Dorothy Kidd, Bernadette Barker-Plummer, and Clemencia Rodriguez focus on need for perspectives on communications networks and policy rooted in the practices of the 'counter public sphere'--the space where marginalized groups come together and articulate problems. They analyze the relationship between media reform actors, the alternative media sector, and the social movement features that link both to dominant media practices. Citizen radio in Colombia and the The Media Deregulation and Community Politics Project in the San Francisco Bay Area provide the primary case studies.