Understanding Community Media
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London et al.: Sage (2010), xii, 410 pp.
Contains illustrations, bibliogr., index
ISBN 978-1-4129-5904-9 (hbk); 978-1-4129-5905-6 (pbk)
Signature commbox: 10-Community-E 2010
"With contributions from an international team of well-known experts, media activists, and promising young scholars, this comprehensive volume examines community-based media from theoretical, empirical, and practical perspectives. More than 30 original essays provide an incisive and timely analysis of the relationships between media and society, technology and culture, and communication and community. Key Features: provides vivid examples of community and alternative media initiatives from around the world; explores a wide range of media institutions, forms, and practices—community radio, participatory video, street newspapers, Independent Media Centers, and community informatics; offers cutting-edge analysis of community and alternative media with original essays from new, emerging, and established voices in the field; takes a multidimensional approach to community media studies by highlighting the social, economic, cultural, and political significance of alternative, independent, and community-oriented media organizations; enters the ongoing debates regarding the theory and practice of community media in a comprehensive and engaging fashion." (Publisher description)
Introduction / Kevin Howley, 1
I. THEORETICAL ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES, 15
1 Social Solidarity and Constituency Relationships in Community Radio / Charles Fairchild, 23
2 Democratic Potentials of Citizens' Media Practices / Pantelis Vatikiotis, 32
3 Community Arts and Music, Community Media: Cultural Politics and Policy in Britain Since the 1960s / George McKay, 41
4 Collaborative Pipelines / Otto Leopold Tremetzberger, 53
5 Notes on a Theory of Community Radio / Kevin Howley, 63
II. CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE, 71
6 Reimagining National Belonging With Community Radio / Mojca Plansak and Zala Volcic, 78
7 Alternative Media and the Public Sphere in Zimbabwe / Nkosi Martin Ndlela, 87
8 Toronto Street News as a Counterpublic Sphere / Vanessa Parlette, 96
9 Evaluating Community Informatics as a Means for Local Democratic Renewal / Ian Goodwin, 106
10 Mapping Communication Patterns Between Romani Media and Romani NGOs in the Republic of Macedonia / Shayna Plaut, 116
III. CULTURAL GEOGRAPHIES, 127
11 Aboriginal Internet Art and the Imagination of Community / Maria Victoria Guglietti, 133
12 Media Interventions in Racialized Communities / Tanja Dreher, 143
13 Community Collaboration in Media and Arts Activism: A Case Study / Lynette Bondarchuk and Ondine Park, 151
14 Examining the Successes and Struggles of New Zealand's Mäori TV / Rita L. Rahoi-Gilchrest, 161
15 Itche Kadoozy, Orthodox Representation, and the Internet as Community Media / Matt Sienkiewicz, 171
IV. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, 181
16 Positioning Education Within Community Media / Shawn Sobers, 188
17 Dalitbahujan Women's Autonomous Video / Sourayan Moökerjea, 200
18 Coketown and Its Alternative Futures / Philip Denning, 210
19 Addressing Stigma and Discrimination Through Participatory Media Planning / Aku Kwamie, 221
V. COMMUNITY MEDIA AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, 233
20 Indigenous Community Radio and the Struggle for Social Justice in Colombia / Mario Alfonso Murillo, 240
21 Ethnic Community Media and Social Change: A Case in the United States / Dandan Liu, 250
22 A Participatory Model of Video Making: The Case of Colectivo Perfil Urbano / Claudia Magallanes-Blanco, 259
23 Feminist Guerrilla Video in the Twin Cities / Brian J. Woodman, 268
VI. COMMUNICATION POLITICS, 279
24 Community Radio and Video, Social Activism, and Neoliberal Public Policy in Chile During the Transition to Democracy / Rosalind Bresnahan, 286
25 Past, Present, and Future of the Hungarian Community Radio Movement / Gergely Gosztonyi, 297
26 Community Media Activists in Transnational Policy Arenas / Stefania Milan, 308
27 Closings and Openings: Media Restructuring and the Public Sphere / Bernadette Barker-Plummer and Dorothy Kidd, 318
28 The Rise of the Intranet Era / Sascha D. Meinrath and Victor W. Pickard, 328
VII. LOCAL MEDIA, GLOBAL STRUGGLES, 341
29 "Asking We Walk": The Zapatista Revolution of Speaking and Listening / Fiona Jejfries, 348
30 Radio Voices Without Frontiers Global Antidiscrimination Broadcast / Elvira Truglia, 358
31 Media Activism for Global Justice / Anne Marie Todd, 372
32 The Global Turn of the Alternative Media Movement / Carlos Fonte, 381
I. THEORETICAL ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES, 15
1 Social Solidarity and Constituency Relationships in Community Radio / Charles Fairchild, 23
2 Democratic Potentials of Citizens' Media Practices / Pantelis Vatikiotis, 32
3 Community Arts and Music, Community Media: Cultural Politics and Policy in Britain Since the 1960s / George McKay, 41
4 Collaborative Pipelines / Otto Leopold Tremetzberger, 53
5 Notes on a Theory of Community Radio / Kevin Howley, 63
II. CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE, 71
6 Reimagining National Belonging With Community Radio / Mojca Plansak and Zala Volcic, 78
7 Alternative Media and the Public Sphere in Zimbabwe / Nkosi Martin Ndlela, 87
8 Toronto Street News as a Counterpublic Sphere / Vanessa Parlette, 96
9 Evaluating Community Informatics as a Means for Local Democratic Renewal / Ian Goodwin, 106
10 Mapping Communication Patterns Between Romani Media and Romani NGOs in the Republic of Macedonia / Shayna Plaut, 116
III. CULTURAL GEOGRAPHIES, 127
11 Aboriginal Internet Art and the Imagination of Community / Maria Victoria Guglietti, 133
12 Media Interventions in Racialized Communities / Tanja Dreher, 143
13 Community Collaboration in Media and Arts Activism: A Case Study / Lynette Bondarchuk and Ondine Park, 151
14 Examining the Successes and Struggles of New Zealand's Mäori TV / Rita L. Rahoi-Gilchrest, 161
15 Itche Kadoozy, Orthodox Representation, and the Internet as Community Media / Matt Sienkiewicz, 171
IV. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, 181
16 Positioning Education Within Community Media / Shawn Sobers, 188
17 Dalitbahujan Women's Autonomous Video / Sourayan Moökerjea, 200
18 Coketown and Its Alternative Futures / Philip Denning, 210
19 Addressing Stigma and Discrimination Through Participatory Media Planning / Aku Kwamie, 221
V. COMMUNITY MEDIA AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, 233
20 Indigenous Community Radio and the Struggle for Social Justice in Colombia / Mario Alfonso Murillo, 240
21 Ethnic Community Media and Social Change: A Case in the United States / Dandan Liu, 250
22 A Participatory Model of Video Making: The Case of Colectivo Perfil Urbano / Claudia Magallanes-Blanco, 259
23 Feminist Guerrilla Video in the Twin Cities / Brian J. Woodman, 268
VI. COMMUNICATION POLITICS, 279
24 Community Radio and Video, Social Activism, and Neoliberal Public Policy in Chile During the Transition to Democracy / Rosalind Bresnahan, 286
25 Past, Present, and Future of the Hungarian Community Radio Movement / Gergely Gosztonyi, 297
26 Community Media Activists in Transnational Policy Arenas / Stefania Milan, 308
27 Closings and Openings: Media Restructuring and the Public Sphere / Bernadette Barker-Plummer and Dorothy Kidd, 318
28 The Rise of the Intranet Era / Sascha D. Meinrath and Victor W. Pickard, 328
VII. LOCAL MEDIA, GLOBAL STRUGGLES, 341
29 "Asking We Walk": The Zapatista Revolution of Speaking and Listening / Fiona Jejfries, 348
30 Radio Voices Without Frontiers Global Antidiscrimination Broadcast / Elvira Truglia, 358
31 Media Activism for Global Justice / Anne Marie Todd, 372
32 The Global Turn of the Alternative Media Movement / Carlos Fonte, 381
