Research
The communication sector has undergone a fundamental transformation in recent years, primarily through the digital revolution in communication technology and the widespread adoption of both wireless technologies and the Internet. These changes in the underlying nature of communication technology have brought with them profound social and economic consequences. The center's...
While the United States is in the midst of two wars and a recession, hyper-partisanship continues to be the norm and permanent campaigning often takes precedence over governing. CCLP explores the media's role in a democracy and in fostering substantive political discourse. http://www.bridgingthepoliticaldivide.org/...
Today, digital media and the Internet are putting the power to take and distribute images in the hands of people literally in a way never before possible, offering glimpses of lives and perspectives we might not otherwise see. Whether called citizen-based journalism, pluralist photography or participant-produced documentary work, this burgeoning...
In a democratic society, an inevitable tension persists between the need of the government to protect secrets in the name of national security, and the right of the press to print all but the most dangerous of those secrets, particularly when the claim of "secrecy" is used to cover up...
As changes in technology, economics and government funding continue to affect news organizations' profitability and stability, CCLP is exploring new models that will sustain quality journalism from the international to the local level while leveraging partnerships and the opportunity to reach broader audiences through technological advances. http://fundingthenews.org/...
For the first time in our nation's history, women make up fully half of all workers and are increasingly their families' primary breadwinners. Women also are playing defining roles in the reinvention of the media and communication industries. CCLP's women in communication leadership initiative focuses on scholarly research, policy analysis...
