Contesting Media Power Alternative Media in a Networked World

Name: Contesting Media Power Alternative Media in a Networked World
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ISBN: 9780742523852

ISBN-10: 0742523853

ISBN-13: 9780742523852

Edition: 2003

Authors: Nick Couldry, James Curran, Chris Atton, Lance Bennett, Rodney Benson

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In this book, media scholars and political scientists develop a broad comparative framework for analysing alternative media in various countries. Topics include independent media centres, gay online networks, feminist film and alternative Web discussion forums.

Book details

List price: $69.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/9/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.96" wide x 10.16" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Nick Couldry is Reader in Media, Communications and Culture at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author or editor of five books including Media Rituals: A Critical Approach (Routledge 2003), The Place of Media Power (Routledge 2000) and (coedited with James Curran) Contesting Media Power (Rowman and Littlefield 2003).



Tables and Figures



Introduction and Theoretical Perspectives



The Paradox of Media Power




New Media Power: The Internet and Global Activism




Beyond the Hall of Mirrors? Some Theoretical Reflections on the Global Contestation of Media Power




In the Shadow of the State



Infoshops in the Shadow of the State




Framing the Future: Indigenous Communication in Australia




The Press Subsidy System in Sweden: A Critical Approach




In the Shadow of the Market



Commercialism and Critique: California's Alternative Weeklies




Has Feminism Caused a Wrinkle on the Face of Hollywood Cinema? A Tentative Appraisal of the '90s




Empire and Communications: Centrifugal and Centripetal Media in Contemporary Russia




In the Shadow of Civil Society and Religion



Liberalization without Full Democracy: Guerrilla Media and Political Movements in Taiwan




The Bishop and His Star: Citizens' Communication in Southern Chile




New Nation: Anachronistic Catholicism and Liberation Theology




Falun Gong, Identity, and the Struggle over Meaning Inside and Outside China




New Media Spaces



Global Journalism: A Case Study of the Internet




The Independent Media Center Movement and the Anarchist Socialist Tradition




The Gay Global Village in Cyberspace




The Internet, Social Networks, and Reform in Indonesia




The Alternative Media in Malaysia: Their Potential and Limitations



Index


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