Reports

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• Comments submitted to the FCC by MAG-Net and others on Net Neutrality

  April 26, 2010 | 87 hits | 1.1 MiB

  Comments submitted April 26, 2010, by MAG-Net and partners to the Federal Communications Commission regarding open Internet protections. MAG-Net, the Media Access Project, and others reply to the telecom industry's fallacious argument that Net Neutrality and wider broadband adoption are mutually exclusive.

• Broadband Adoption in Low-Income Communities

  March 8, 2010 | 124 hits | 19.7 KiB

  The Social Science Research Council was commissioned by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to analyze the factors shaping low rates of adoption of home broadband services in low-income and other marginalized communities. The resulting study is one of the only large-scale qualitative investigations of barriers to adoption in the US, and complements recent FCC survey research on adoption designed to inform the 2010 National Broadband Plan. The study draws on some 170 interviews of non-adopters, community access providers, and other intermediaries conducted across the US in late 2009 and early 2010. Read a summary and download the full report at the link above.

• Proceedings of the 2009 Midwest Rural Assembly

  January 28, 2010 | 213 hits | 8.0 MiB

  In August 2009, a group of 170 people gathered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to launch the Midwest Rural Assembly—a network of community leaders, organizations, and policymakers dedicated to creating a stronger rural America. The discussed the issues that mattered most to them, assessed policy opportunities and challenges, and committed to action.

• Hispanics in the News

  January 4, 2010 | 169 hits | unknown

  This study from the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism examined 34,000 news stories that appeared in major media outlets and found that most of what the public learns about Hispanics comes not through focused coverage of the life and times of this population group but through event-driven news stories in which Hispanics are one of many elements.

• Minority Commercial Radio Ownership in 2009

  November 30, 2009 | 210 hits | 219.8 KiB

  This study examines more than 11,000 records from the FCC and Internet sources on radio ownership and program formats to analyze the effect of FCC licensing and multiple ownership policies on minority ownership of commercial radio stations, program diversification, and service in the public interest.

• U.S. Youth Media, 1967-2009

  November 30, 2009 | 213 hits | 118.2 KiB

  A timeline of youth media milestones, studies, publications, and reports from the Youth Media Reporter and the Academy of Educational Development.

• State of the Youth Media Field Report

  November 30, 2009 | 202 hits | 358.5 KiB

  Produced by Youth Media Reporter and the Academy for Educational Development, this report provides a recent snapshot of the youth media field and underscores the urgency for youth media organizations to work together to strengthen and secure their impact.

• The Media Justice Fund's Field Report: Media Justice Through the Eyes of Local Organizers

  September 28, 2009 | 255 hits | 227.3 KiB

  How do grassroots social justice organizers across the country define media justice? What telecommunications and media policy issues are they concerned about? How do they see the media justice movement intersecting with their communities? What are their outstanding communication needs? Using the depth and breadth of connections with local organizers available to the sixteen community-based funds of the Funding Exchange, the Media Justice Fund conducted interviews and workshops with over 100 grassroots organizers across the United States.