| Contesting Media Power: Alternative Media in a Networked World Contributor(s): Couldry, Nick (Editor), Curran, James (Editor), Atton, Chris (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0742523845 ISBN-13: 9780742523845 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $158.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2003 Annotation: Contesting Media Power explores the worldwide growth of alternative media that challenge the power concentration in large media corporations. Media scholars and political scientists analyze 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 alternative 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. Visit our website for sample chapters! |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Media Studies - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism |
| Dewey: 302.23 |
| LCCN: 2003004221 |
| Series: Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 7.22" W x 10.3" (1.64 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Contesting Media Power is the most ambitious international collection to date on the worldwide growth of alternative media that are challenging the power concentration in large media corporations. 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 alternative 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. |