The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is pleased to announce the four newest recipients of $7,500 grants for academic-advocacy collaboration in the media and communications field. The projects bring together academic researchers with practitioners, advocates and activists on issues central to creating a more democratic public sphere. The small grants winners in this round include the program's first Research Bounty* award. Congratulations to:
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Administration of a Qualitative Survey Regarding Minority Radio and Television Ownership and Media Consolidation.
Principal Investigators: Catherine J.K. Sandoval and Allen S. Hammond, IV
Partner: Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC)
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Montana Media Partnership.
Principal Investigator: Richard Wolff
Partner: Montana Common Cause (MCC)
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Public Interest Communications Infrastructure Taxonomy.
Principal Investigator: Alison Powell
Partners: Acorn Active Media Foundation and the Ethos Group
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* Research Needed on Federal Radio Spectrum Holdings.
Submitted by Harold Feld of the Media Access Project (MAP)
Additional congratulations to the first recipient of a $30,000 Emergency Grant, intended to take advantage of unexpected opportunities for strategic, short-term research-often in relation to small windows of opportunity for input into policy processes.
Local TV News Content and Media Ownership.
Principal Investigator: Danilo Yanich (University of Delaware)
Partner: Consumer Federation of America (Washington, DC)
