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Barry Wellman and Arvind Singhal Win New SSRC/ICA Prizes

July 6, 2008 - The Social Science Research Council is pleased to announce the winners of two new prizes in media and communications research, sponsored in partnership with the International Communications Association:

Whose Media? Our Media! SPIN Toolkit Available for Download

Whose Media? Our Media! -- A toolkit to help media activists develop and successfully execute their own communications campaigns from the ground up.

SSRC Abe Fellowship for Journalists

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP) announce the Abe Fellowship for Journalists (AFJ). The Fellowship is designed to encourage in-depth coverage of topics of pressing concern to the U.S. and Japan through individual short-term policy-related projects. Application Deadline: September 15, 2008.

SSRC Announces Seven New Media & Communications Collaborative Grants

June 16th -- The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is pleased to announce seven new recipients of $30,000 Large Grants for academic-advocacy collaboration in media and communications. The funded projects address a range of exciting research needs, from advocacy strategies for Latinos to engage with media institutions, to action research developing a code of practices for Thai community radio, to initiatives that build collaborations between advocates and activists working to democratize the digital communications platform, etc.

Oxford Internet Institute Summer Interns Wanted

OII is looking for Summer Interns to work on the Peach project (ethical, legal and social issues in virtual environments) and the Oxford eSocial Science (OeSS) project (social shaping of e-Research technologies and collaborative distributed science).

Open Society Fellowship

The Open Society Fellowship enables outstanding individuals from around the world — journalists, activists, academics, practitioners — to work on projects that inspire meaningful public debate, shape policy, and inform the thinking and activities of the Open Society Institute and the Soros Foundations Network.

Grantee Profile: NYTimes and CityPaper feature Media Mobilizing Project

Todd Wolfson and Media Mobilizing Project, recipients of a $30,000 SSRC Large Grant in October 2007, were recently featured in the New York Times Technology section and on the front cover of the Philadelphia CityPaper for their ongoing work with community journalists in Philadelphia, where residents are voicing issues of violence, gentrification, and the digital divide.

Call for Papers: Legal Security and Privacy Issues in IT (LSPI)

The International Association of IT Lawyers (IAITL) and the University Economics Prague invite you to participate in the 3rd Intl. Conference on legal, security and privacy issues in information technology law, to be held in Prague in September 2008. Full Research Papers are due August 1, 2008. Abstract Presentations are due August 15th.

NK Grantee Post-Workshop Info!

The Necessary Knowledge for a Democratic Public Sphere co-hosted a two-day gathering (23-24 February 2008) of grantees, program partners, scholars and advocates to facilitate discussion on strategies to improve and increase research-advocacy collaborations on media and communications issues. Materials from the workshop can be found here.

Broadband Access Data Mischief

Highlighting the Benton Foundation's response to the just-released NTIA study declaring success for President Bush's universal broadband initiative. The study's reliance on FCC data that the FCC admits cannot provide an accurate picture of broadband adoption makes it worth flagging in the context our proposals to modernize and reform the FCC's data collection practices.

SSRC 'Collaborative Grants Book' Available

Attention collaborative grant applicants and other interested parties: A compendium of SSRC 'Collaborative Grants in Media and Communications' awarded since 2006 is now available.

Call for Papers: Communication, Culture & Critique

The International Communication Association seeks manuscripts for second and third 2008 issues of "Communication, Culture & Critique," the ICA's first new journal in 25 years. Submissions should be made online.

New SSRC/IDRC Book: ICT Infrastructure in Emerging Asia: Policy and Regulatory Roadblocks

A new SSRC/IDRC-sponsored volume brings together scholars, practitioners, former regulators and policy makers to address the problem of expanding information and communication technology (ICT) connectivity in emerging Asia.

Sacramento Bee Covers Local TV News Monitoring Project

Supported by a Collaborative Grant to Common Cause, Sacramento Media Group, and Kimberly Nadler (CSU-Sacramento)

Fourth Round Collaborative Grants Announced

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is pleased to announce the four newest recipients of $7,500 grants for academic-advocacy collaboration in the media and communications field.

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