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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- Preface
- PART ONE: INRODUCTION
- 1. Media Reform: An Overview
- 2. Media Policy Literacy: A Foundation for Media Reform
- PART TWO: INTERNET ACTIVISM FOR MEDIA REFORM
- 3. Activating the Fifth Estate: Bill C-30 and the Digitally Mediated Public Watchdog
- 4. WikiLeaks and “Indirect” Media Reform
- 5. Mobilizing for Net Rights: The IRPC Charter of Human Rights and Principles for the Internet
- COMMENTARY FROM MEDIA REFORM ORGANIZATIONS
- 6. Electronic Frontier Foundation:Lessons from the SOPA Fight
- 7. Free Press: Internet Freedom from the Outside In
- 8. New America: A Victory for Digital Justice
- 9. OpenMedia: Working Toward an Open Connected Future
- PART THREE: THE POWER OF THE MEDIA FORM MOVEMENT
- 10. A Perfect Storm for Media Reform: Telecommunications Reforms in Mexico
- 11. Between Philosophy and Action: The Story of the Media Reform Coalition
- 12. Media Reform Movements in Taiwan
- 13. Organizing for Media Reform in Canada: Media Democracy Day, OpenMedia, and Reimagine CBC
- COMMENTARY FROM MEDIA REFORM ORGANIZATIONS
- 14. Prometheus Radio Project: The Battle Over Low-Power FM in the United States
- 15. Prometheus Radio Project: Ninety Percent Community, 10 Percent Radio
- 16. Media Foundation for West Africa: Media Reform Initiatives in West Africa
- PART FOUR: MEDIA REFORM AS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
- 17. Waves of Struggle: The History and Future of American Media Reform
- 18. Policy Hacking: Citizen-Based Policy-Making and Media Reform
- 19. Reforming or Conforming? The Contribution of Communication Studies to Media Policy in Switzerland
- 20. “. . . please grant success to the journey on which I have come”: Media Reform Strategies in Israel
- 21. Legislating for a More Participatory Media System: Reform Strategies in South America
- 22. Public Service Broadcasting in Egypt: Strategies for Media Reform
- 23. Impunity, Inclusion, and Implementation: Media Reform Challenges in Thailand, Myanmar, and the Philippines
- COMMENTARY FROM MEDIA REFORM ORGANIZATIONS
- 24. Doha Centre for Media Freedom: Media Reform through Capacity Building
- 25. Cultural Survival: Media Reform in Guatemala
- 26. Open Society Foundations: Media Reform in Mexico
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