Visualizing Community Information Needs with PEG Access TV

This proposal was originally published on the course website for Unorthodox Research Methods on March 30, 2011. Public, educational, and governmental (PEG) access TV stations serve community information needs “by connecting viewers to local resources and assistance, providing a persistent presence in the community” (Linder and Kenton, 2010). As Linder and Kenton wrote for the [...]

Mapping Community Media: Participatory Cartography as Digital Inclusion Measure

This proposal was originally published on the course website for LIS 590 F – Unorthodox Research Methods on March 16, 2011. Introduction This proposal introduces a theoretical and methodological approach to study the ways in which community media centers in the U.S. have introduced digital mapping and open source tools to promote digital inclusion, media [...]

LIS Methods for Community Media Research

This post is my response to an assignment to review research methods in library and information science (LIS). I thought I’d share it here as way to begin a conversation about the potential of applying LIS methods to community media research. I welcome your feedback or insight. Thank you. (photo by MuseumWales available on Flickr under [...]

Community Media: A Full Spectrum Future

The New America Foundation is hosting an exciting event to discuss community media and public policy on Wednesday, February 9th at 3:30PM in Washington, D.C. Here are details from the website: “Community media is at an inflection point. Between the passing of the Community Radio Act and the emergence of the internet in community engagement, [...]