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Strategies for Media Reform : International Perspectives / Robert W. McChesney, Jonathan A. Obar, Cheryl Martens; ed. by Des Freedman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Donald McGannon Communication Research Center's Everett C. Parker Book SeriesPublisher: New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (360 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780823271641
  • 9780823271672
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.23
LOC classification:
  • P91
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PART ONE. Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. Media Reform -- CHAPTER TWO. Media Policy Literacy -- PART TWO. Internet Activism for Media Reform -- CHAPTER THREE. Activating the Fifth Estate -- CHAPTER FOUR. WikiLeaks and "Indirect" Media Reform -- CHAPTER FIVE. Mobilizing for Net Rights -- Commentary from Media Reform Organizations -- CHAPTER SIX. Lessons from the SOPA Fight -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Internet Freedom from the Outside In -- CHAPTER EIGHT. A Victory for Digital Justice -- CHAPTER NINE. Working Toward an Open Connected Future -- PART THREE. The Power of the Media Reform Movement -- CHAPTER TEN. A Perfect Storm for Media Reform -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Between Philosophy and Action -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Media Reform Movements in Taiwan -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Organizing for Media Reform in Canada -- Commentary from Media Reform Organizations -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Battle Over Low- Power FM in the United States -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Ninety Percent Community, 10 Percent Radio -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Media Reform Initiatives in West Africa -- PART FOUR. Media Reform as Democratic Reform -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Waves of Struggle -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Policy Hacking -- CHAPTER NINETEEN. Reforming or Conforming? -- CHAPTER TWENTY. ". . . please grant success to the journey on which I have come" -- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. Legislating for a More Participatory Media System -- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO. Public Service Broadcasting in Egypt -- CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE. Impunity, Inclusion, and Implementation -- Commentary from Media Reform Organizations -- CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR. Media Reform through Capacity Building -- CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE. Media Reform in Guatemala -- CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX. Media Reform in Mexico -- INDEX
Summary: Media reform plays an increasingly important role in the struggle for social justice. As battles are fought over the future of investigative journalism, media ownership, spectrum management, speech rights, broadband access, network neutrality, the surveillance apparatus, and digital literacy, what effective strategies can be used in the pursuit of effective media reform?Prepared by thirty-three scholars and activists from more than twenty-five countries, Strategies for Media Reform focuses on theorizing media democratization and evaluating specific projects for media reform. This edited collection of articles offers readers the opportunity to reflect on the prospects for and challenges facing campaigns for media reform and gathers significant examples of theory, advocacy, and activism from multinational perspectives.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PART ONE. Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. Media Reform -- CHAPTER TWO. Media Policy Literacy -- PART TWO. Internet Activism for Media Reform -- CHAPTER THREE. Activating the Fifth Estate -- CHAPTER FOUR. WikiLeaks and "Indirect" Media Reform -- CHAPTER FIVE. Mobilizing for Net Rights -- Commentary from Media Reform Organizations -- CHAPTER SIX. Lessons from the SOPA Fight -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Internet Freedom from the Outside In -- CHAPTER EIGHT. A Victory for Digital Justice -- CHAPTER NINE. Working Toward an Open Connected Future -- PART THREE. The Power of the Media Reform Movement -- CHAPTER TEN. A Perfect Storm for Media Reform -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Between Philosophy and Action -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Media Reform Movements in Taiwan -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Organizing for Media Reform in Canada -- Commentary from Media Reform Organizations -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Battle Over Low- Power FM in the United States -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Ninety Percent Community, 10 Percent Radio -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Media Reform Initiatives in West Africa -- PART FOUR. Media Reform as Democratic Reform -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Waves of Struggle -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Policy Hacking -- CHAPTER NINETEEN. Reforming or Conforming? -- CHAPTER TWENTY. ". . . please grant success to the journey on which I have come" -- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. Legislating for a More Participatory Media System -- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO. Public Service Broadcasting in Egypt -- CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE. Impunity, Inclusion, and Implementation -- Commentary from Media Reform Organizations -- CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR. Media Reform through Capacity Building -- CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE. Media Reform in Guatemala -- CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX. Media Reform in Mexico -- INDEX

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Media reform plays an increasingly important role in the struggle for social justice. As battles are fought over the future of investigative journalism, media ownership, spectrum management, speech rights, broadband access, network neutrality, the surveillance apparatus, and digital literacy, what effective strategies can be used in the pursuit of effective media reform?Prepared by thirty-three scholars and activists from more than twenty-five countries, Strategies for Media Reform focuses on theorizing media democratization and evaluating specific projects for media reform. This edited collection of articles offers readers the opportunity to reflect on the prospects for and challenges facing campaigns for media reform and gathers significant examples of theory, advocacy, and activism from multinational perspectives.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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