The communication crisis in America, and how to fix it. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark Lloyd, Lewis A. Friedland, editors.
• Editors: Lloyd, Mark
• Other Names: Friedland, Lewis A
• Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction; Section 1: Preface: New Approaches to Solving the Communications Challenge; Chapter 1: America's Critical Community Information Needs; Defining Critical Information Needs; Everyday and€Quality-of-Life Needs; Emergencies and€Public Safety; Health; Education; Transportation Systems; Environment and€Planning; Economic Development; Civic and€Democratic Life; Civic Information; Political Life; Location, Location, Location; Public Policy; References. Chapter 2: Understanding Our New Communications Economy: Implications for€Contemporary JournalismIntroduction; The Decline of€the€Traditional Business Model for€News; The Evolving News Ecosystem; Algorithms and€Automation; Single-Subject News; Audience Engagement; Shifting Dynamics Between Large and€Small Market Journalism; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Researching Community Information Needs; Communication Ecologies and€Community Research; Economic Research: Market and€Audience Analyses; Information Inequality and€Digital Exclusion Research. Mass Communication Research and€Content AnalysisComputational Social Science Research and€Network Analysis; Conclusion; References; Section 2: Preface: Communication Challenges in a Changing America; Chapter 4: Understanding a€Diverse America's Critical Information Needs; Introduction; Addressing Race and€Ethnicity; The Internet Alone Is Not the€Answer; Historical Gaps Resulting from€the€Nature of€the€Exchange; Different Groups Create Different Media Environments at Home; Conducting Research on€American Diversity and€Diversity of€Media Use; Challenge and€Opportunity; References. Chapter 5: Feminist Perspectives on€Critical Information NeedsIntroduction; Women and€the€Politics of€Information; Women's Political and€Economic Status; Women's Health and€Welfare; Women's Civic and€Political Engagement; Women's (Lack of) Access to€Information; Discussion and€Policy Recommendations; References; Chapter 6: Ethnic Media and€the€Social Incorporation of€New Americans; The Audiences of Ethnic Media and the Critical Information Needs These Media Help Address; Ethnic Media's Constraints on€Meeting Audiences' Critical Information Needs; Conclusions; Notes.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxx, 316 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 301; Political planning -- Citizen participation; Communication -- Political aspects; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General; Communication -- Political aspects; Political planning -- Citizen participation; Political Science -- Public Policy -- General; Social Science -- Media Studies; Social Science -- General; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Public administration; Sociology; Cultural studies; Politics & government; Communication; Public policy; Social justice; Media studies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781349949250; 1349949256; 1349950300; 9781349950300
• Related ISBNs: 9781349949243; 1349949248; 9781349950300
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 15, 2016).
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