The Power of Global Community Media

Drawing on both theoretical and practical case studies, Community Mediamoves from developing attempts at local media to case studies and on to cyber-examples. Alphabetically, its more than two dozen cases include reports on the Asian Pacific region, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Ghana, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Latin America, Lebanon, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, as well as a number of other perspectives and (virtual) visions. The contributors, all distinguished international communications scholars, present a range of perspectives on the ever-burgeoning area of grassroots, local media by the people, for the people, their research representing participant observation, hands-on community involvement, serving on international boards of directors, content analysis, and ethical inquiries. It will appeal to a range of academic disciplines, community media groups, and the thousands of people who work in their local cable television centers to provide an alternative voice to mainstream media.

Linda K. Fuller is a professor of Communications at Worcester State University and currently a senior fellow at Northeastern University. She recevied her Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts and is the author or (co)editor of more than 20 books and 250+ professional publications and conference reports, including with Palgrave Macmillan: Sport, Rhetoric, and Gender: Historical Perspectives and Media Representations (2006; http://www.LKFullerSport.com); African Women’s Unique Vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS: Communication Perspectives and Promises (2008), and Women, War, and Violence: Personal Perspectives and Global Activism (co-editor, 2010). The recipient of Fulbright awards to Singapore and Senegal, she chairs her local (Wilbraham, MA) public access cable television station.

“For years, Fuller has been researching community media. Her collection of studies in Community Media draws on top researchers from across the globe to present cutting-edge analyses of what various communities and activists are doing with a wide range of community media. The collection is a valuable research tool that will be of use to all of us involved in community media and  social change.â€�--Douglas Kellner, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, UCLA