| Communications Research in Action A synergy between academia and activism has long been a goal of both scholars and advocacy organizations in communications research. The essays in Communications Research in Action demonstrate, for the first time in one volume, how an effective partnership between the two can contribute to a more democratic public sphere by helping to break down the digital divide to allow greater access to critical technologies, democratizing the corporate ownership of the media industry, and offering myriad opportunities for varied articulation of individuals' ideas. Napoli Philip M. : Phil Napoli, former Director of Fordham's McGannon Center for Communications Research, is James R. Shepley Professor of Public Policy at Duke University. He is the author of three books, most recently Audience Evolution: New Technologies and the Transformation of Media Audiences (Columbia University Press, 2011).Aslama Minna : Minna Aslama is a Visiting Lecturer and Research Fellow at the Donald McGannon Communication Research Center at Fordham University, as well as a researcher at the University of Helsinki. She has published widely on popular culture and on media policy. |