1st Edition
Beyond Prime Time Activism Communication Activism and Social Change
Part I - Conceptual Models
Chapter 1 - Communication Activism: The Positions from which We Speak
Chapter 2 - Public Communication Models
Chapter 3 - Introduction Communication Activism for Social Change
Part 2 - Strategic Communication Practices
Chapter 4 - Change is a collective noun: Forming a learning community
Chapter 5 - From organizing strategy to communication strategy - and back
Chapter 6 - Framing stories
Chapter 7 - Everyone is a communicator: Matching audiences, venues, and messengers
Part 3 - Communication Activism for the Long Haul
Chapter 8 - Collaborative research: Assessing communication impact
Chapter 9 - Movement building on a shoe string and a banana peel: Learning communities in coalitions and internships
Chapter 10 - Building sustained relationships in a digitalizing communication climate
Chapter 11 - Conclusion: Unresolved and emerging challenges
Biography
Charlotte Ryan teaches at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and codirects the Media Research Action Project (MRAP; www.mrap.info). She and Karen have worked together since 1990 in campaigns with the Coalition for Basic Human Needs (CBHN), the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence (RICADV; www.ricadv.org), and RICH (www.rihomeless.org).
Rhode-Island-based Karen Jeffreys is a lifelong social justice organizer who specializes in communication and movement building. She has collaborated with groups organizing around social services, housing and homelessness, domestic violence, media, and racial justice. She offers regular community strategy workshops for state and national social justice activists.
