Presentation
Micro Radio and the Internet: Dissent Network Formation in Media Based Collective Action
National Communication Association Annual Convention
(2008)
Abstract
The movement to establish a grassroots community radio system in the U.S. in the 1990s coincided with the rise of the internet. The impact of internet on media based collective action highlighted shortcomings in existing theory. To address this, I develop a dissent network approach. Utilizing participant observation I apply my measures of consensus on system failure, relational density, process and resource sharing, and the centrality of digital networks to the case of micro radio.
Disciplines
Publication Date
November 22, 2008
Location
San Diego, CA
Citation Information
Ted M. Coopman. "Micro Radio and the Internet: Dissent Network Formation in Media Based Collective Action" National Communication Association Annual Convention (2008) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ted_coopman/18/