Books
Matsaganis, M., Katz, V. & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (In preparation). Understanding ethnic media: Their social and cultural roles in economic and policy contexts. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Published Papers
Ball-Rokeach, S.J. & The Metamorphosis Project Research Team, (2000). The challenge of belonging in the 21st Century: The case of Los Angeles. Metamorphosis Project White Paper. Communication Technology and Community Program, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California.
Ball-Rokeach, S.J., & Loges, W.E. (2001). Media: Ally or adversary? Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 15, 62-69.
Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Kim, Y.C., & Matei, S. (2001). Storytelling neighborhood: Paths to belonging in diverse urban environments. Communication Research. 28(4), 392-428
Hardyk, B., Loges, W.E., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2005). Radio as a successful local storyteller in Los Angeles: A case study of KKBT and KPCC. Journal of Radio Studies. 12 (1).
Katz, V.S. (In press). How children of immigrants use media to connect their families to the community: The case of Latinos in Los Angeles. Journal of Children and Media.
Kim, Y. C., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2006). Civic engagement from a communication infrastructure perspective. Communication Theory, 16 (2), 173-197.
Kim, Y. C., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2006). Neighborhood storytelling resources and civic engagement: A multilevel approach. Human Communication Research, 32(4), 411-439.
Kim, Y. C., Jung, J.-Y., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2006). Geo-ethnicity and civic engagement: A communication infrastructure perspective. Political Communication, 23(3), 421-441.
Kim, Y.C., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Cohen, E.L., & Jung, J.Y. (2002). Metamorphosis of civic actions post September 11th: From local storytelling networks to national action. In B. Greenberg (Ed.), Communication and terrorism (pp. 289-304). Cresskill: Hampton Press.
Matei, S., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2002). Belonging across geographic and Internet spaces: Ethnic area variations. In B. Wellman & C. Haythornthwaite (Eds.), The Internet in everyday life. UK: Blackwells.
Matei, S., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2001). Real and virtual social ties: Connections in the everyday lives of seven ethnic neighborhoods. American Behavioral Scientist. 45(3), 550-564.
Matsaganis, M. (2007). Neighborhood effects and the invisible motor of community change. In Burd, G., Drucker, S., & Grumpert, G. (Eds.), The Urban Communication Reader, pp. 73-103. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
Wilkin, H., Katz, V., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2009). How family talk affects community storytelling: The role of family interaction in new immigrant civic engagement. Journal of Communication 59(2), 387-406. Papers in Preparation
Ball-Rokeach, S.J. & The Metamorphosis Project Team. The well-connected community: A new tool for planning to use the Internet to build community
Chen, N.-T., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., & Parks, M. (2010). The role of participatory journalism in promoting civic engagement in one ethno-linguistically diverse community. In Hutchison, D. & O'Donnell, H. (Eds.). Centres and peripheries: Metropolitan and non-metropolitan journalism in the twenty first century. Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Kim, Y.C., & Matsaganis, M. (in progress) Living In A Stigmatized Neighborhood and Community Engagement: A Moderating Role of Connections to the Neighborhood Storytelling Network.
Kim, Y.K. & Ball-Rokeach, S. J., New immigrants, the Internet, and civil society. In A. Chadwick & P. Howard (Eds.), The Handbook of Internet Politics. New York: Routledge.
Wilkin, H. A., Katz, V., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (In Press). Community change begins at home: The role of family interaction on civic engagement outcomes. Journal of Communcation. Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
Matsaganis, M. (2006). Neighborhood effects and the invisible motor of community change. Paper presented at the International Communication Association, Dresden.
Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2002). Metamorphosis: Transforming the ties that bind. Paper presented a the Annenberg Public Policy Center Symposium on Deliberation, Democracy, and the Internet, Washington, DC.
Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Kim, Y.C., & Matei, S. (2001). Communication infrastructure and neighborhood belonging. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Washington DC.
Broad, G.M. (2009). Gardens as Sites for Neighborhood Communication: The Case of Hollywood Community Gardens. Paper presented at the Urban Communication Foundation Seminar at the Conference of the National Communication Association. Chicago, IL.
Chavez, C.A. & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2006). Exploring the role of religious affiliation on civic engagement amongst new immigrant Latinos in Los Angeles. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Dresden, Germany.
Chen, N.-T. & Huang, J. (2009). The Alhambra Project: Building a civically-engaged community through the re-localization of news in Alhambra, Los Angeles County. Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
Cohen, E.L., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Jung, J.Y., & Kim, Y.C. (2002). Civic actions after September 11th: Exploring the role of multi-level storytelling. Paper presented to the Communications Conference, New York.
Gonzalez, C.& Moreno, E. (2008). Working together for a shared community: Community-Based Organizations as Sites of Intergroup Interaction. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Montreal.
Hardyk, B., Loges, W.E., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2004). Radio as a successful local storyteller in Los Angeles: A case study of KKBT and KPCC. Presented to the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, New Orleans.
Katz, V. (2007). Making the connection: What immigrant children do for their families and how it matters. Presentation at the UCLA Migration Symposium, Los Angeles.
Katz, V. (May 2009). How children mediate connections between home and community: The case of Latinos in South Los Angeles. Top 3 Faculty Paper presented to the International Communication Association Annual Conference (Chicago, IL).
Kim, Y.C & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2006). Community storytelling network, neighborhood context, and civic engagement: A multilevel approach. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the AEJMC Theory and Methodology Division, San Francisco.
Kim, Y.C. & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2004). Communication infrastructure theory: An ecological approach to civic engagement in the contemporary urban environment. Voice and Citizenship Conference, University of Washington.
Kim, Y.C., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Jung, J. Y., & Cohen, E.L. (2002). Internet connectedness in a crisis: Connectors connected more after September 11th. Paper presented to the Convention Chair Sponsored Special Session, Broadcast Education Association Convention, Las Vegas.
Kim, Y.C., Jung, J. Y., Cohen, E.L., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2003). Internet connectedness before and after September 11th: High connectors connect more. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, San Diego.
Lin, W. Y., Song, H. & Mercado, A. (2004). Storytelling into Community Building: The role of geo-ethnic media in building communities. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, New Orleans.
Matei, S., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2001). Off-line social bonds as predictors for on-line social ties. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Washington DC.
Matsaganis, M. (2009, November). How the interaction of residents and community institutions impacts health literacy and how it can be leveraged to improve health care access. American Public Health Association. Philadelphia, PA.
Song, H. (2006). The relationship between humans, space, and media in globalization: The role of local and global news in ethnic media on the sense of belonging toward the residential area. Paper presented at the Annual Conference at the Association of Pacific Rim Universities Doctoral Student Conference, Singapore.
Song, H. (2007). The dual roles of ethnic media: The effect of neighborhood news and home country news connectedness of ethnic media on the sense of belonging to the residential area. Paper presented at the annual conference of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
Wilkin, H. A., Ball-Rokeach, S. J., Matsaganis, M.D., & Cheong, P. (2007). Comparing the communication ecologies of geo-ethnic communities: How people stay on top of their community. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association. San Francisco.
Dissertations
Katz, V. (2007). From conversation to conversion: Children's efforts to translate their immigrant families' social networks into community connections.
Kim, Y.C. (2003). Storytelling community: Communication infrastructure and civic engagements in urban spaces. Dissertation Abstracts International, 64 (12), 4256.
Lin, W.Y. (2004). Communication and community-building: The role of ethnic media in the Chinese immigrant community of Los Angeles. Dissertation Abstracts International, 65 (09), 3203.
Matsaganis, M. D. (2008). Rediscovering the communication engine of neighborhood effects: how the interaction of residents and community institutions impacts health literacy and how it can be leveraged to improve health care access. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
Song, H. (2008). Acculturation and Latino immigrants' health attitudes and behaviors: An approach of bidimensional acculturation model, Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
Wilson. M.E. (2000). Leading the community chorus: The role of organizations in society. Dissertation Abstracts International, 62 (09), 2920.
Published Papers
Cohen, E.L., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Jung, J. Y., & Kim, Y. C. (2002). Civic actions after September 11th: Exploring the role of multi-level storytelling. Prometheus, 20(3), 221-228.
Cohen, E.L., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Kim, Y. C., & Jung, J. Y. (2003). Storytelling September 11th: A multilevel perspective. In A.M. Noll, (Ed.), Crisis communications: Lessons from September 11 (pp. 31-45). Chicago: Rowman & Littlefield.
Kim, Y.C., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Cohen, E.L., & Jung, J.Y. (2002). Metamorphosis of civic actions post September 11th: From local storytelling networks to national action. In B. Greenberg (Ed.), Communication and terrorism (pp. 289-304). Cresskill: Hampton Press.
Kim, Y.C., Jung, J., Cohen, E., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2004). Internet connectedness before and after September 11, 2001. New Media and Society, 6(5), 612-632.
Matei, S., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2007). Communication channels, spatial stereotyping, and urban conflict: A cross-scale and spatio-temporal analysis. Journal of Dispute Resolution, 1, 195-210.
Matei, S., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., & Qiu, J. (2001). Fear and misperception of Los Angeles urban space: A spatial statistical study of communication-shaped mental maps. Communication Research, 28(4), 429-463.
Matei, S.A., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2005). Watts, the 1965 Los Angeles riots and the communicative construction of the fear epicenter of Los Angeles. Communication Monographs, 72(3), 301-323.
Matsaganis, M., & Payne, J. G. (2005). Agenda setting in a culture of fear: The lasting effects of September 11 on American Politics and Journalism. American Behavioral Scientist, 49(3), 379-392.
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
Cohen, E.L., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., & Hayden, C. (2003). South Central Los Angeles and the Westside as floating signifiers in the Los Angeles Times. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, San Diego.
Cohen, E.L., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Jung, J.Y., & Kim, Y.C. (2002). Civic actions after September 11th: Exploring the role of multi-level storytelling. Paper presented to the Communications on September 11 Conference, New York.
Cohen, E.L., Hayden, C., Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2004). Floating signifiers of urban community. Paper presented to the International Communication Association Conference, New Orleans.
Kim, Y.C., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Jung, J. Y., & Cohen, E.L. (2002). Internet connectedness in a crisis: Connectors connected more after September 11th. Paper presented to the Convention Chair Sponsored Special Session, Broadcast Education Association Convention, Las Vegas.
Villanueva, G. (2009). Public Responses to the 1992 Los Angeles Riots and the Transformation of the Urban Public Sphere for the 21st Century. Paper Presented at National Communication Association. Chicago, Illinois.
Dissertations
Cheong, P. (2004). Media relations, threat and health problem-solving behaviors: Extension and application of communication infrastructure theory and research. Dissertation Abstracts International, 65 (09), 3202.
Books
Matsaganis, M., Katz, V., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (In press). Understanding ethnic media: Producers, consumers and societies. Sage Publications.
Published Papers
Ball-Rokeach, S.J. & The Metamorphosis Project Research Team, (2000). The challenge of belonging in the 21st Century: The case of Los Angeles. Metamorphosis Project White Paper. Communication Technology and Community Program. Los Angeles: University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication.
Ball-Rokeach, S.J., & Lin, W.Y. (2004). Positioning ethnic Chinese television and the Internet in the lives of Chinese immigrant populations: a case study. A research report to ETTV. Communication technology and community program. Los Angeles: University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication.
Cheong, P.H., Wilkin, H.A., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2004). Diagnosing the communication infrastructure in order to reach target audiences: A study of Hispanic communities in Los Angeles. In Cook, D. & Whitten, P. (Eds.), Understanding health communications technologies: A case study approach. (pp.101-110).
Felix A., Gonzalez, C., and Ramirez, R. (2008). Political Protest, Ethnic Media, and Latino Naturalization. American Behavioral Scientist, 52(4), 618-634.
Hardyk, B., Loges, W.E., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2005). Radio as a successful local storyteller in Los Angeles: A case study of KKBT and KPCC. Journal of Radio Studies. 12 (1).
Katz, V.S. (In press). How children of immigrants use media to connect their families to the community: The case of Latinos in Los Angeles. Journal of Children and Media.
Lin, W. Y & Song, H. (2006). Geo-ethnic storytelling: An examination of ethnic media content in contemporary immigrant communities. Journalism, Theory, Practice, 7, 362-388.
Lin, W.Y, Song, H., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (June, 2010). Localizing the global: Exploring the transnational ties that bind in new immigrant communities. Journal of Communication, 60(2).
Wilkin, H. A., Ball-Rokeach, S. J. , Matsaganis, M. D., & Cheong, P. H. (In Press). Comparing the communication ecologies of geo-ethnic communities: How people stay on top of their community. Journal of Electronic Communication.
Wilkin, H. A., Valente, T. W., Murphy, S., Cody, M. J., Huang, G., & Beck, V. (2007). Does entertainment-education work with Latinos in the United States? Identification and the effects of a telenovela breast cancer storyline. Journal of Health Communication, 12(6).
Wilkin, H.A., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2006). Reaching at risk groups: The importance of health storytelling in Los Angeles Latino media. Journalism: Theory, Practice, 7, 299-320.
Wilkin, H.A., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Matsaganis, M.D., & Cheong, P.H. (In Press). Comparing the communication ecologies of geo-ethnic communities: How people stay on top of their community. Journal of Electronic Communication. Papers in Preparation
Chen, N.-T., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., & Parks, M. (2010). The role of participatory journalism in promoting civic engagement in one ethno-linguistically diverse community. In Hutchison, D. & O'Donnell, H. (Eds.). Centres and peripheries: Metropolitan and non-metropolitan journalism in the twenty first century. Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Wilkin, H. & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. Using health communication connections to better reach audiences with cancer prevention messages.
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
Ball-Rokeach, S. J., Cheong, P. H., Wilkin, H. A., & Matsaganis, M. D. (2004). A map to the multiethnic communication landscape of Los Angeles immigrant communities, old and new. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, New Orleans.
Ball-Rokeach, S.J. & Wilkin, H. (2006) Ethnic differences in health information seeking behavior: Methodological and applied issues. Paper presented at the meeting of the joint Annenberg Health Conference.
Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2004). Geo-ethnic communities of Los Angeles. Paper presented at the meeting of the Leadership California Conference on California Heritage: Shaping California's Future, San Francisco.
Ball-Rokeach, S.J., & Song, H. (2007). Public access channels: On becoming a local storyteller. Presented at the Board of Information Technology Commissioners City of Los Angeles.
Broad, G.M. (2009). Vegan Soul Food: African-American Vegetarianism in the Media. Paper presented at the Conference on Communication and Environment, University of Southern Maine.
Chen, N.-T. & Huang, J. (May 2009). The Potential and Challenges for Trilingual Journalism: A Community-based approach. Paper presented at the Centres and Peripheries Conference. Glasgow, Scotland.
Gonzalez, C. (May 2009). Latinos Online: Exploring Social Support Messages in Univision Online's Immigration Forum. Paper presented at the International Communication Association annual Conference. Chicago, IL.
Gonzalez, C., Broad, G.M., & Villanueva, G. (2009). Academics as Advocates: Community-Based Research and Geo-Ethnic Media. Presented at the Local Media for Social Change: A Southern California Regional Summit, Los Angeles CA.
Hardyk, B., Loges, W.E., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2004). Radio as a successful local storyteller in Los Angeles: A case study of KKBT and KPCC. Presented to the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, New Orleans.
Katz, V. & Matsaganis, M. (2007). "Geo-Ethnicity" as a Tool for Understanding Diversity in Local Media & Culture. Paper accepted to The Our Media-Nuestros Medios VI International Conference, Sydney.
Katz, V. & Matsaganis, M. (2007). A communication ecology approach to theory and method in understanding community media. Paper accepted to The OurMedia-NuestrosMedios VI International Conference, Sydney.
Katz, V. & Matsaganis, M. (2007). A communication ecology approach to understanding community media, place, and ethnicity in context. Paper presented at The AEJMC Midwinter Conference, Reno.
Lin, W. Y. (2007). When the alternative goes mainstream: The competition between ethnic TV and the Internet. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Francisco.
Lin, W. Y., Song, H. & Mercado, A. (2004). Storytelling into Community Building: The role of geo-ethnic media in building communities . Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, New Orleans.
Lin, W. Y., Song, H. (2005). Local media, global content?: Exploring the transnational dialogue in the ethnic media in new immigrant communities. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, New York, NY.
Matsaganis, M., & Katz, V. (2007). Ethnic media beyond the first generation: challenges and opportunities for sustainable growth. International Conference of the Union for Democratic Communications. Vancouver, Canada.
Song, H. (2006). The relationship between humans, space, and media in globalization: The role of local and global news in ethnic media on the sense of belonging toward the residential area. Paper presented at the Annual Conference at the Association of Pacific Rim Universities Doctoral Student Conference, Singapore.
Song, H. (2007). Connections to mainstream and ethnic media in context: An empirical test of a two-dimensional ethnic identity model. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
Song, H. (2007). The dual roles of ethnic media: The effect of neighborhood news and home country news connectedness of ethnic media on the sense of belonging to the residential area. Paper presented at the annual conference of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
Villanueva, G. (2009). Media for Social Change: A Process Evaluation of Bresee's Youth Film Festival on Social Justice. Academics as Advocates session: Community-Based Research and Geo-Ethnic Media. Paper presented at Local Media for Social Change: A Southern California Regional Summit. Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA.
Wilkin, H. A., Ball-Rokeach, S. J., Matsaganis, M.D., & Cheong, P. (2007). Comparing the communication ecologies of geo-ethnic communities: How people stay on top of their community. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association. San Francisco.
Wilkin, H.A., & Gonzales, C. (2006). Are Spanish language television shows connecting Los Angeles Latino residents to their health storytelling networks? Paper presented at the 56th International Communication Association Conference, Dresden, Germany.
Dissertations
Chavez, C. (2009). Hispanic advertising as social orientation. An examination of the advertising industry as a field of cultural production. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
Lin, W.Y. (2004). Communication and community-building: The role of ethnic media in the Chinese immigrant community of Los Angeles. Dissertation Abstracts International, 65 (09), 3203.
Published Papers
Katz, V.S. (In press). How children of immigrants use media to connect their families to the community: The case of Latinos in Los Angeles. Journal of Children and Media.
Loges, W.E. and Jung, Joo-Young (2001). Exploring the Digital Divide: Internet connectedness and age. Communication Research, 28(4), 536-562.
Wilkin, H., Katz, V., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2009). How family talk affects community storytelling: The role of family interaction in new immigrant civic engagement. Journal of Communication 59(2), 387-406. Papers in Preparation
Loges, W.E., Qiu, J., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Broken bonds at work, broken bonds at home: A theoretical connection.
Wilkin, H. A., Katz, V., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (In Press). Community change begins at home: The role of family interaction on civic engagement outcomes. Journal of Communcation.
Wilkin, H. A., Katz, V., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J., Community change begins at home: The role of family interaction on civic engagement outcomes.
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
Katz, V. (2007). Making the connection: What immigrant children do for their families and how it matters. Presentation at the UCLA Migration Symposium, Los Angeles.
Katz, V. (2007). Personal technologies for communal purpose: A study of adolescent Latinos and new communication technologies. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Chicago.
Katz, V. (2008). An Active Education: classroom participation as an influence on intergroup relations between parents. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Montreal.
Katz, V. (May 2009). How children mediate connections between home and community: The case of Latinos in South Los Angeles. Top 3 Faculty Paper presented to the International Communication Association Annual Conference (Chicago, IL).
Loges, W. E. and Jung, Joo-Young. (2001). Exploring the digital divide: Internet connectedness and age. Paper presented to the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Washington, D.C.
Loges, W. E., Ball-Rokeach, S. J., & Qiu, L. (2005). Broken bonds at work, broken bonds at home: A theoretical connection Paper presented at the 55th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, New York City.
Loges, W.E. and Jung, Joo-Young. (2001). Exploring the digital divide: Internet connectedness and age. Presented to the 51st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Washington, D.C.
Loges, W.E., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., & Qiu, J.L. (2003). Broken bonds at work, Broken bonds at home: A theoretical connection. Paper presented to the conference "From 9-to-5 to 24/7: How workplace change impact families, work, and communities," Orlando.
Qiu, J.L, Ball-Rokeach, S.J., & Li, H.M (2002). The metamorphosis of communicative bonds between work, family, & community in the age of globalization. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans.
Dissertations
Katz, V. (2007). From conversation to conversion: Children's efforts to translate their immigrant families' social networks into community connections.
Books
Matsaganis, M., Katz, V., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (In press). Understanding ethnic media: Producers, consumers and societies. Sage Publications.
Sturken, M., Thomas, D. & Ball-Rokeach, S. J., (Eds.). (2004). Technological visions: The hopes and fears that shape new technologies. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Published Papers
Ball-Rokeach, S.J., & The Metamorphosis Project Research Team, (2000). The globalization of everyday life: Visions and reality. Metamorphosis Project White Paper. Communication Technology and Community Program, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California.
Gibbs, J., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Jung, J. Y., Kim, Y. C., & Qiu, J. (2004). The globalization of everyday life: Vision and reality. In M. Sturken, D. Thomas, & S.J. Ball-Rokeach (Eds.), Technological visions: The hopes and fears that shape new technologies. Temple University Press.
Jung, J. Y., Ball-Rokeach, S. J., Kim, Y. C., & Matei, S. (2007). ICTs and communities in the 21st Century: Challenges and perspectives. In C. Ciborra, R. Mansell, D. Quah, & R. Silverstone (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies (pp.561-580). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kim, Y. C., Jung, J. Y., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (In Press). Ethnicity, place, and communication technology: Effects of ethnicity on multi-dimensional Internet connectedness. Information Technology and People, 20(3). Papers in Preparation
Ball-Rokeach, S. J., Migration and immigration. In W. Donsfach (Ed.), Blackwell International Encyclopedia of Communication.
Kim, Y.K. & Ball-Rokeach, S. J., New immigrants, the Internet, and civil society. In A. Chadwick & P. Howard (Eds.), The Handbook of Internet Politics. New York: Routledge.
Lin, W.Y, Song, H., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. Local media, global content?: Exploring the transnational ties that bind in new immigrant communities.
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
Ball-Rokeach, S.J., & Matsaganis, M. (2008). Recreating global society in a global era: back to basics. Presented to the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy/Aspen Institute, Mountain View, CA.
Gibbs, J., Ball-Rokeach, S., Kim, Y., & Jung, J. (2000). The globalization of everyday life: Visions and realities of social justice in the Internet age. Paper presented at the Rochester Institute of Technology Conference on "Social Justice, Peace, and International Conflict Resolution: Civic Discourse beyond the Millennium", Rochester, NY.
Lin, W. Y., Song, H. (2005). Local media, global content?: Exploring the transnational dialogue in the ethnic media in new immigrant communities. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, New York, NY.
Song, H. (2006). The relationship between humans, space, and media in globalization: The role of local
and global news in ethnic media on the sense of belonging toward the residential area. Paper presented at
the Annual Conference at the Association of Pacific Rim Universities Doctoral Student Conference, Singapore.
Dissertations
Qui, L. (2004). (Dis)connecting the Pearl River Delta: The transformation of a regional telecommunications infrastructure, 1978--2002. Dissertation Abstracts International, 65 (07), 2411.
Other Presentations
Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (September 2008). Recreating civil society in a global era: Back to basics. Presentation given to The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy, a project of the Aspen Institute and the John S.and James L. Knight Foundation. Presentation held on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at the Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California.
Published Papers
Ball-Rokeach, S.J. & Wilkin, H.A. (2009). Ethnic differences in health information seeking behavior: Methodological and applied issues. Communication Research Reports, Vol. 26. No. 1, pp. 1-8
Ball-Rokeach, S.J., & Loges, W.E. (2001). Media: Ally or adversary? Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 15, 62-69.
Cheong, P.H., Wilkin, H.A., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2004). Diagnosing the communication infrastructure in order to reach target audiences: A study of Hispanic communities in Los Angeles. In Cook, D. & Whitten, P. (Eds.), Understanding health communications technologies: A case study approach. (pp.101-110).
Kim, Y.C. Wilkin, H.A., Moran, M.B., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (Resubmitted). Integrated Connection to a Neighborhood Storytelling Network (ICSN), education, and chronic disease knowledge among African Americans and Latinos in Los Angeles. Journal of Health Communication.
Wilkin, H. A., Valente, T. W., Murphy, S., Cody, M. J., Huang, G., & Beck, V. (2007). Does entertainment-education work with Latinos in the United States? Identification and the effects of a telenovela breast cancer storyline. Journal of Health Communication, 12(6).
Wilkin, H.A., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2006). Reaching at risk groups: The importance of health storytelling in Los Angeles Latino media. Journalism: Theory, Practice, 7, 299-320.
Papers in Preparation
Kim, Y.C., & Wilkin, H. (in progress) Structural Constraints, Neighborhood Communication Resources, and Access to Health Information among Hispanic Immigrants in Los Angeles.
Wilkin, H. & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. Using health communication connections to better reach audiences with cancer prevention messages.
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
Ball-Rokeach, S. J., Cheong, P. H., & Wilkin, H. (2003). Tapping into virtual resources: Newer and older media in health promotion. Paper presented at the Virtual Learning in Health Communication Conference, Annenberg School for Communication, Los Angeles.
Ball-Rokeach, S.J. & Wilkin, H. (2006) Ethnic differences in health information seeking behavior: Methodological and applied issues. Paper presented at the meeting of the joint Annenberg Health Conference.
Katz, V. (2007). Making the connection: What immigrant children do for their families and how it matters. Presentation at the UCLA Migration Symposium, Los Angeles.
Kim, Y.C. Wilkin, H.A., Moran, M.B., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2009). Integrated Connection to a Neighborhood Storytelling Network (ICSN), education, and chronic disease knowledge among African Americans and Latinos in Los Angeles. National Communication Association, Chicago.
Kim, Y.C., Wilkin, H.A., Moran, M.B., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2008). Effects of Integrated Connection to a Neighborhood Storytelling Network (ICSN) and education on chronic disease knowledge gaps among African Americans and Latinos in Los Angeles. American Public Health Association Annual Convention. San Diego, CA.
Matsaganis, M. (2007). Harnessing the power of neighborhood communication networks to build health literacy in diverse urban communities. Presented at the National Communication Association Conference/Urban Communication Foundation Conference. Chicago, IL.
Matsaganis, M. (2009, November). How the interaction of residents and community institutions impacts health literacy and how it can be leveraged to improve health care access. American Public Health Association. Philadelphia, PA.
Wilkin, H. & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2006) Using health communication connections to better reach audiences with cancer prevention messages. Paper presented at the meeting of the joint Annenberg Health Conference.
Wilkin, H.A., & Gonzales, C. (2006). Are Spanish language television shows connecting Los Angeles Latino residents to their health storytelling networks? Paper presented at the 56th International Communication Association Conference, Dresden, Germany.
Dissertations
Cheong, P. (2004). Media relations, threat and health problem-solving behaviors: Extension and application of communication infrastructure theory and research. Dissertation Abstracts International, 65 (09), 3202.
Katz, V. (2007). From conversation to conversion: Children's efforts to translate their immigrant families' social networks into community connections.
Matsaganis, M. D. (2008). Rediscovering the communication engine of neighborhood effects: how the interaction of residents and community institutions impacts health literacy and how it can be leveraged to improve health care access. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
Moran, M. (2009). The Role of Social Identity in Adolescent Smoking Behavior. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
Wilkin, H.A. (2006). Diagnosing communication connections: Reaching underserved communities through existing communication ecologies. Dissertation Abstracts International, 67 (06).
Published Papers
Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Kim, Y.C., & Matei, S. (2001). Storytelling neighborhood: Paths to belonging in diverse urban environments. Communication Research. 28(4), 392-428
Cheong, P. H. & Wilkin, H. A. (2005). Digital divide(s) among Hispanic immigrants and Internet connections for health information seeking. In M. Allen & M. Convalso (Eds.), Internet Research Annual, 2, 175-188.
Cheong, P.H., Wilkin, H.A., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2004). Diagnosing the communication infrastructure in order to reach target audiences: A study of Hispanic communities in Los Angeles. In Cook, D. & Whitten, P. (Eds.), Understanding health communications technologies: A case study approach. (pp.101-110).
Kim, Y. C., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2006). Civic engagement from a communication infrastructure perspective. Communication Theory, 16 (2), 173-197.
Kim, Y. C., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2006). Neighborhood storytelling resources and civic engagement: A multilevel approach. Human Communication Research, 32(4), 411-439.
Kim, Y., Ball-Rokeach, S. & Song, H. (Ed). (2003). Community and market: A survey of Korean-Americans in Southern California. (Available from the Korea Daily, 690 Wilshire Place, Los Angeles, CA 90005).
Matei, S., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2002). Belonging across geographic and Internet spaces: Ethnic area variations. In B. Wellman & C. Haythornthwaite (Eds.), The Internet in everyday life. UK: Blackwells.
Matei, S., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2007). Communication channels, spatial stereotyping, and urban conflict: A cross-scale and spatio-temporal analysis. Journal of Dispute Resolution, 1, 195-210.
Matei, S., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2001). Real and virtual social ties: Connections in the everyday lives of seven ethnic neighborhoods. American Behavioral Scientist. 45(3), 550-564.
Matei, S., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., & Qiu, J. (2001). Fear and misperception of Los Angeles urban space: A spatial statistical study of communication-shaped mental maps. Communication Research, 28(4), 429-463.
Matei, S., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Wilson, M., Gibbs, J., & Gutierrez Hoyt, E. (2001). Metamorphosis: A field research methodology for studying communication technology and community. Electronic Journal of Communication. 11(2). From http://www.cios.org/www/ejcrec2.htm.
Matei, S.A., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2005). Watts, the 1965 Los Angeles riots and the communicative construction of the fear epicenter of Los Angeles. Communication Monographs, 72(3), 301-323.
Wilkin, H. A., Ball-Rokeach, S. J. , Matsaganis, M. D., & Cheong, P. H. (In Press). Comparing the communication ecologies of geo-ethnic communities: How people stay on top of their community. Journal of Electronic Communication.
Papers in Preparation
Kim, Y.C., & Wilkin, H. (in progress) Structural Constraints, Neighborhood Communication Resources, and Access to Health Information among Hispanic Immigrants in Los Angeles.
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2004). Geo-ethnic communities of Los Angeles. Paper presented at the meeting of the Leadership California Conference on California Heritage: Shaping California's Future, San Francisco.
Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Kim, Y., & Matei, S. (2001). Storytelling neighborhood: Paths to belonging in diverse urban environments. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings. Los Angeles.
Broad, G.M. (2009). Gardens as Sites for Neighborhood Communication: The Case of Hollywood Community Gardens. Paper presented at the Urban Communication Foundation Seminar at the Conference of the National Communication Association. Chicago, IL.
Chavez, C. (2008). Catholic Parishes as Agents of Integration and Isolation. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Montreal.
Chavez, C.A. & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2006). Exploring the role of religious affiliation on civic engagement amongst new immigrant Latinos in Los Angeles. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Dresden, Germany.
Gonzalez, C.& Moreno, E. (2008). Working together for a shared community: Community-Based Organizations as Sites of Intergroup Interaction. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Montreal.
Katz, V. (2008). An Active Education: classroom participation as an influence on intergroup relations between parents. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Montreal.
Katz, V. (2009). Publicly and privately constituting community: A theoretical approach to understanding urban community development. Presented to the International Communication Association Annual Conference (Chicago, IL).
Kim, Y.C & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2006). Community storytelling network, neighborhood context, and civic engagement: A multilevel approach. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the AEJMC Theory and Methodology Division, San Francisco.
Kim, Y.C., Jung, J.Y., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Loges, W.E. (2002). Ethnicity, place, and communication technology: Geo-ethnic effect on multi-dimensional Internet Connectedness in urban communities. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Seoul, Korea.
Lapsansky, C. (2008). Community on the Walls: How Public Murals Can Affect Intergroup Relations in a Shared Community. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Montreal.
Matei, S. & Ball-Rokeach S.J. (2002). Ascription of "safe" and "unsafe" places: Communicative allocation of an overlooked scarce resource. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association, Chicago.
Matei, S., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2001). Off-line social bonds as predictors for on-line social ties. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Washington DC.
Matei, S., Ball-Rokeach, & Qiu, J. (2001). Mental maps as communication research tools and their policy implications. The International Communication Association Conference, Washington DC.
Matsaganis, M. (2004). The Metamorphosis of the Urban Environment: Conceptualizing Community Space from a Communication Infrastructure Perspective. Urban Communication Pre-Conference, National Communication Association. Chicago.
Matsaganis, M. (2006). Neighborhood Effects and the Invisible Motor of Community Change. International Communication Association. Dresden.
Matsaganis, M. (2007). Harnessing the power of neighborhood communication networks to build health literacy in diverse urban communities. Presented at the National Communication Association Conference/Urban Communication Foundation Conference. Chicago, IL.
Villanueva, G. (2009). Public Responses to the 1992 Los Angeles Riots and the Transformation of the Urban Public Sphere for the 21st Century. Paper Presented at National Communication Association. Chicago, Illinois.
Dissertations
Katz, V. (2007). From conversation to conversion: Children's efforts to translate their immigrant families' social networks into community connections.
Kim, Y.C. (2003). Storytelling community: Communication infrastructure and civic engagements in urban spaces. Dissertation Abstracts International, 64 (12), 4256.
Lin, W.Y. (2004). Communication and community-building: The role of ethnic media in the Chinese immigrant community of Los Angeles. Dissertation Abstracts International, 65 (09), 3203.
Wilson. M.E. (2000). Leading the community chorus: The role of organizations in society. Dissertation Abstracts International, 62 (09), 2920.
Books
Sturken, M., Thomas, D. & Ball-Rokeach, S. J., Eds (2004). Technological visions: The hopes and fears that shape new technologies. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Published Papers
Ball-Rokeach, S.J., & Lin, W.Y. (2004). Positioning Ethnic Chinese Television and the Internet in the Lives of Chinese Immigrant Populations: A Case Study. A Research Report to ETTV. Communication Technology and Community Program. Los Angeles: University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication.
Ball-Rokeach, S.J., & The Metamorphosis Project Research Team, (2000). The globalization of everyday life: Visions and reality. Metamorphosis Project White Paper. Communication Technology and Community Program, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California.
Cheong, P. H. & Wilkin, H. A. (2005). Digital divide(s) among Hispanic immigrants and Internet connections for health information seeking. In M. Allen & M. Convalso (Eds.), Internet Research Annual, 2, 175-188.
Cohen, E.L., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Kim, Y. C., & Jung, J. Y. (2003). Storytelling September 11th: A multilevel perspective. In A.M. Noll, (Ed.), Crisis communications: Lessons from September 11 (pp. 31-45). Chicago: Rowman & Littlefield.
Gibbs, J., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Jung, J. Y., Kim, Y. C., & Qiu, J. (2004). The globalization of everyday life: Vision and reality. In M. Sturken, D. Thomas, & S.J. Ball-Rokeach (Eds.), Technological visions: The hopes and fears that shape new technologies. Temple University Press.
Hayden, C., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2007). Maintaining the digital hub: Locating the community technology center in a communication infrastructure. New Media and Society, 19(2), 237-259.
Jung, J. Y., Ball-Rokeach, S. J., Kim, Y. C., & Matei, S. (2007). ICTs and communities in the 21st Century: Challenges and perspectives. In C. Ciborra, R. Mansell, D. Quah, & R. Silverstone (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies (pp.561-580). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Jung, J.-Y., Ball-Rokeach, S. J., Kim, Y.-C., & Matei, S. (2007). ICTs and communities in the 21st Century: Challenges and perspectives. In C. Ciborra, R. Mansell, D. Quah, & R. Silverstone (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies (pp.561-580). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kim, Y. C., Jung, J. Y., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (In Press). Ethnicity, place, and communication technology: Effects of ethnicity on multi-dimensional Internet connectedness. Information Technology and People, 20(3).
Kim, Y.C., Jung, J., Cohen, E., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2004). Internet connectedness before and after September 11, 2001. New Media and Society, 6(5), 612-632.
Loges, W.E. and Jung, Joo-Young (2001). Exploring the Digital Divide: Internet connectedness and age. Communication Research, 28(4), 536-562.
Matei, S., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2002). Belonging across geographic and Internet spaces: Ethnic area variations. In B. Wellman & C. Haythornthwaite (Eds.), The Internet in everyday life. UK: Blackwells.
Matei, S., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2001). Real and virtual social ties: Connections in the everyday lives of seven ethnic neighborhoods. American Behavioral Scientist. 45(3), 550-564.
Matei, S., & S.J. (2003). The Internet in the communication infrastructure of urban residential communities: Meso or macro--linkage? Journal of Communication, 53(4), 642-657.
Wilkin, H. A., Ball-Rokeach, S. J. , Matsaganis, M. D., & Cheong, P. H. (In Press). Comparing the communication ecologies of geo-ethnic communities: How people stay on top of their community. Journal of Electronic Communication.
Wilkin, H.A., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Matsaganis, M.D., & Cheong, P.H. (In Press). Comparing the communication ecologies of geo-ethnic communities: How people stay on top of their community. Journal of Electronic Communication. Papers in Preparation
Ball-Rokeach, S. J., The digital divide. [In] W. Donsfach (Ed.), Blackwell International Encyclopedia of Communication.
Ball-Rokeach, S.J. & The Metamorphosis Project Team. The well-connected community: A new tool for planning to use the Internet to build community
Ball-Rokeach, S.J. Communication ecologies: Observing new immigrants negotiations of identity. Paper to be presented at the International Communication Association conference, Singapore 2010.
Kim, Y.K. & Ball-Rokeach, S. J., New immigrants, the Internet, and civil society. In A. Chadwick & P. Howard (Eds.), The Handbook of Internet Politics. New York: Routledge.
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
Ball-Rokeach, S. J., Cheong, P. H., & Wilkin, H. (2003). Tapping into virtual resources: Newer and older media in health promotion. Paper presented at the Virtual Learning in Health Communication Conference, Annenberg School for Communication, Los Angeles.
Ball-Rokeach, S. J., Cheong, P. H., Wilkin, H. A., & Matsaganis, M. D. (2004). A map to the multiethnic communication landscape of Los Angeles immigrant communities, old and new. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, New Orleans.
Ball-Rokeach, S. J., Kim, Y., Loges, W. E., & Jung, J. (2001). Measuring ecological relationships between the Internet and individuals: Revisiting the Internet Connectedness Index. Paper presented at the International Association of Mass Communication Research and International Communication Association Joint Conference on The Digital Divide. Austin, TX.
Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2000). The Internet Connectedness Index: Going beyond the digital divide to long term issues of inequality. Paper presented at The London School of Economics/Annenberg School Conference on Globalization, London.
Cohen, E.L., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Jung, J.Y., & Kim, Y.C. (2002). Civic actions after September 11th: Exploring the role of multi-level storytelling. Paper presented to the Communications Conference, New York.
Gibbs, J., Ball-Rokeach, S., Kim, Y., & Jung, J. (2000). The globalization of everyday life: Visions and realities of social justice in the Internet age. Paper presented at the Rochester Institute of Technology Conference on "Social Justice, Peace, and International Conflict Resolution: Civic Discourse beyond the Millennium", Rochester, NY.
Katz, V. & Matsaganis, M. (2007). A Communication Ecology Approach to Theory and Method in Understanding Community Media. Paper presented at the OurMedia-NuestrosMedios VI International Conference. Sydney.
Katz, V. (2007). Personal technologies for communal purpose: A study of adolescent Latinos and new communication technologies. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, Chicago.
Kim, Y.C. & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2004). Communication infrastructure theory: An ecological approach to civic engagement in the contemporary urban environment. Voice and Citizenship Conference, University of Washington.
Kim, Y.C., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Jung, J. Y., & Cohen, E.L. (2002). Internet connectedness in a crisis: Connectors connected more after September 11th. Paper presented to the Convention Chair Sponsored Special Session, Broadcast Education Association Convention, Las Vegas.
Kim, Y.C., Jung, J. Y., Cohen, E.L., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2003). Internet connectedness before and after September 11th: High connectors connect more. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, San Diego.
Kim, Y.C., Jung, J.Y., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Loges, W.E. (2002). Ethnicity, place, and communication technology: Geo-ethnic effect on multi-dimensional Internet Connectedness in urban communities. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Seoul, Korea.
Lin, W. Y. (2007). When the alternative goes mainstream: The competition between ethnic TV and the Internet. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Francisco.
Matsaganis, M., & Katz, V. (2007). A Communication Ecology Approach to Understanding Community Media, Place, and Ethnicity. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Reno.
Wilkin, H. A., Ball-Rokeach, S. J., Matsaganis, M.D., & Cheong, P. (2007). Comparing the communication ecologies of geo-ethnic communities: How people stay on top of their community. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association. San Francisco.
Dissertations
Jung, J.Y. (2003). Internet connectedness and its social origins: An ecological approach to communication media and social inequality. Dissertation Abstracts International, 64 (09), 3126.
Qui, L. (2004). (Dis)connecting the Pearl River Delta: The transformation of a regional telecommunications infrastructure, 1978--2002. Dissertation Abstracts International, 65 (07), 2411.
Wilkin, H.A. (2006). Diagnosing communication connections: Reaching underserved communities through existing communication ecologies. Dissertation Abstracts International, 67 (06).
Published Papers
Matei, S., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Wilson, M., Gibbs, J., & Gutierrez Hoyt, E. (2001). Metamorphosis: A field research methodology for studying communication technology and community. Electronic Journal of Communication. 11(2). From http://www.cios.org/www/ejcrec2.htm.
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
Matei, S., Ball-Rokeach, & Qiu, J. (2001). Mental maps as communication research tools and their policy implications. The International Communication Association Conference, Washington DC.
Books Published Papers
Ball-Rokeach, S.J. & Jung, J-y, (In Press). The Evolution of Media System dependency theory. In R. Nabi and M. B. Oliver, Sage Handbook of Media Effects. Sage.
Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Kim, Y.C., & Matei, S. (2001). Storytelling neighborhood: Paths to belonging in diverse urban environments. Communication Research. 28(4), 392-428
Cheong, P. H. & Wilkin, H. A. (2005). Digital divide(s) among Hispanic immigrants and Internet connections for health information seeking. In M. Allen & M. Convalso (Eds.), Internet Research Annual, 2, 175-188.
Cohen, E.L., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Jung, J. Y., & Kim, Y. C. (2002). Civic actions after September 11th: Exploring the role of multi-level storytelling. Prometheus, 20(3), 221-228.
Jung, J. Y., Ball-Rokeach, S. J., Kim, Y. C., & Matei, S. (2007). ICTs and communities in the 21st Century: Challenges and perspectives. In C. Ciborra, R. Mansell, D. Quah, & R. Silverstone (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies (pp.561-580). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kim, Y. C., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2006). Civic engagement from a communication infrastructure perspective. Communication Theory, 16 (2), 173-197.
Kim, Y. C., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2006). Neighborhood storytelling resources and civic engagement: A multilevel approach. Human Communication Research, 32(4), 411-439.
Matei, S., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2002). Belonging across geographic and Internet spaces: Ethnic area variations. In B. Wellman & C. Haythornthwaite (Eds.), The Internet in everyday life. UK: Blackwells.
Matei, S., & S.J. (2003). The Internet in the communication infrastructure of urban residential communities: Meso or macro--linkage? Journal of Communication, 53(4), 642-657.
Matei, S.A., & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2005). Watts, the 1965 Los Angeles riots and the communicative construction of the fear epicenter of Los Angeles. Communication Monographs, 72(3), 301-323.
Wilkin, H. A., Ball-Rokeach, S. J. , Matsaganis, M. D., & Cheong, P. H. (In Press). Comparing the communication ecologies of geo-ethnic communities: How people stay on top of their community. Journal of Electronic Communication.
Papers in Preparation
Ball-Rokeach, S. J., Media system dependency theory. In W. Donsfach (Ed.), Blackwell International Encyclopedia of Communication.
Jung, J-Y & Ball-Rokeach, S. J., From media system dependency theory to communication infrastructure theory.
Kim, Y.K. & Ball-Rokeach, S. J., New immigrants, the Internet, and civil society. In A. Chadwick & P. Howard (Eds.), The Handbook of Internet Politics. New York: Routledge.
Matsaganis, M. (In press). From a paradigm of neighborhood effects to a communication-based model of community change. In Gumpert, G., Drucker, S., & Burd, G. (Eds.), The Urban Communication Reader. Hampton Press.
Wilkin, H. A., Katz, V., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (In Press). Community change begins at home: The role of family interaction on civic engagement outcomes. Journal of Communcation. Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2004). Mass Communication: Mass communication division keynote panel. Chair of panel for the 54th International Communication Association Conference.. New Orleans.
Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2002). Metamorphosis: Transforming the ties that bind. Paper presented a the Annenberg Public Policy Center Symposium on Deliberation, Democracy, and the Internet, Washington, DC.
Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Kim, Y., & Matei, S. (2001). Storytelling neighborhood: Paths to belonging in diverse urban environments. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings. Los Angeles.
Ball-Rokeach, S.J., Kim, Y.C., & Matei, S. (2001). Communication infrastructure and neighborhood belonging. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Washington DC.
Jung, J.Y. & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2004). From media systems dependency theory to a communication infrastructure approach. The International Communication Association Conference. New Orleans.
Katz, V. & Matsaganis, M. (2007). A Communication Ecology Approach to Theory and Method in Understanding Community Media. Paper presented at the OurMedia-NuestrosMedios VI International Conference. Sydney.
Katz, V. (2007). Making the connection: What immigrant children do for their families and how it matters. Presentation at the UCLA Migration Symposium, Los Angeles.
Katz, V. (2009). Publicly and privately constituting community: A theoretical approach to understanding urban community development. Presented to the International Communication Association Annual Conference (Chicago, IL).
Kim, Y.C & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2006). Community storytelling network, neighborhood context, and civic engagement: A multilevel approach. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the AEJMC Theory and Methodology Division, San Francisco.
Kim, Y.C. & Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (2004). Communication infrastructure theory: An ecological approach to civic engagement in the contemporary urban environment. Voice and Citizenship Conference, University of Washington.
Loges, W. E., Ball-Rokeach, S. J., & Qiu, L. (2005). Broken bonds at work, broken bonds at home: A theoretical connection Paper presented at the 55th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, New York City.
Loges, W.E., Ball-Rokeach, S.J., & Qiu, J.L. (2003). Broken bonds at work, Broken bonds at home: A theoretical connection. Paper presented to the conference "From 9-to-5 to 24/7: How workplace change impact families, work, and communities," Orlando.
Matei, S. & Ball-Rokeach S.J. (2002). Ascription of "safe" and "unsafe" places: Communicative allocation of an overlooked scarce resource. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association, Chicago.
Matei, S., & Ball-Rokeach, S. J. (2001). Off-line social bonds as predictors for on-line social ties. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Washington DC.
Matei, S., Ball-Rokeach, & Qiu, J. (2001). Mental maps as communication research tools and their policy implications. The International Communication Association Conference, Washington DC.
Matsaganis, M. (2004). The Metamorphosis of the Urban Environment: Conceptualizing Community Space from a Communication Infrastructure Perspective. Urban Communication Pre-Conference, National Communication Association. Chicago.
Matsaganis, M. (2006). Neighborhood Effects and the Invisible Motor of Community Change. International Communication Association. Dresden.
Qiu, J.L, Ball-Rokeach, S.J., & Li, H.M (2002). The metamorphosis of communicative bonds between work, family, & community in the age of globalization. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Conference, New Orleans.
Song, H. (2007). Connections to mainstream and ethnic media in context: An empirical test of a two-dimensional ethnic identity model. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
Dissertations
Cheong, P. (2004). Media relations, threat and health problem-solving behaviors: Extension and application of communication infrastructure theory and research. Dissertation Abstracts International, 65 (09), 3202.
Jung, J.Y. (2003). Internet connectedness and its social origins: An ecological approach to communication media and social inequality. Dissertation Abstracts International, 64 (09), 3126.
Katz, V. (2007). From conversation to conversion: Children's efforts to translate their immigrant families' social networks into community connections.
Kim, Y.C. (2003). Storytelling community: Communication infrastructure and civic engagements in urban spaces. Dissertation Abstracts International, 64 (12), 4256.
Qui, L. (2004). (Dis)connecting the Pearl River Delta: The transformation of a regional telecommunications infrastructure, 1978--2002. Dissertation Abstracts International, 65 (07), 2411.
Wilkin, H.A. (2006). Diagnosing communication connections: Reaching underserved communities through existing communication ecologies. Dissertation Abstracts International, 67 (06).
Wilson. M.E. (2000). Leading the community chorus: The role of organizations in society. Dissertation Abstracts International, 62 (09), 2920.
Other Presentations
Ball-Rokeach, S.J. (September 2008). Bridging Ethnic Communities: Moving Theory into Action. Keynote address given at the Media, Communication, and Humanity Conference at the London School of Economics.
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