{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Architects of Communication Scholarship","title":"Architects of Communication Scholarship - Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach, on Communication Infrastructure Theory","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1437,"description":"In this episode, Barbara Osborn interviews Professor Emerita Sandra Ball-Rokeach about her struggles and triumphs working as a woman in sociology and communication theory since the 1960s. Professor Ball-Rokeach tells anecdotes about her time serving on the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence under President Lyndon B. Johnson. This experience led her to develop media system dependency theory, a multi-level analysis from the psychological to the sociological. Professor Ball-Rokeach also discusses how she brought theory to practice through her Metamorphosis project, which focused on civic engagement in 11 major communities in Los Angeles County. Click here for the episode transcript FeaturingEllen WartellaBarbara OsbornSandra Ball-Rokeach Sponsor:Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeMore from the host & speakers: Ellen Wartella Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Communication | Professor of Psychology, Human Development and Social Policy, and Medical Social SciencesNorthwestern University Director, Center on Media and Human DevelopmentTwitter: @CMHD_NUBarbara OsbornSenior Strategist at Wow The CrowdLinkedIn: Barbara Osborn, Ph.D.Twitter: @Bosborn  Sandra Ball-RokeachProfessor, Emerita of Communication at USC AnnenbergWorks referenced in episode: DeFleur, M. L., & Ball-Rokeach, S. (1989). Theories of mass communication (Vol. 5). New York: Longman.Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (1998). A theory of media power and a theory of media use: Different stories, questions, and ways of thinking. Mass Communication and Society, 1(1-2), 5-40.Copy and Audio Editors:Dominic BonelliExecutive Producer:DeVante Brown","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/IXBkVZyFWDnvD3J35MpSVu9cN9W3JsHK5HiOaZbLMBs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI2MzI5LzE2NDU0/ODE3OTMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}