Introduction
Policymaking is far from the only context in which communications research can ‘matter’ to the wider, non-academic world, but it is a powerful and obvious one. It is especially important in an environment in which communications and media technologies—and the regulatory frameworks that surround them—are in flux. There is manifest need for better understanding of changes in the media and communications environment and of the larger public spheres they structure. These dynamics are inevitably complex, and call into play relationships between old and new technologies, social practices, institutions, markets, and regulation.
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The Essays
- Introduction by Monroe Price, Stefaan Verhulst, and Joe Karaganis
- The Academic and the Policy Maker by Peng Hwa Ang
- Trying to Intervene: British Media Research and the Framing of Policy Debate by Georgina Born
- Policy Research in an Evidence-Averse Environment by Sandra Braman
- Research in Government Agency Decisions - Observations About the FCC by Daniel L. Brenner
- Acedemic Research and Its Limited Impact on Telecommunications Policy Making by Rob Frieden
- Comparative Media Law Research and Its Impact on Policy by Stefaan G. Verhulst and Monroe C. Price
- The Role of thr Academic Research in Media Policy Making: The Case Study of Hong Kong by Mei Ning Yan
Collaborators
- The Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS), Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania
- The International Journal of Communication
- The USC Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California