Beyond Prime Time Activism: Communication Activism and Social Change

Author:   Charlotte Ryan (University of Massachusetts, Lowell) ,  Karen Jeffreys
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138744226


Pages:   266
Publication Date:   27 March 2019
Format:   Hardback
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In this accessible introduction to communication activism, organizer Karen Jeffreys and sociologist Charlotte Ryan draw on more than two decades of ongoing collaboration, using the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless (RICH) as a case study. The book examines a community with shared values, decision-making, and conflict resolution procedures, tracking its organizing strategy and matched communication plan. The authors first describe a communication campaign during the welfare reform battles (1990–1995) in which they began to practice communication activism. In ongoing work with two organizations over the next two decades, they distil a model of communication activism that draws directly from vibrant traditions of empowerment communication in U.S. social movements and movements from the Global South. Beyond Prime Time Activism provides students and researchers with an invaluable look at contemporary activism practices and with practical tools tried and tested in two decades of social movement engagement. This book is ideal for anyone participating in social change movements or studying how they navigate communication and media inequalities.

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Author:   Charlotte Ryan (University of Massachusetts, Lowell) ,  Karen Jeffreys
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.535kg
ISBN:  

9781138744226


ISBN 10:   1138744220
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   27 March 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments PART I Models 1 Why It Takes a Social Movement to Raise an Issue 2 Public Communication Models 3 Communication Activism for Social Change PART II Practices 4 Learning Communities as Movement Safe Spaces 5 From Organizing Strategy to Communication Strategy 6 Framing Stories PART III Sustaining Communication Activism 7 Continuous Inquiry: Learning From Experience 8 Learning Through Research Collaboration 9 Sustaining Communication Activism: Lessons and Unresolved Challenges Epilogue Appendix A: Communication Assessment Tool Appendix B: Strategic Communication Planning Worksheet Appendix C: Message Development Worksheet Index

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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.

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