Alternative and activist media /

This study of alternative and activist media provides an introduction to alternative media theories, audiences and practices. It brings diverse voices and concepts from outside the commercial media world to the fore, enriching and challenging mass media. Illustrated with historical and current examp...

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Author / Creator: Waltz, Mitzi.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Language notes:English.
Imprint: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2005.
Series:Media topics.
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Online Access:Click here for full text at JSTOR
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Who needs an alternative?; 2 A brief history of alternative and activist media; 3 Unheard voices, unseen images; 4 Anyone with a cheap transmitter can do radio; 5 Broadcasting beyond the corporate sphere; 6 Artistic impulses; 7 Creating media spaces for the personal; 8 'Cyberculture': a study of the latest wave of alternative and activist media; 9 From the margins to the mainstream; 10 New directions for a new century; Notes; Bibliography; Internet resources; Index.