Media, Margins and Civic Agency
London: Palgrave Macmillan (2015), xiii, 219 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 978-1-137-51264-2 (ebook); 978-1-137-51263-5 (print)
"This collection brings together new research on contemporary media, politics and power. It explores ways and means through which media can and do empower or dis-empower citizens at the margins that is, how they act as vehicles of, or obstacles to, civic agency and social change." (Publisher description)
PART I: CITIZEN VOICES
1 Alternative Voices, Alternative Spaces: Counterhegemonic Discourse in the Blogosphere / Deborah Gabriel, 15
2 Unlocking the Gate? How NGOs Mediate the Voices of the Marginalised in a Social Media Context / Glenda Cooper, 29
3 'I Wouldn't Be a Victim When It Comes to Being Heard': Citizen Journalism and Civic Inclusion / Einar Thorsen, Daniel Jackson and Ann Luce, 43
4 The Voices of Extremist Violence: What Can We Hear? / Barry Richards, 62
PART II: MEDIATING MARGINS
5 European Media Policy: Why Margins Actually Matter / Monika Metykova, 77
6 The Rise of 'Creative Diversity' in Media Policy /Sarita Malik, 89
7 Victims at the Margins? A Comparative Analysis of the Use of Primary Sources in Reporting Personal Tragedy in Norway and the UK / Jackie Newton and Lene Brennodden, 102
8 Public Service from the Margins: A Case Study of Diasporic Media in the UK / Olatunji Ogunyemi, 116
9 Space and the Migrant Camps of Calais: Space-Making at the Margins / Anita Howarth and Yasmin Ibrahim, 131
PART III: PROTESTS AND POWER
10 Visibility of Protest at the Margins: The Thatcher Funeral Protests / Katy Parry, 151
11 'Pay Your Tax!' How Tax Avoidance Became a Prominent Issue in the Public Sphere in the UK / Jen Birks and John Downey, 166
12 UGC in the Newsroom: How BBC Journalists' Engagement with Internet Activists Has Altered Newsroom Practices / Lisette Johnston, 182
13 Police, Protester, Public: Unsettling Binaries in the Public Sphere / Pollyanna Ruiz, 195
1 Alternative Voices, Alternative Spaces: Counterhegemonic Discourse in the Blogosphere / Deborah Gabriel, 15
2 Unlocking the Gate? How NGOs Mediate the Voices of the Marginalised in a Social Media Context / Glenda Cooper, 29
3 'I Wouldn't Be a Victim When It Comes to Being Heard': Citizen Journalism and Civic Inclusion / Einar Thorsen, Daniel Jackson and Ann Luce, 43
4 The Voices of Extremist Violence: What Can We Hear? / Barry Richards, 62
PART II: MEDIATING MARGINS
5 European Media Policy: Why Margins Actually Matter / Monika Metykova, 77
6 The Rise of 'Creative Diversity' in Media Policy /Sarita Malik, 89
7 Victims at the Margins? A Comparative Analysis of the Use of Primary Sources in Reporting Personal Tragedy in Norway and the UK / Jackie Newton and Lene Brennodden, 102
8 Public Service from the Margins: A Case Study of Diasporic Media in the UK / Olatunji Ogunyemi, 116
9 Space and the Migrant Camps of Calais: Space-Making at the Margins / Anita Howarth and Yasmin Ibrahim, 131
PART III: PROTESTS AND POWER
10 Visibility of Protest at the Margins: The Thatcher Funeral Protests / Katy Parry, 151
11 'Pay Your Tax!' How Tax Avoidance Became a Prominent Issue in the Public Sphere in the UK / Jen Birks and John Downey, 166
12 UGC in the Newsroom: How BBC Journalists' Engagement with Internet Activists Has Altered Newsroom Practices / Lisette Johnston, 182
13 Police, Protester, Public: Unsettling Binaries in the Public Sphere / Pollyanna Ruiz, 195
