"This is an entirely new edition of the author’s 1984 study (originally published by South End Press) of radical media and movements. The first and second sections are original to this new edition. The first section explores social and cultural theory in order to argue that radical media should be
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a central part of our understanding of media in history. The second section weaves an historical and international tapestry of radical media to illustrate their centrality and diversity, from dance and graffiti to video and the internet and from satirical prints and street theatre to culture-jamming, subversive song, performance art and underground radio. The section also includes consideration of ultra-rightist media as a key contrast case. The book’s third section provides detailed case studies of the anti-fascist media explosion of 1974-75 in Portugal, Italy’s long-running radical media, radio and access video in the USA, and illegal media in the dissolution of the former Soviet bloc dictatorships." (Publisher description)
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"El libro esta subdividido en dos partes: primero presenta un panorama general de la situación y los actores del video en Colombia. La segunda parte presenta una colección de textos relacionados con el surgimiento del Movimiento Latinoamericano de Video, el cual nació en un encuentro de videastas
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en Santiago de Chile en el año 1988." (commbox)
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"This book presents the history and role of Bolivian miner's radio stations, covering more than forty years. It deals with their historical development, political struggles, and current situation. It also advances some structural proposals for the reinforcement and survival of these radio centers. T
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he investigation relied on the personal as well as collective experiences of communication professionals, miners, farmers, and those who were involved in this matter in some way or other. The work does not pretend to be an exhaustive treatment of this subject; however, it is the first investigative approach to it." (Communication Research Trends, 14:4, 1994, page 41)
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"A selection of contributions to the 1985 UCBC congress in Belo Horizonte." (commbox)
"Mattelart is one of the best exponents of the Marxist viewpoint in relation to developing nations. 'Communicating in Popular Nicaragua' is a critical anthology of 12 articles by authors from Nicaragua and the United States who give a Marxian analysis of numerous aspects of communication, broadly de
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fined to include mural expression and literary and social movements as well as the more traditional journalism, the press, radio, film and video. A number of the articles are published here for the first time. In conclusion is a bibliography of "Left" studies on the media and culture in Nicaragua and Latin America in general." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 271)
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