Understanding Communication Ecologies to Bridge Communication Research and Community Action

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 325-345

  Broad, Garrett M ^a   Ball Rokeach, Sandra J ^e   Ognyanova, Katherine ^b   Stokes, Benjamin ^c   Picasso, Tania ^c,d   Villanueva, George ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Northeastern University   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d USC Annenberg   (United States)

^e Department of Cultural Affairs Public Art Division ^*

Author keywords

Communication Ecology; Communication Infrastructure Theory; Community Organizing; Engaged Scholarship; Formative Research Strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886405011     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: 14795752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909882.2013.844848     Document Type: Article

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