Sasha Costanza-Chock
Encyclopedia
Sasha Costanza-Chock is a communications scholar
who teaches at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
. He researches social movements and communications technologies, and has written about immigrants in the U.S., the Federal Communications Commission
, the CRIS campaign for communication rights
, and media policy. As an activist
he contributes to citizen media
projects such as VozMob
, Transmission and Indymedia.
Communication studies
Communication Studies is an academic field that deals with processes of communication, commonly defined as the sharing of symbols over distances in space and time. Hence, communication studies encompasses a wide range of topics and contexts ranging from face-to-face conversation to speeches to mass...
who teaches at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
. He researches social movements and communications technologies, and has written about immigrants in the U.S., the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
, the CRIS campaign for communication rights
Communication Rights
-Rationale:Communication is recognised as an essential human need and, therefore, as a basic human right. Without it, no individual or community can exist, or prosper. Communication enables meanings to be exchanged, propels people to act and makes them who and what they are.Communication...
, and media policy. As an activist
Media activism
Media activism is activism that uses media and communication technologies for social movement, and/or tries to change policies relating to media and communication ....
he contributes to citizen media
Citizen media
The term citizen media refers to forms of content produced by private citizens who are otherwise not professional journalists. Citizen journalism, participatory media and democratic media are related principles.-Principles of citizen media:...
projects such as VozMob
VozMob
VozMob or Mobile Voices/Voces Móviles is an open-source "mobile media project that supports immigrant and low wage workers in the Los Angeles area in the documentation of their own stories and communities." It is "specifically aimed at those on the dark side of the digital divide." It enables...
, Transmission and Indymedia.
Works
Articles- “Mapping the Repertoire of Electronic Contention,” in Andrew Opel and Donnalyn Pompper (eds.), Representing Resistance: Media, Civil Disobedience and the Global Justice Movement. NJ: Greenwood, 2003
- “The Globalization of Media Policy,” in Robert McChesney, Russell Newman, and Ben Scott, eds., The Future of Media: Resistance and Reform in the 21st Century. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2005
- Christine Schweidler and Sasha Costanza-Chock. "Piracy." in Word Matters: Multicultural Perspectives on Information Societies. C & F Éditions, 2005
- "The Immigrant Rights Movement on the Net: Between 'Web 2.0' and Comunicación Popular." American Quarterly, Volume 60, Number 3, September 2008
External links
- Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Sasha Costanza-Chock on Transmedia Mobilization. March 2011.