231 urban, 223 television digitizing, 221 transition to digital, 230 user privacy, 233–34 broadband advocates, 49–50 benefiting from, 46 definition, 46 democratizing, 12 deployment, 8 development corporate sector, 48 personal contact, 55 personal relationships, 56 social impact, 54–55 state-level legal rulings, 48 diffusion, 8 framework, 46 information dissemination, 57 infrastructure, 242 knowledge, keeping current, 55 mapping, 49 maximizing social benefit, information needed, 50–51 Montana’s access, 243–45 compared with U.S., 244–45 costs, 249–50 rural areas, 243–45 uneven service, 251–52 municipal, 242–43 underserved communities, 11 national strategy, federal-level participation , 48 need-to-know information, 46–48 network design, 46 nuance in development, lack of, 46 planning, proscriptive, 47 policy, evidence-based, 48 policy makers and, 46 as public good, 54–55 public interest aspects, 54 quality, public policy and, 14 research, scientific funding, 54 rural Americans’ percentage, 242 Broadband Census for America Conference, 47 Broadband Data Improvement Act, 48 broadcast television Brazil, constitutional articles, 230 Communications Act of 1934, 71–72 duopoly stations children’s programming, 77 individual markets, 78–81 educational children’s programming, 71 number of children’s programs, 76–77 repurposed programs, 76 scheduling issues, 72 educational/informational programming requirements, 72 Montana, 251 obligations to children, 72 ownership deregulation, 72 broadcasters, opposing viewpoints, x brokered programming agreements in radio, 103 Brown, Michael, 275 building new infrastructure, 46 business models, 48 Byerly, Carolyn, 89, 105 cable television, educational programming, availability, 71 CAIDA Commons Project, 47 Calvary Satellite Network. 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