Micro Radio and the Internet: Dissent Network Formation in Media Based Collective Action

Authors

Ted Coopman, San Jose State University

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

November 2008

Publication Title

National Communication Association Annual Convention

Abstract

The movement to establish a grassroots community radio system in the U.S. in the 1990s coincided with the rise of the internet. The impact of internet on media based collective action highlighted shortcomings in existing theory. To address this, I develop a dissent network approach. Utilizing participant observation I apply my measures of consensus on system failure, relational density, process and resource sharing, and the centrality of digital networks to the case of micro radio.

Recommended Citation

Ted Coopman. "Micro Radio and the Internet: Dissent Network Formation in Media Based Collective Action" National Communication Association Annual Convention (2008).