Inclusion Through Media

Tony Dowmunt, Mark Dunford, Nicole van Hemert (eds.)

London: Goldsmiths, University of London (2007), 287 pp.

Contains bibliogr. pp. 280-287, DVD

ISBN 9781906496005

Signature commbox: 10-Minorities-E 2007

"The 'Inclusion Through Media' partnership has involved many imaginative and productive collaborations between creative media professionals and young and excluded people in cities and regions of the UK and Europe. Using media as a means of working with, and empowering marginalised people in their communities is a practice that has emerged strongly in recent years, nurtured by the extraordinary growth of digital media and the Web. These developments have enabled a participatory culture -particularly online- one in which young people are now more able to represent themselves and their concerns through digital media. This book offers first hand accounts of work across and beyond Inclusion Through Media, alongside critical analysis of many of the processes involved, and the policy issues it raises. It suggests ways in which working with media with disenfranchised groups can contribute to social cohesion and inclusion, and so points the way towards new media, youth and social policy." (Publisher description)

Introduction / Tony Dowmunt
I. EVALUATION
About Inclusion Through Media / Mark Dunford
Beyond the numbers game: understanding the value of participatory media / Ben Gidley
On the question of story and evaluation: a narrative verdict / Robert Smith
II. PROJECTS
IMAGEination in power: the creative citizen / Andy Porter
A conversation with Sally Hibbin / Sally Hibbin
DigiTales: a European perspective / Juliette Dyke
Inclusion through music: shifting perceptions / Jacqueline Clifton & Tricia Jenkins
Finding a thread / Kulwant Dhaliwal
Responsible pictures: Asia Alfasi & StripSearchers / Imogen Slater
III. PARTICIPATION
Not so troubled waters / Rick Hall
Now or L8R: online participatory drama / Clodagh Miskelly
Including the excluded: collaborative knowledge production through participatory video / Jackie Shaw
Young men, new media and life politics / Victor Jeleniewski Seidler
IV. REGENERATION
Five screens short of a load / Colin Pons
Rural revolution through digital media / Denzil Monk
Re-tooling the creative economy: new directions in creative regeneration / Tom Fleming
Media and democracy: some missing links / Nick Couldry

Topics:

Advocacy & Empowerment: Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups Participatory Communication

Countries:

United Kingdom

Document Type:

Experiences & Case Studies