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vincent mosco is Professor of Sociology and Canada Research Chair in Com-
munication and Society at Queen’s University. He is the author of numerous
books, articles, and policy reports on the media, telecommunications, comput-
ers, and information technology. Dr. Mosco’s 2004 book, The Digital Sublime:
Myth, Power, and Cyberspace, won the 2005 Olson Award for outstanding book
in the field of rhetoric and cultural studies. His most recent book, completed
with Catherine McKercher, is titled Knowledge Workers in the Information So-
ciety. He is also working on a revised edition of his 1996 book The Political
Economy of Communication (with Chinese-, Korean-, and Spanish-language
editions).
Tamao nakahara received her Ph.D. from the University of California at Berke-
ley. Her publications include “Barred Nuns: Italian Nunsploitation Films” in Al-
ternative Europe and “Making Up Monsters: Set and Costume Design in Horror
Films” in Horror Zone. She has taught at University of California at Santa Cruz,
and currently produces films and works in new media in Silicon Valley.
Philip m. napoli is Associate Professor of Communications and Media Man-
agement and Director of the Donald McGannon Communication Research
Center at Fordham University. He is author of Media Diversity and Localism:
Meaning and Metrics and Audience Economics: Media Institutions and the Audi-
ence Marketplace.

mohammed el-nawawy is Assistant Professor and Knight-Crane Chair of
Communication at Queens University of Charlotte. He is author of The Israeli-
Egyptian Peace Process in the Reporting of Western Journalists and (with Adel
Iskandar) Al-Jazeera: The Story of the Network that Is Rattling Governments and
Redefining Modern Journalism and Al-Jazeera: How the Free Arab News Network
Scooped the World and Changed the Middle East.
J. scott oberacker is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Communica-
tion at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has published on docu-
mentary and public television. He is currently writing a dissertation on Michael
Moore, documentary film, and the politics of representation.

Laurie ouellette is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication
Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She is author of Viewers
Like You? How Public TV Failed the People and (with James Hay) Better Liv-
ing through Reality TV: Television and Post-welfare Citizenship, and editor (with
Susan Murray) of Reality TV: Remaking Television Culture.

Carlos Pareja is an educator, activist, and video maker who has been working
since 1996 around issues involving media and culture. He has produced vari-
ous videos with the Paper Tiger Television collective and facilitated media lit-
eracy and video production workshops with organizations like the Educational
Video Center, Hunter and Lehman Colleges, and the Museum of Television and
Radio. He has presented at various grassroots media panels and community
screenings and is currently developing and managing the educational and com-
munity partnership efforts at Brooklyn Community Access Television (BCAT).