The Communication Crisis in America, And How to Fix It [Hardcover]

with foreword by?Michael X. Delli?Carpini, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, USA

This book critiques U.S.?public policy about communication and offers guidelines to improve public safety and create strong?democratic communities. The lack of effective emergency communication, basic information about health care, education, jobs and the economy, and civic life is at a crisis state, creating problems for the whole community, not just a vulnerable few. The Communications Crisis in America is not because of changing markets or new technology, it is the failure of public policy. The authors include economists, sociologists, journalists, lawyers and a diverse group of media and communication scholars, all offering an urgent call to action and difficult, but achievable steps forward. ?

.Forward Michael X, Delli Carpini.-?

.Introduction Lewis A. Friedland and Mark Lloyd.-?

.Section 1 New Approaches to Solving the Communications Challenge.-?

.1 Americas critical community information needs Lewis Friedland.-?

.2 Understanding our new communications economy: Implications for contemporary journalism Phillip Napoli.-?

.3 Researching community information needs Katherine Ognyanova.-?

.Section 2 Communication Challenges in a Changing America.-?

.4 All Lives Matter: Critical communications and American diversity Jorge R. Schement and Jason Llorenz.-?

.5 Feminist perspectives on critical information needs Carolyn Byerly and Alisa Valentin.-?

.6 Ethnic media and the social incorporation of new Americans Matthew Matsuganis and Vikki Katz.-?

.7 Do Spanish-language broadcast media serve a changing America? Federico Subervi.-?

.8 The whole community communication infrastructure: The case oflcO