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

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CONTENTS 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 vi c o nt e n ts 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 León 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 c o nt e n ts vii ...