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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460436203321

Titolo

Communications research in action [[electronic resource] ] : scholar-activist collaborations for a democratic public sphere / / edited by Philip M. Napoli and Minna Aslama

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-8232-3750-8

0-8232-3348-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Collana

Donald McGannon Communication Research Center's Everett C. Parker book series

Altri autori (Persone)

AslamaMinna

NapoliPhilip M

Disciplina

302.23

Soggetti

Communication policy

Communication - Social aspects

Mass media policy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1. Digital Inclusion -- CHAPTER 2. Engaging in Scholar-Activist Communications in Canada -- CHAPTER 3. Toward a Taxonomy for Public Interest Communications Infrastructure -- CHAPTER 4. Big Media, Little Kids -- CHAPTER 5. Minority Commercial Radio Ownership -- CHAPTER 6. Cross-Ownership, Markets, and Content on Local TV News -- CHAPTER 7. Measuring Community Radio’s Impact -- CHAPTER 8. Youth Channel All-City -- CHAPTER 9. Mobile Voices -- CHAPTER 10. Community Connect -- 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 -- CHAPTER 15. Cultures of Collaboration in Media Research -- CHAPTER 16. Engendering Scholar-Activist Collaborations -- CONCLUSION. Bridging Gaps, Crossing Boundaries -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX



Sommario/riassunto

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.

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Record Nr.

UNISA996552370403316

Autore

Amoore Louise

Titolo

Globalisation contested : an international political economy of work / / Louise Amoore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester University Press, 2002

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, 2018

©2002

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 193 pages) : figures, tables; digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

306.36

Soggetti

International economic integration - Social aspects

Globalization - Social aspects

Work - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published: 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This exciting book provides an illuminating account of contemporary globalization that is grounded in actual transformations in the areas of



production and the workplace. It reveals the social and political contests that give 'global' its meaning, by examining the contested nature of globalization as it is expressed in the restructuring of work. Rejecting conventional explanations of globalization as a process that automatically leads to transformations in working lives, or as a project that is strategically designed to bring about lean and flexible forms of production, this book advances an understanding of the social practices that constitute global change. Through case studies that span from the labour flexibility debates in Britain and Germany, to the strategies and tactics of corporations and workers, the author examines how globalization is interpreted and experienced in everyday life. Contestation, she argues, is about more than just direct protests and resistances. It has become a central feature of the practices that enable or confound global restructuring. This book offers students and scholars of international political economy, sociology and industrial relations an innovative framework for the analysis of globalisation and the restructuring of work.