Understanding Alternative Media

What is alternative media? What role do alternative media play in pluralistic, democratic societies? What are the similarities and differences between alternative media, community media, non-governmental media and rhizomatic media? How do alternative media work in practice?

This lucid and concise text offers the reader a comprehensive guide through the complex political, social and economic debates surrounding alternative media and provides a clear-eyed view of the renewed importance of this form of communication. The authors of the book design a unique theoretical framework on the subject by bringing together various field studies conducted in countries including the United Kingdom, North America and Brazil. The book argues for the importance of alternative media, looking at both "old" and "new" media, and proposes a political agenda as a way to broaden coverage.

Understanding Alternative Media is a valuable read for media, journalism and communication studies students, researchers, academics and journalists.

Olga Guedes Bailey is a journalist and senior lecturer at the Institute of Cultural Studies at Nottingham Trent University, UK. Bart Cammaerts is a political scientist and lecturer on media, citizenship and democracy at the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London, United Kingdom. Nico Carpentier is a media sociologist, working at the Department of Informatics and Media at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium and Uppsala University in Sweden.
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 280

Year of Print: 2015


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Kafka