Contesting Media Power

Alternative Media in a Networked World
Herausgeber: Couldry, Nick; Curran, James

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 623g
• ISBN-13: 9780742523852
• ISBN-10: 0742523853
• Artikelnr.: 21750243

Autorenporträt

Edited by Nick Couldry and James Curran - Contributions by Chris Atton; Lance Bennett; Rodney Benson; James Curran; John Downing; Larry Gross; Chin-Chuan Lee; Tamar Liebes; Merlyna Lim; Sharon Ling; Michael Meadows; Christine Morris; Andrea Press; Terhi R

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Part I: Introduction and Theoretical Perspectives Chapter 2 1 The
Paradox of Media Power Chapter 3 2 New Media Power: The Internet and Global
Activism Chapter 4 3 Beyond the Hall of Mirrors? Some Theoretical
Reflections on the Global Contestation of Media Power Part 5 Part II: In
the Shadow of the State Chapter 6 4 Infoshops in the Shadow of the State
Chapter 7 5 Framing the Future: Indigenous Communication in Australia
Chapter 8 6 The Press Subsidy System in Sweden: A Critical Approach Part 9
Part III: In the Shadow of the Market Chapter 10 7 Commercialism and
Critique: California's Alternative Weeklies Chapter 11 8 Has Feminism
Caused a Wrinkle on the Face of Hollywood Cinema? A Tentative Appraisal of
the '90s Chapter 12 9 Empire and Communications: Centrifugal and
Centripetal Media in Contemporary Russia Part 13 Part IV: In the Shadow of
Civil Society and Religion Chapter 14 10 Liberalization without Full
Democracy: Guerilla Media and Political Movements in Taiwan Chapter 15 11
The Bishop and His Star: Citizens' Communication in Southern Chile Chapter
16 12 New Nation: Anachronistic Catholicism and Liberation Theology Chapter
17 13 Falun Gong, Identity and the Struggle Over Meaning Inside and Outside
China Part 18 Part V: New Media Spaces Chapter 19 14 Global Journalism: A
Case Study of the Internet Chapter 20 15 The Independent Media Center
Movement and the Anarchist Socialist Tradition Chapter 21 16 The Gay Global
Village in Cyberspace Chapter 22 17 The Internet, Social Networks and
Reform in Indonesia Chapter 23 18 The Alternative Media in Malaysia: Their
Potential and Limitations