Community Media In The Information Age

Author : Nick Jankowski,Ole Prehn
Publisher : Hampton Press (NJ)
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Local mass media
ISBN : UCSC:32106016933027

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Community Media in the Information Age by Nick Jankowski,Ole Prehn Pdf

Small-scale electronic media (local radio and television stations) have experienced much turbulence and change in the 1990s. In western Europe, local and regional stations have achieved legitimation in national media policies; in central and eastern Europe, stations have been emerging at an explosive rate; and elsewhere in the world, developments have been no less substantial. These changes, taken as a whole, signal substantial albeit diverse forms of engagement and utilization of small-scale electronic media. These developments have been recorded in only a handful of academic studies. No scholarly consideration of these media developments has appeared, despite the range of development and widespread acknowledgement of their place in the media landscape. This volume is intended to fill this void through an integrated series of contributions emphasizing theoretical perspectives, empirical research findings and developments regarding policy and practice. It reflects the state of scholarly work in this niche of the media landscape and charts areas for further investigations.

Author : Kevin Howley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005-04-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1139443399

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Community Media by Kevin Howley Pdf

While transnational conglomerates consolidate their control of the global mediascape, local communities struggle to create democratic media systems. This groundbreaking study of community media, first published in 2005, combines original research with comparative and theoretical analysis in an engaging and accessible style. Kevin Howley explores the different ways in which local communities come to make use of various technologies such as radio, television, print and computer networks for purposes of community communication and considers the ways these technologies shape, and are shaped by, the everyday lived experience of local populations. He also addresses broader theoretical and philosophical issues surrounding the relationship between communication and community, media systems and the public sphere. Case studies illustrate the pivotal role community media play in promoting cultural production and communicative democracy within and between local communities. This book will make a significant contribution to existing scholarship in media and cultural studies on alternative, participatory and community-based media.

Author : Wang Bin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000391947

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Communication and Community in the New Media Age by Wang Bin Pdf

This book investigates the relationship between information communication and community development in China in the new media age, drawing on theoretical resources from journalism, communication, urban sociology, community management, and the activities of social movements. Contrasting existing scholarship that centers on new technologies and virtual aspects of today’s communication, the study highlights community residents’ daily praxis in real social spaces and the interaction between online and offline communications. Through content analysis, case studies, questionnaire surveys, and in-depth interviews, the author explores the social engagement of communication in public expressions and negotiations among Chinese urban communities. From micro, meso, and macro levels respectively, three interactive mechanisms are discussed: (1) media use and social consciousness and mobilization; (2) new media and changes in community governance; and (3) state-community interplay. Based on these mechanisms, the author proposes the idea of “the construction of grassroots social communication”, exploring approaches to the modernization of social governance and attainment of social interests by optimizing information communication. Communication and Community in the New Media Age will appeal to academics and students studying communication and social transition in China, new media and society, urban sociology, and public governance.

Author : Nick Jankowski,Ole Prehn
Publisher : Hampton Press (NJ)
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015055583499

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Community Media in the Information Age by Nick Jankowski,Ole Prehn Pdf

Small-scale electronic media (local radio and television stations) have experienced much turbulence and change in the 1990s. In western Europe, local and regional stations have achieved legitimation in national media policies; in central and eastern Europe, stations have been emerging at an explosive rate; and elsewhere in the world, developments have been no less substantial. These changes, taken as a whole, signal substantial albeit diverse forms of engagement and utilization of small-scale electronic media. These developments have been recorded in only a handful of academic studies. No scholarly consideration of these media developments has appeared, despite the range of development and widespread acknowledgement of their place in the media landscape. This volume is intended to fill this void through an integrated series of contributions emphasizing theoretical perspectives, empirical research findings and developments regarding policy and practice. It reflects the state of scholarly work in this niche of the media landscape and charts areas for further investigations.

Author : Steven Waldman
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781437987263

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Information Needs of Communities by Steven Waldman Pdf

In 2009, a bipartisan Knight Commission found that while the broadband age is enabling an info. and commun. renaissance, local communities in particular are being unevenly served with critical info. about local issues. Soon after the Knight Commission delivered its findings, the FCC initiated a working group to identify crosscurrent and trend, and make recommendations on how the info. needs of communities can be met in a broadband world. This report by the FCC Working Group on the Info. Needs of Communities addresses the rapidly changing media landscape in a broadband age. Contents: Media Landscape; The Policy and Regulatory Landscape; Recommendations. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.

Author : Sherry S. Yu,Matthew D. Matsaganis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351045292

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Ethnic Media in the Digital Age by Sherry S. Yu,Matthew D. Matsaganis Pdf

Ethnic media are media produced for, and frequently by, immigrants, ethnic and linguistic minority groups, and indigenous populations. These media represent a sector of the broader media industry that has seen considerable growth globally, even while many mainstream, legacy media have struggled to survive or have ceased to exist, largely due to the emergence of new communication technologies. What is missing in the literature is a careful examination of ethnic media in the digital era. The original research, including case studies, in this book 1) provides insight into how ethnic media are adapting to changing technologies in the media landscape of our times, 2) highlights the emergence of new trends in media production and consumption, and 3) underscores the enduring roles that ethnic media perform in local communities and in an increasingly globalized world. The ethnic media that authors discuss in this book are produced for broadcasting (television, radio), or distributed in print (newspapers, magazines), film, and the Web. Additionally, they serve numerous immigrant, ethnic, and indigenous communities, living in different regions of the world, including North America, Europe, and Oceania.

Author : Wilson P. Dizard
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015032747647

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Old Media/new Media by Wilson P. Dizard Pdf

Author : Karen F. Evans
Publisher : Springer
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230006201

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Maintaining Community in the Information Age by Karen F. Evans Pdf

By exploring the experiences of community activists and organizations working with information and communication technology (ICT) to build communities, this book offers a grounded and informed study of the role ICT plays in people's lives. The author emphasizes the importance of networks built around trust, shared spaces and local knowledge bases in the formation of significant relationships in contemporary Western societies and in doing so, questions many of the assumptions which inform the rhetorics of the information age.

Author : Leah A Lievrouw,Sonia M. Livingstone
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006-01-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1412918731

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Handbook of New Media by Leah A Lievrouw,Sonia M. Livingstone Pdf

Thoroughly revised and updated, this Student Edition of the successful Handbook of New Media has been abridged to showcase the best of the hardback edition. This Handbook sets out boundaries of new media research and scholarship and provides a definitive statement of the current state-of-the-art of the field. Covering major problem areas of research, the Handbook of New Media includes an introductory essay by the editors and a concluding essay by Ron Rice. Each chapter, written by an internationally renowned scholar, provides a review of the most significant social research findings and insights.

Author : Andrew Feenberg,Darin Barney
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004-07-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780742574434

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Community in the Digital Age by Andrew Feenberg,Darin Barney Pdf

Is the Internet the key to a reinvigorated public life? Or will it fragment society by enabling citizens to associate only with like-minded others? Online community has provided social researchers with insights into our evolving social life. As suburbanization and the breakdown of the extended family and neighborhood isolate individuals more and more, the Internet appears as a possible source for reconnection. Are virtual communities 'real' enough to support the kind of personal commitment and growth we associate with community life, or are they fragile and ultimately unsatisfying substitutes for human interaction? Community in the Digital Age features the latest, most challenging work in an important and fast-changing field, providing a forum for some of the leading North American social scientists and philosophers concerned with the social and political implications of this new technology. Their provocative arguments touch on all sides of the debate surrounding the Internet, community, and democracy.

Author : Ellie Rennie
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780742574465

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Community Media by Ellie Rennie Pdf

This concise text will help readers understand the ongoing fascination with do-it-yourself media around the world. Ellie Rennie explains how community media has, since its beginning, challenged the mainstream. A clear and useful guide for students, Community Media lays out the terrain in which community media theory and advocacy have located themselves, including the ideals of participation, community, and social change.

Author : Chris Atton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317509400

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The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media by Chris Atton Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media provides an authoritative and comprehensive examination of the diverse forms, practices and philosophies of alternative and community media across the world. The volume offers a multiplicity of perspectives to examine the reasons why alternative and community media arise, how they develop in particular ways and in particular places, and how they can enrich our understanding of the broader media landscape and its place in society. The 50 chapters present a range of theoretical and methodological positions, and arguments to demonstrate the dynamic, challenging and innovative thinking around the subject; locating media theory and practice within the broader concerns of democracy, citizenship, social exclusion, race, class and gender. In addition to research from the UK, the US, Canada, Europe and Australia, the Companion also includes studies from Colombia, Haiti, India, South Korea and Zimbabwe, enabling international comparisons to be made and also allowing for the problematisation of traditional - often Western - approaches to media studies. By considering media practices across a range of cultures and communities, this collection is an ideal companion to the key issues and debates within alternative and community media.

Author : Rahman, Hakikur
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781522505570

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Human Development and Interaction in the Age of Ubiquitous Technology by Rahman, Hakikur Pdf

The human condition is affected by numerous factors in modern society. In modern times, technology is so integrated into culture that it has become necessary to perform even daily functions. Human Development and Interaction in the Age of Ubiquitous Technology is an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly research on the widespread integration of technological innovations around the globe and examines how human-computer interaction affects various aspects of people’s lives. Featuring emergent research from theoretical perspectives and case studies, this book is ideally designed for professionals, students, practitioners, and academicians.

Author : Juliet Fox
Publisher : Springer
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030173166

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Community Radio's Amplification of Communication for Social Change by Juliet Fox Pdf

This book explores how community radio contributes to social change. Community radio remains a unique communication platform under digital capitalism, arguably capable of expanding the project of media democratisation. Yet there is a lack of in-depth analysis of community radio experience, and a dearth of understanding of its functionality as an actively transformative tool for greater equity in society. This project combines the theoretical positions of the political economy of communication with a citizen’s media perspective in order to interrogate community radio’s democratic potential. By presenting case studies of two radio stations in Melbourne and Lospalos, and applying multiple research methods, the book reveals community radio’s amplification of media participation, communication rights, counter-hegemony and media power — in effect, its distinct regenerative voice.

Author : Bill Reader,John A. Hatcher
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781412974660

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Foundations of Community Journalism by Bill Reader,John A. Hatcher Pdf

This is the first and only book to focus on how to understand and conduct research in this ever-increasing field.