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| Description |
Combing diverse case studies from countries including the UK, North America and Brazil, the authors propose an original theoretical framework to help understand the subject. Looking at both `old? and `new? media, the book argues for the importance of an alternative media and suggests a political agenda as a way of broadening its scope. Understanding Alternative Media is valuable reading for students in media, journalism and communications studies, researchers, academics, and journalists. |
| Author Biography |
Bart Cammaerts is a political scientist and Media Researcher lecturing on media, citizenship, and democracy at the Media and Communication Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, UK.
Nico Carpentier is a media sociologist working at the Communication Studies Departments of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Katholieke Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
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| Table of Contents |
Introduction Part I ? Theorizing alternative media Four approaches to alternative media An introductory case study ? Radio Favela: Representing alternative media Part II ? The case studies Community approaches in Western radio policies Diasporas and alternative media practices Blogs in the second Iraqi war: Alternative media challenging the mainstream? Ethnic-religious groups and alternative journalism Online participation and the Public Sphere: Civil society mailinglists and forums The Brazilian Landless Rural Workers Movement : Identity, action, and communication Translocalization, glocalization and the internet: The RadioSwap-project Jamming the political: reverse-engineering, hacking the dominant codes Conclusion |
