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Florida Media Project is a nonpartisan, volunteer-based organization dedicated to improving our local media as well as creating new options for Florida’s media consumers. Our efforts include media monitoring and analysis, media literacy, and independent media production. Most important, we are a clearinghouse for information, news, and opinion from media-reform groups across the state.
 

Research
Mixed Signals: How Retailers Mislead Consumers on the Digital Television (DTV) Transition
Florida PIRG looks at how much “fact” you’re getting about the switch to digital. Read it.
 
How Does Kindness “Play” on Television? You’d Be Surprised.
A study published in the Journal of Communication takes a fascinating look at how TV portrays acts of caring. Read it.
 
Localizing the Internet: Five Ways Public Ownership Solves the U.S. Broadband Problem
A new report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance says local governments should lead the way in broadband policy. Read it.
 
Undecided: Local TV News Coverage of the 2006 Election in Southwest Florida
Did Fort Myers/Naples viewers get “news they could use” from election coverage, or did stations let their advertising tell the story? Read the report. Have an opinion about the report or about Southwest Florida’s local news? Tell us.
 
News and Commentary

Florida’s Newspapers Continue Readership Slide

Virtually all our state’s papers are hurting. Read more.

 

What Floridians Deserve from Their Media

New media-reform coordinator Mark Hart puts some issues on the table. Read about it.

 

2008 National Conference for Media Reform June 6-8

Click here for the latest on this summer’s big event in Minneapolis.

 

Detroit Catches Media-Reform-Conference Fever

Save some energy for the Allied Media Conference. Learn more.

 

 
 
DVDs of the First Florida Media Reform Conference Now Available! Click here for information.

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- Zechariah Chafee, Jr.

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