Contesting Media Power: Alternative Media in a Networked World
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield (2003), x, 319 pp.
Contains tables, figures, index
Series: Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture
ISBN 0-7425-2384-5 (hbk); 0-7425-2385-3 (pbk)
Signature commbox: 10-Community-E 2003
"Media scholars and political scientists develop a broad comparative framework for analyzing 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, such as the anti-globalization movement." (Publisher description)
PART I: INTRODUCTION AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
1 The Paradox of Media Power / Nick Couldry and James Curran, 3
2 New Media Power: The Internet and Global Activism / W. Lance Bennett, 17
3 Beyond the Hall of Mirrors? Some Theoretical Reflections on the J Global Contestation of Media Power / Nick Couldry, 39
PART II: IN THE SHADOW OF THE STATE
4 Infoshops in the Shadow of the State / Chris Atton, 57
5 Framing the Future: Indigenous Communication in Australia / Christine Moms and Michael Meadows, 71
6 The Press Subsidy System in Sweden: A Critical Approach / Lennart Weibull, 89
PART III: IN THE SHADOW OF THE MARKET
7 Commercialism and Critique: California's Alternative Weeklies / Rodney Benson, 111
8 Has Feminism Caused a Wrinkle on the Face of Hollywood Cinema? A Tentative Appraisal of the '90s / Andrea L. Press and Tamar Liebes, 129
9 Empire and Communications: Centrifugal and Centripetal Media in Contemporary Russia / Terhi Rantanen and Elena Vartanova, 147
PART IV: IN THE SHADOW OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND RELIGION
10 Liberalization without Full Democracy: Guerrilla Media and Political Movements in Taiwan / Chin-Chuan Lee, 163
11 The Bishop and His Star: Citizens' Communication in Southern Chile / Clemencia Rodriguez, 177
12 New Nation: Anachronistic Catholicism and Liberation Theology / Key an G. Tomaselli and Ruth Teer-Tomaselli, 195
13 Falun Gong, Identity, and the Struggle over Meaning Inside and Outside China / Yuezhi Zhao, 209
PART V: NEW MEDIA SPACES
14 Global Journalism: A Case Study of the Internet / James Curran, 227
15 The Independent Media Center Movement and the Anarchist Socialist Tradition / John D. H. Downing, 243
16 The Gay Global Village in Cyberspace / Larry Gross, 259
17 The Internet, Social Networks, and Reform in Indonesia / Merlyna Lim, 273
18 The Alternative Media in Malaysia: Their Potential and Limitations / Sharon Ling, 289
1 The Paradox of Media Power / Nick Couldry and James Curran, 3
2 New Media Power: The Internet and Global Activism / W. Lance Bennett, 17
3 Beyond the Hall of Mirrors? Some Theoretical Reflections on the J Global Contestation of Media Power / Nick Couldry, 39
PART II: IN THE SHADOW OF THE STATE
4 Infoshops in the Shadow of the State / Chris Atton, 57
5 Framing the Future: Indigenous Communication in Australia / Christine Moms and Michael Meadows, 71
6 The Press Subsidy System in Sweden: A Critical Approach / Lennart Weibull, 89
PART III: IN THE SHADOW OF THE MARKET
7 Commercialism and Critique: California's Alternative Weeklies / Rodney Benson, 111
8 Has Feminism Caused a Wrinkle on the Face of Hollywood Cinema? A Tentative Appraisal of the '90s / Andrea L. Press and Tamar Liebes, 129
9 Empire and Communications: Centrifugal and Centripetal Media in Contemporary Russia / Terhi Rantanen and Elena Vartanova, 147
PART IV: IN THE SHADOW OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND RELIGION
10 Liberalization without Full Democracy: Guerrilla Media and Political Movements in Taiwan / Chin-Chuan Lee, 163
11 The Bishop and His Star: Citizens' Communication in Southern Chile / Clemencia Rodriguez, 177
12 New Nation: Anachronistic Catholicism and Liberation Theology / Key an G. Tomaselli and Ruth Teer-Tomaselli, 195
13 Falun Gong, Identity, and the Struggle over Meaning Inside and Outside China / Yuezhi Zhao, 209
PART V: NEW MEDIA SPACES
14 Global Journalism: A Case Study of the Internet / James Curran, 227
15 The Independent Media Center Movement and the Anarchist Socialist Tradition / John D. H. Downing, 243
16 The Gay Global Village in Cyberspace / Larry Gross, 259
17 The Internet, Social Networks, and Reform in Indonesia / Merlyna Lim, 273
18 The Alternative Media in Malaysia: Their Potential and Limitations / Sharon Ling, 289
