"'Alternative Media' is the term used to describe non-mainstream media forms that are independently run and community focussed, such as zines, pirate radio, online discussion boards, community run and owned broadcasting companies, and activist publications such as Red Pepper and Corporate Watch. The
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book outlines the different types of 'alternative" (Publisher description)
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"This book charts the development of professional journalism in Iran since the 1979 Revolution that replaced the monarchy with an Islamic Republic. Written to pay homage to Iranian journalists, the book focuses on newspapers, radio and television providing a fuller picture of Iran's media environmen
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t." (Publisher description)
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"In this book, Chris Atton offers a fresh introduction to alternative media: one which is not limited to 'radical' media, but can also account for newer cultural forms such as zines, fanzines, and personal websites. Alternative Media examines how and why people produce and use alternative media - to
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make meaning, to interpret, and to change the world in which they live; encompasses a wide range of alternative media and draws on examples from both the United States and United Kingdom; locates contemporary alternative media in their cultural, historical and political contexts." (Publisher description)
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"Chapter 1 defines ‘alternative and activist media’, and considers the need for non-mainstream publications. It introduces the populations who seek out or create alternative media: socially marginalised or dissenting groups, subcultures and others who inhabit liminal spaces, and people who want
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access to information not available through the mass media. It will also examine the ‘information for action’ orientation of much alternative media, which places it in opposition to the mass media’s ‘information for consumption’. Chapter 2 puts the emergence and persistence of alternative and activist media in context, calling into question media analysis that looks strictly at mass media, and posing the possibility and reality of counterhegemonic actions and actors. It includes an overview of key theorists as regards alternative media and media activism. Chapter 3 looks specifically at media participation and consumption by marginalised audiences. The following five chapters look at alternative and activist media formats and rationales in the realms of radio, video, film, print, and digital media, concentrating on real-world practices and projects. In Chapter 9, the border between alternative and activist media and the mass media is probed, revealing areas of contention, reflection, and recuperation. Chapter 10 concludes this exploration with a look at the future, based on an examination of current trends and technologies." (Preface, page ix)
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"El artículo presenta los resultados de un estudio diagnóstico de las radios mineras sindicales de Bolivia: Radio Nacional de Huanuni (Huanuni-Oruro), Radio Vanguardia (Colquiri-La Paz) y Radio 16 de Marzo (Bolívar-Oruro) que actualmente son las únicas emisoras existentes de las más de veinte q
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ue llegaron a funcionar en el país entre la década del sesenta y setenta. Las radios mineras en Bolivia, pioneras en lo que se conoce como comunicación alternativa, popular, democrática o participativa, se debaten hoy en un trance de sobrevivencia por factores económicos, sociales, técnicos y profesionales." (Resumen)
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"This study proposes four focus areas for support to the media in these provinces including: Strengthening the Media Environment; Developing Professional Skills and Resources; Facilitating Information Flows and Access; Supporting Community-based Communication." (Recommendations, page 50)
"Media scholars and political scientists develop a broad comparative framework for analyzing alternative media in Australia, Chile, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, Sweden, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Topics include independent media centers, gay online networks and a
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lternative web discussion forums, feminist film, political journalism and social networks, indigenous communication, and church-sponsored media. This important book will help shape debates on the media's role in current global struggles, such as the anti-globalization movement." (Publisher description)
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