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The SSRC is pleased to announce the second round of small grants for academic-advocacy collaboration in the media and communications field. These grants provide up to $7,500 for short term, academic-advocacy collaborations. Five grants were announced on December 22.
Washington, DC - The Media Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today made public Media Bureau staff reports and studies on media ownership and related issues in response to a request from Chairman Martin.
[December 18, 2006] Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union and Free Press will release The Case Against Media Consolidation -- a biting critique of media concentration -- at a book party in Washington, where they will offer a sneak preview of next year’s debate over sweeping changes to the nation’s media ownership rules.
On October 23, 2006, the Benton Foundation and the Social Science Research Council released four independent academic studies on the impact of media consolidation in the United States. The new research focuses on how the concentration of media ownership affects media content, from local news reporting to radio music programming, and how minority groups have fared – as both media outlet owners and as historically undeserved audiences -- in an increasingly deregulated media environment.
The Social Science Research Council is proud to announce the first round of small grants for academic-advocacy collaboration in the media and communications field. The first round will provide grants of up to $7,500 for research that supports advocacy, organizing, policy and/or campaign uses in the media and communications field in the US. The grants are intended for short-term work, completable and usable by advocacy partners within the next 4-12 months. Six grants have been awarded in this first round.
Interviews with SSRC Grantees
Researcher Francisco Javier Iribarren and others chat with us at the NK09 Workshop
Making Communications Research Matter
A new (and ongoing) essay forum on the relationship between communications research and policymaking
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SSRC Essay Forum: Transformations of the Public Sphere