Daniel Makagon, Ph.D. specializes in urban communication, cultural studies, ethnography, media criticism, and the study of community. His first book, Where the Ball Drops: Days and Nights in Times Square, was published by University of Minnesota Press in 2004. Makagon's published articles on guerrilla art, cultural disruption, democracy, and urban life have appeared in the Journal of Communication Inquiry, Southern Communication Journal, Text & Performance Quarterly, and Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies. He has won publication awards from the Urban Communication Foundation, the Nati...