The World According to Peter Brinson
Media and Cultural Sociology
Research
My past research focused on the free radio movement that peaked in the late 1990s and played a crucial role in motivating the FCC to establish the new low-power FM (LPFM) class of radio licenses. I interviewed 24 past and current microradio operators throughout the United States in order to gain an understanding of what they did, why, and the relationship between the movement and the subsequent LPFM service. What was most powerful is the (sometimes implicit, sometimes explicit) critique of mainstream radio, both commercial and non-commercial, that movement participants expressed. Here is the published article:
"Liberation Frequency: The Free Radio Movement and Alternative Strategies of Media Relations." The Sociological Quarterly, 47 (Fall 2006), 543-568. PDF.
This is an electronic version of an article published in The Sociological Quarterly: complete citation information for the final version of the paper, as published in the print edition of The Sociological Quarterly, is available on the Blackwell Synergy online delivery service, accessible via the journal’s website at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/tsq or http://www.blackwell-synergy.com.
For more information about this, please see my undergraduate thesis. Please note, this isn't the exact version that's actually in print. If you need full citation or correct page numbers, email me.
I have several working papers that were basically seminar papers or prelim papers. I'm not actively working on any of them, but they represent various areas of interest.
The Cultural Diamond in 3D? Clarifying the Relationship Between Media Studies and Cultural Sociology
Ethnic Media: The Need for New Directions in Research
Sources of Power and the Power of Sources: Towards a Theory of Mass Media and the State
Resources
Links
Rutgers Culture and Cognition Network
ASA Sociology of Culture Section
Public Sphere Program of the Social Science Research Council
Sociological Images--Blog about images that illustrate important sociological concepts and ideas.
Stateline--Political news from all 50 states. Site maintained by Pew Charitable Trust.
Indymedia--Left-wing, grassroots news from all over the globe. See also local indymedia affiliates.
New America Media--Ethnic media from all over the U.S.
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Page last updated May 5, 2008