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by admin — last modified 2008-04-28 11:28

The Media Research Hub is a resource for researchers, advocates, and practitioners working for a more democratic and participatory public sphere.  More info...


Research Bounties Posted!

Five calls for research receive prize money.  Will one of these be your next research project?

Interested in other project ideas that can make a difference?  See our list of Open Projects.


NKDPS Upcoming Events


Come to the 2008 ICA Pre-Conference: Bridging Scholar/Activist Divides in the Field of Communications, May 25, 2008. More information...

Come to the National Conference on Media Reform 'Research Pre-Conference,' June 5, 2008.  More information...


What's on the Media Research Hub?

Collaborative Grants support partnerships between academic researchers and advocates. Grants are awarded through open competitions, held several times per year. The SSRC awarded six grants totaling $180,000 in September 2007.

The Data Consortium for Media and Communications Policy works for the principle that public policy should be made with publicly-available data—a condition mostly absent from contemporary media and communications policymaking.

The Resource Database is a community-editable field-mapping tool for linking people, institutions, research materials, networks, and projects--and the relationships between them.

Commentary: an aggregated media and technology blog on news, resources, research, and policy.

News and Events: selected news, conferences, internship offers and other opportunities in the field. To submit an item, contact mediahub@ssrc.org .


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Featured Publications

stropStructures of Parti-
cipation in Digital Culture
Joe Karaganis, ed.  SSRC Books:2008

A new SSRC edited volume on culture, technology, and power in the digital era, drawing on participants in the Culture, Creativity, and Information Technology program.  Full text available free online (and for sale!).  Click here...


SSRC Collaborative Grants Book
Describing the 29 projects that have received funding since 2006 and the 5 current bounties offered. Click here (614 KB PDF). 

Using the Resource Database

Adding your profile to the Resource Database is a good way to signal your work to others.   Getting started is simple...

Steps:

(1) Create an account and log in. 

(2) Go to the Resource Database

(3) Add yourself to the database.  If you're already there, it will tell you! 

(4) Click edit at the bottom of your profile to update and expand the profile -- institutional affiliations, publications, projects, and so on.  If, for example, you've added your profile and that of your institution, you can connect them via the 'add association' button on the profile edit pages.

(5) 'Claim' your profile in My Workspace.  Now, only you can change your basic personal information.

(6) Add or Edit other profiles to enrich the community map.