Associate Professor of Information Sciences, iSchool at Illinois
Since transitioning from being a community media and technology practitioner in the late 2000s to a community informatics scholar during the past decade, I have sought to both highlight and contribute to the existing community media and informatics scholarship during this time. As part of this work, I am excited to announce that I have…
Here is the letter (PDF) I wrote to the Federal Communications Commission recently in response to their request for comments “concerning how local franchising authorities may regulate incumbent cable operators and cable television services” (FCC). To learn more about the FCC’s Second FNPRM, titled “FCC Seeks Comment on LFAs’ Regulation of Cable Operators” visit the FCC’s website….
I am excited to announce the publication of my new co-authored article with Simmons SLIS alum, Christiana Urbano Stanton, entitled “Developing Media Literacy in Public Libraries: Learning from Community Media Centers” out today in Public Library Quarterly. Here is the abstract: “The rise of digital media labs and spaces for content creation in public libraries…
It’s a bit late for this announcement, but I thought I’d share that I will be speaking on a panel tonight at Harvard with several absolutely incredible people. I am honored to participate in this book talk event and look forward to joining this important discussion. If you are in the Boston area this evening, please consider attending….
I have a new chapter published in Civic Media: Technology, Design, Practice by The MIT Press and edited by Eric Gordon and Paul Mihailidis. The chapter, titled “Community Media Infrastructure as Civic Engagement,” highlights the community needs assessment process in local communications infrastructure development in the United States as a form of civic engagement, which I argue we must fight…