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SPEAKING UP IN BOYLE HEIGHTS
by
Emily Frost
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(BROADCAST JOURNALISM)
August 2012
Copyright 2012 Emily Frost
Object Description
| Title | Speaking up in Boyle Heights |
| Author | Frost, Emily |
| Author email | efrost1@gmail.com;efrost1@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Journalism (Broadcast Journalism) |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-07-01 |
| Date submitted | 2012-07-18 |
| Date approved | 2012-07-18 |
| Restricted until | 2012-07-18 |
| Date published | 2012-07-18 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Seidenberg, Willa |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Pryor, Larry Tolan, Sandy |
| Abstract | Air pollution has long been a problem in Los Angeles. The city is known for having the worst air quality in the country; but the problem is even worse in the neighborhood of Boyle Heights, just east of downtown. Boyle Heights is surrounded by several major freeways that spew diesel and other particle pollution into the largely Latino and working class neighborhood. Residents have said they at times feel helpless in changing the air they breathe every day and which has affected their health. ❧ This documentary profiles Alex and Sylvia Nunez, two longtime Boyle Heights residents whose son suffers from asthma. The radio story chronicles their transformation from regular residents who don’t know how to change their environment to community activists. Gradually, and through training by non-profit organizations, the Nunez become the couple their neighbors turn to for answers in solving local problems and getting public officials’ attention. The narrative of the Nunez family is supplemented with data on air pollution and the input of air pollution expert Andrea Hricko. |
| Keyword | Boyle Heights; air pollution; Los Angeles air quality; environmental justice; radio documentary |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Frost, Emily |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-FrostEmily-964.pdf |
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| Full text | SPEAKING UP IN BOYLE HEIGHTS by Emily Frost A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (BROADCAST JOURNALISM) August 2012 Copyright 2012 Emily Frost |
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