November 25, 2005
SSRC Media and Democracy Background Papers
Media and Democracy Background Papers from the Social Science Reearch Council (SSRC).
"These are the broad conclusions of a 2-year process of field analysis, consultation, and planning with advocates, activists and academics in and around issues of media reform. In this process, the SSRC have partnered with a number of other institutional actors motivated by the similar concern for the missed opportunities and missing patterns of cooperation across the spectrum of research producers and users in this field....
..." The Center for International Media Action (CIMA), the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU Law School, and the Donald McGannon Communication Research Center at Fordham University are prominent among these. Collectively, we have worked to map the fragmented terrain of media research and media reform, and identify opportunities for fostering stronger knowledge networks."
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October 15, 2005
Converging Media, Diverging Politics:
Edited by David Skinner, James R. Compton, and Michael Gasher
Lexington Books, 2005.
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Media Reform in the US - Misc. Resources
References and Websites below...
References
Bettig, Ronald V. and Jeanne Lynn Hall. (2003) Big Media, Big Money: Cultural Texts and Political Economics. Lanham. MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Chaudrey, Lakshmi. February 20, 2002. Mega Media Merger Mania. Alternet. URL: http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=12451
Dreazen, Yochi J. and Joe Flint. June 3, 2003. FCC Eases Media-Ownership Caps, Clearing the Way for New Mergers. The Wall Street Journal, p. A1.
Epstein, Edward. October 14, 2003. Congress tries to put clamps on media mergers. San Francisco Chronicle. URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/10/14/MNG3P2AS9J1.DTL
Labaton, Stephen. June 25, 2004. Court Orders Rethinking of Rules Allowing Large Media Companies to Expand. The New York Times, pp. --
Labaton, Stephen. June 23, 2004. Senate Votes to Repeal Media Rules. The New York Times.
Labaton, Stephen. July 24, 2003. FCC Media Rule Blocked in House 400-to-21 Vote. The New York Times: A1.
McChesney, Robert and John Nichols. (December 20, 2001). The Making of a Movement. The Nation.
McChesney, Robert. (2004). The Problem of the Media: US Communication Politics in the 21st Century. NY: Monthly Review Press. Website for the book.
McChesney, Robert, Russell Newman, and Ben Scott. (2005). The Future of Media: Resistance and Reform in the 21st Century. NY: Seven Stories Press.
Nichols, John and Robert McChesney. (2005). Tragedy & Farce: How the American Media ell Wars, Spin Elections, and Destroy Democracy. NY: The New Press.
Powell, Michael K. April 8, 1998. The Public Interest Standard: A New Regulator's Search for Enlightenment. Speech Given to the American Bar Association 17th Annual Legal Forum on Communications Law, Las Vegas, Nevada. URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Speeches/Powell/spmkp806.html
Stern, Christopher. March 15, 2002. FCC Gives Cable Firms Net Rights. Washington Post: E1.
Web Resources
Media Reform Information Center
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
Center for Public Integrity, Well Connected
Action Coalition for Media Education
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