Alternative Media and Politics of Resistance - A Communication Perspective

Academics working in the fields of journalism and media address the issue of alternative media production being a tool for the opposition activities of activists, while academics in the field of communication conduct studies on the performances and images of activists struggling against dominant power structures. Although the findings of these fields have been discussed separately to date, approaches in both fields are now contributing to the academic understanding of social movements in modern societies. At this point, the book in your hand not only brings these two fields of research together, but also reveals the role of today's activists' resistance against power structures in alternative media. In particular, the book focuses on the formation of activist networks in local communities; It examines the role of alternative media in the resistance strategies of network-based activists and the interaction of global and local networks in the context of alternative media production.

Joshua D. Atkinson is an Assistant Professor at the School of Media and Communications at Bowling Green State University. Assoc. Dr. serves as. He explores the role of alternative media in the context of new social movements and activist networks, and his work has been published in the journals Communication, Culture and Critique and Mass Communication and Society.
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Number of Pages: 264

Year of Print: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Kafka