ABSTRACT
The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media provides an authoritative and comprehensive examination of the diverse forms, practices and philosophies of alternative and community media across the world.
The volume offers a multiplicity of perspectives to examine the reasons why alternative and community media arise, how they develop in particular ways and in particular places, and how they can enrich our understanding of the broader media landscape and its place in society.
The 50 chapters present a range of theoretical and methodological positions, and arguments to demonstrate the dynamic, challenging and innovative thinking around the subject; locating media theory and practice within the broader concerns of democracy, citizenship, social exclusion, race, class and gender.
In addition to research from the UK, the US, Canada, Europe and Australia, the Companion also includes studies from Colombia, Haiti, India, South Korea and Zimbabwe, enabling international comparisons to be made and also allowing for the problematisation of traditional - often Western - approaches to media studies.
By considering media practices across a range of cultures and communities, this collection is an ideal companion to the key issues and debates within alternative and community media.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |90 pages
Concepts
chapter |11 pages
What's Left?
part |64 pages
Culture and Society
part |111 pages
Policies and Economies
chapter |13 pages
Alter-Globalisation and Alternative Media
chapter |12 pages
Internet Freedoms and Restrictions
chapter |11 pages
Between Aspiration and Reality
part |110 pages
Doing Alternative Journalism
chapter |10 pages
Working the Story
chapter |11 pages
Community and Alternative Media
part |79 pages
Communities and Identities
chapter |11 pages
Will it Harm the Sheep?
part |100 pages
Cultures of Technology