.Forward Michael X, Delli Carpini.-.Introduction Lewis A. Friedland and Mark Lloyd.-.Section 1 New Approaches to Solving the Communications Challenge.-.1 America’s critical community information needs Lewis Friedland.-.2 Understanding our new communications economy: Implications for contemporary journalism Phillip Napoli.-.3 Researching community information needs Katherine Ognyanova.-.Section 2 Communication Challenges in a Changing America.-.4 All Lives Matter: Critical communications and American diversity Jorge R. Schement and Jason Llorenz.-.5 Feminist perspectives on critical information needs Carolyn Byerly and Alisa Valentin.-.6 Ethnic media and the social incorporation of new Americans Matthew Matsuganis and Vikki Katz.-.7 Do Spanish-language broadcast media serve a changing America? Federico Subervi.-.8 The whole community communication infrastructure: The case of Los Angeles Minhee Son and Sandra Ball-Rokeach.-.Section 3 Government Capture and Market Failure
9 Confronting market failure: Past lessons toward public policy interventions Victor Pickard.-.9 Tripartite regulation in the public’s interest: The overlapping roles of the DOJ, FCC, and FTC in consolidation of the communications industry Allen S. Hammond IV.-.11 Same ole, same ole: Service agreements and local television news Danilo Yanich.-.12 Bridging the content gap in low-income communities James Hamilton and Fiona Morgan
13 The online participation divide Eszter Hargittai and Kaitlin Jennrich.-.14 Media deserts: Monitoring the changing media ecosystem Michelle Ferrier, Gaurav Sinha, and Michael Outrich
Section 4 Net neutrality is Not Enough
15 The constitutional case for addressing critical information needs Mark Lloyd and Michael Park.-.16 A provocation on behalf of the excluded Ernest J. Wilson III, Sasha Costanza-Chock, and Michelle Forelle.-.17 “A public trust” unrealized: The unresolved constraints on U.S. public media Wick Rowland.-.18 Addressing the information needs of crisis-affected communities: The interplay of legacy media and social media in a rural disaster Dharma Dailey and Kate Starbird.-.Conclusion Lewis Friedland and Mark Lloyd.