DEMOCRATIZING COMMUNICATION THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY MEDIA NETWORKS: A STUDY OF THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER MOVEMENT

 

By

Christopher A. Shumway

M.A. candidate

 Media Studies Program, New School University

 

April 2003

 

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

 

CHAPTER TWO: BACKGROUND ON THE PROBLEM

 

CHAPTER THREE: BUILDING A PARTICIPATORY MEDIA NETWORK: THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER MOVEMENT

 

CHAPTER FOUR: (RE)BUILDING AN IMC IN CLEVELAND, OHIO

 

CHAPTER FIVE: CHALLENGES FACING THE IMC NETWORK

 

CHAPTER SIX: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY

 

APPENDIX I: GLOBAL IMC DOCUMENTS

APPENDIX II: CLEVELAND IMC DOCUMENTS

LIST OF WORKS CITED

 

© Christopher A. Shumway 2003

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