Contesting Media Power Alternative Media in a Networked World |
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| Editor:
| Couldry, Nick
Curran, James |
| Contribution by:
| Curran, James
Atton, Chris
Bennett, Lance
Benson, Rodney
Downing, John
Gross, Larry
Lee, Chin-Chuan
Liebes, Tamar
Lim, Merlyna
Ling, Sharon
Meadows, Michael
Morris, Christine
Press, Andrea
Rantanen, Terhi
Rodriguez, Clemencia
Tomaselli, Keyan
Teer-Tomaselli, Ruth E.
Vartanova, Elena
Weibull, Lennart
Zhao, Yuezhi |
| Series title: | Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7425-2385-2 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2003 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $69.00 |
Book Description:
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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...
More Description 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.