Media and Social Justice

This book is an anthology of work by critical media scholars, media makers, and activists who are committed to advancing social justice. Topics addressed include, but are not limited to: international media activist projects such as the Right to Communication movement and its corollaries; the importance of listening and enacting policies that advance democratic media; regional and local media justice projects; explorations of the challenges the era of participatory media pose to public media; youth and minority media projects and activism; ethical dilemmas posed by attempts to democratise access to media tools; the continued marginalisation of feminist perspectives in international policy venues; software freedom and intellectual property rights; video activism in both historical and contemporary contexts; internet strategies for defending dissenting voices; and five accounts by scholar/activists of their lifelong struggles for media justice. 

Contents include the following:
Preface; C. Calhoun
Introduction; S.C.Jansen

"Part I: Challenges
Media and Democracy: Some Missing Links; N.Couldry
The Right to be Heard and the Urgency and Pleasure of Listening; C.Hamelink
From 'the Means of Molding Opinion' to 'Media Justice': Shifts in Foundation Support for Communication Research; J.Pooley
Public Media 2.0: Reframing Public Media for the Participatory Era; J.Clark & P.Aufderheide

Part II: Scholar/Activists Tell their Stories
Video Activism as a Way of Life; D.Halleck
Working for International Social Justice Media: An Instructional Biography; B.M.Murphy
Can We Be Compañeros? The Media Research & Action Project; C.Ryan & W.Gamson
Defending Dissent; B.Martin

Part III: Community Media
Detours through Youth-Driven Media: A Backseat Driver Bears Witness to the Ethical Dilemmas of Youth Media; L.Taub-Pervizpour
¡Adelante! Promoting Social Justice through Latina/o Community Media; M.Castañeda
Community-Based Media Justice Projects in Appalachia; N.Gregg

Part IV: Power Struggles
Feminism, Media and Social Justice: Outside the Mainstream; M.Gallagher
The Battle for the News: Project Censored and the International Media Reform Movement; P.Phillips & M.Huff
Shooting Back: Video Activism and Reflexive Surveillance; M.Andrejevic

Part V: Media Reform
Drawing and Effacing Boundaries in Contemporary Media Democracy Work; C.Dunbar-Hester
The Federal Communications Commission's Complicity in Excluding Minorities from the Airwaves; J.Tate
Software Freedom as Social Justice? Open Source Software and Information Control; J.L.Sullivan

Part VI: Pedagogy
Designing Health Communication to Promote Social Justice; S.Kahlenberg
Analysis and Engagement: Connecting Media Criticism to a Vision of Justice; R.Andersen"