http://media.researchhub.staging.ssrc.org daily 1 2007-10-16T00:07:07Z http://media.researchhub.staging.ssrc.org/news/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: No publisher chung@ssrc.org NKDPS Program 2008-07-10T14:28:07Z News Item http://media.researchhub.staging.ssrc.org/news/ssrc-announces-large-grants-totaling-210-000-for-seven-new-media-communications-projects 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. No publisher chung@ssrc.org NKDPS Program 2008-06-23T21:35:31Z News Item http://media.researchhub.staging.ssrc.org/news/grantee-feature-media-mobilizing-project-in-the-nytimes 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. No publisher chung@ssrc.org NKDPS Program 2008-04-09T17:56:23Z News Item http://media.researchhub.staging.ssrc.org/news/nk-grantee-workshop-information-available-here 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. No publisher aslama@ssrc.org; chung@ssrc.org Conference NKDPS Program events 2008-04-17T17:12:58Z News Item http://media.researchhub.staging.ssrc.org/news/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. No publisher karaganis@ssrc.org NKDPS Program 2008-04-17T17:06:01Z News Item http://media.researchhub.staging.ssrc.org/news/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. No publisher karaganis@ssrc.org NKDPS Program 2008-01-14T17:32:11Z News Item http://media.researchhub.staging.ssrc.org/news/sac-bee-covers-local-tv-news-monitoring-project Supported by a Collaborative Grant to Common Cause, Sacramento Media Group, and Kimberly Nadler (CSU-Sacramento) No publisher karaganis@ssrc.org NKDPS Program 2007-12-18T20:44:29Z News Item http://media.researchhub.staging.ssrc.org/news/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. No publisher chung@ssrc.org NKDPS Program 2008-06-16T23:33:26Z News Item http://media.researchhub.staging.ssrc.org/news/media-minutes-radio-program-focuses-on-ssrc-funded-research-on-childrens-media The "Media Minutes" syndicated radio program this week includes an interview with Christy Glaubke of Children Now talking the the report “Big Media, Little Kids 2.” This report summarizes a research study that found that media consolidation has a detrimental effect on the provision of educational television. Funded by a grant from the Necessary Knowledge Program. No publisher panganiban@ssrc.org newkeyword NKDPS Program research 2007-11-05T16:24:03Z News Item http://media.researchhub.staging.ssrc.org/news/receive-media-hub-news-by-category-as-an-rss-feed We have recently added categories to our news listings, which should help you find the most relevant information faster. In addition, these categories can also be fed to your favorite RSS news reader, along with our general RSS news feed. No publisher panganiban@ssrc.org NKDPS Program 2007-10-23T18:15:53Z News Item http://media.researchhub.staging.ssrc.org/news/news_item.2007-12-05.0843657519 The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) announces the first recipient of a $30,000 Emergency Grant for academic-advocacy collaboration in the media and communications field. No publisher chung@ssrc.org NKDPS Program 2007-12-05T15:51:16Z News Item http://media.researchhub.staging.ssrc.org/news/grantee-profile-study-suggests-that-concentrated-station-ownership-is-detrimental-to-children2019s-educational-tv The children’s advocacy group Children Now worked with researcher Katharine Heintz-Knowles, PhD to examine how ownership patterns of television stations affect the amount of children’s educational programming they broadcast. In contrast to industry claims, the study found that more concentrated ownership of TV stations did not lead to more educational TV. In fact there is evidence that diversely held television markets provide more hours of educational programming. The study concludes that concentration of television station ownership in a market does not improve a station’s public service to the children in that market. Instead, this analysis suggests such concentration of ownership has a clear, negative impact on programming for children. No publisher panganiban@ssrc.org NKDPS Program research 2008-01-09T23:20:14Z News Item http://media.researchhub.staging.ssrc.org/news/ssrc-announces-grants-totaling-180-000-for-six-media-and-communications-projects The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is pleased to announce six recipients of $30,000 'collaborative grants' in media and communications, on subjects ranging from Payola in the music industry to telecommunications rights in Brazil. The six projects bring together academic researchers with practitioners, advocates, and activists on issues central to creating a richer and more democratic public sphere. The grantees were chosen from a pool of 112 applicants. No publisher panganiban@ssrc.org NKDPS Program 2008-03-05T17:26:04Z News Item http://media.researchhub.staging.ssrc.org/news/grantee-profile-what2019s-meant-by-digital-inclusion-an-interrogation-of-municipal-broadband-policy-in-san-francisco Stanford Ph.D Candidate Seeta Peña Gangadharan and activist group Media Alliance examine San Francisco's efforts to develop a "digital inclusion" strategy in the context of its highly-publicized municipal wi-fi build out planning. This research may be particularly useful for communities and groups involved in discussions with their own municipal governments about how to develop inclusive and effective access to the internet. Groups are especially encouraged to download the “Digital Inclusion Advocacy Toolkit” prepared by Media Alliance as part of this research study. No publisher panganiban@ssrc.org NKDPS Program research 2007-11-29T23:26:55Z News Item http://media.researchhub.staging.ssrc.org/news/grantee-profile-understanding-barriers-to-entry-for-minority-and-female-broadcasters Recent studies have shown that minorities and women are very underrepresented in the population of radio and television station owners. Researchers Catherine Sandoval and Allen Hammond, IV at Santa Clara University School of Law and David Honig, Director of the Minority Media & Telecommunications Council, have developed and tested two surveys to help understand the experiences and perspectives of minority and female broadcasters, particularly with regard to public policies that affect their entry into the market. No publisher chung@ssrc.org NKDPS Program research 2007-11-30T20:45:58Z News Item