{"product_id":"the-communication-ecology-of-21st-century-urban-communities-9781433146589","title":"The Communication Ecology of 21st Century Urban","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Communication Ecology of 21st Century Urban Communities\u003c\/em\u003e addresses the questions of whether it (still) matters what neighborhood individuals live in and if it is still necessary and possible for city dwellers to build and maintain place-based communities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book's contributors address how urban communities are formed, reformed, and transformed from a communication infrastructure theory perspective. Through the lens of this theory, communication is defined as a fundamental social process by which cities are sustained and changed over time. The chapters in this book elaborate the theoretical and methodological frameworks of the communication infrastructure theory approach; articulate theory-driven and multi-method frameworks for the study of the city; and speak to pressing, contemporary, research- and policy-related challenges (or questions). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe broad array of issues addressed within this volume is expected to draw the interest not only of communication re\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSandra J. Ball-Rokeach: Prologue: Project History and Introduction – Yong-Chan Kim\/Joo-Young Jung\/Holley A. Wilkin\/Matthew D. Matsaganis: Introduction – Part One: Theory and Method –  Yong-Chan Kim\/Joo-Young Jung: Communication Infrastructure Theory as an Ecological Theory: Theoretical Framework and Key Concepts – Lewis A. Friedland: Toward an Integrated Urban Sociology of Communication: The Research of Sandra Ball-Rokeach and the Metamorphosis Project – Yong-Chan Kim: Communication Infrastructure Theory for Collective Problem Recognition and Problem-Solving in Urban Communities: Beliefs, Assumptions, and Propositions – Matthew D. Matsaganis\/Holley A. Wilkin: Designing Research to Diagnose and Transform Urban Community Communication Infrastructures – Part Two: Communication Infrastructure Theory in Different Contexts – Joo-Young Jung\/Risa Maeda: Overcoming Silence Through the Neighborhood Storytelling Network: Facing Controversy Over the Restart of the Nuclear Power Plant in the City of Kashiwazaki, Japan – Minhee Son: Examining the Links Between Church and Local Community Engagement: The Case of Korean Immigrants in Los Angeles – Chi Zhang\/Wallis Motta\/Myria Georgiou: The Enacted Communication Action Context of Ethnically Diverse Neighborhoods and Its Implications for Intergroup Communication – Katherine Ognyanova\/Joo-Young Jung: Digital Connections: Tracing the Evolving Role of Technology in Local Storytelling Networks – Part Three: Communication Infrastructure Theory-Based Community Interventions – George Villanueva\/Andrea Wenzel: The Engaged Communication Scholar: Designing CIT-Informed Engaged Research in Diverse Communities – Holley A. Wilkin\/Matthew D. Matsaganis\/Annis Golden: Implementing Communication Infrastructure Theory-Based Strategies in Community Health Access Interventions: Lessons Learned from Two Projects in Two Cities – Nien-Tsu Nancy Chen\/Wenlin Liu, Katherine Ognyanova\/Evelyn Moreno: The Alhambra Project: A Prototype for Using Communication Infrastructure Theory to Construct and Evaluate a Community News Site – Garrett M. Broad: Communication Infrastructure Theory and Community-Based Program Evaluation: The Case of Media Mobilizing Project and the CAP Comcast Campaign – Matthew D. Matsaganis\/Holley A. Wilkin\/Joo-Young Jung\/Yong-Chan Kim: Epilogue: Emerging Issues and Future Directions – Contributor Biographies – Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039620038999,"sku":"9781433146589","price":92.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433146589.jpg?v=1750944280","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-communication-ecology-of-21st-century-urban-communities-9781433146589","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}