The Alternative Media Handbook
Abingdon: Routledge (2007), xvi, 352 pp.
Contains many illustrations, web directory pp. 321-328, bibliogr. pp. 329-340, index
Series: Media Practice
ISBN 978-0-415-35965-8 (pbk); 0-203-82121-1 (ebook)
Signature commbox: 10-Community-E 2007
"'Alternative Media' is the term used to describe non-mainstream media forms that are independently run and community focussed, such as zines, pirate radio, online discussion boards, community run and owned broadcasting companies, and activist publications such as Red Pepper and Corporate Watch. The book outlines the different types of 'alternative" (Publisher description)
1 Introduction / Tony Dowmunt (with Kate Coy, 1
I. WHERE ALTERNATIVE MEDIA CAME FROM
2 Mysteries of the black box unbound: an alternative history of radio / Kate Coyer, 15
3 Alternative film, video and television 1965-2005 / Alan Fountain, 29
4 The alternative press / Angela Phillips, 47
5 A brief history: the Web and interactive media / Chris Atton, 59
II. WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW
6 Radical journalism, 69
Alternative media in practice / Chris Atton, 71
Indymedia and the politics of participation: reporting the G8 in Scotland, 2005 'Sam and Annie', 78
SchNEWS at ten, 88
7 Experimental forms, 91
Alternative visions of television / David Garcia and Lennaart Van Oldenborgh, 93
ambientTV.net / Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel, 105
Zines / Katie Haegele, 108
8 Access to broadcasting, 111
Access to broadcasting: radio / Kate Coyer, 112
Community radio: milango for lives / Charlotte Hill O'Neal, 123
Access to broadcasting: TV / Tony Dowmunt, 125
Video Nation and Digital Storytelling: a BBC/public partnership in content creation / Mandy Rose, 127
Manhattan Neighborhood Network: challenging monocrop monotony / Martin Lucas, 137
9 Mainstream or alternative media? 141
Getting alternative messages in mainstream media / Natalie Fenton, 143
Communication of the oppressed: alternative media and their political impact in contemporary Latin America / João Alexandre Peschanski, 154
10 Culture jamming 163
Stop signs: an introduction to culture jamming / Graham Meikle, 166
Culture jamming the video game way / Sue Scheibler, 179
11 New(er) technologies, 186
Copyright: the politics of owning culture / Gregor Claude, 188
A2T: bridging the digital divide / Adnan Hadzi, 194
12 Alternative media in development, 206
Alternative and participatory media in developing countries / James Deane, 206
Mgwirzano: a case study from Malawi / Su Braden, 212
13 Distribution and audiences, 224
The power and the passion: community radio in Australia / Michael Meadows, Susan Forde, Jacqui Ewart and Kerrie Foxwell, 226
Lux / Julia Knight, 228
14 Student media, 232
Student radio / Salvatore Scifo, 233
Student press / Salvatore Scifo, 236
15 Media activism, 238
The global movement to transform communications / Dorothy Kidd, 239
Media reform activism in the US: the movement against consolidation of media ownership / Pete Tridish and Kate Coyer, 248
Media activist initiatives / Simon Blanchard, 251
III. DOING IT YOURSELF
16 DIY media- making resources 259
Getting started -- Training and skills
Doing it -- Radio production -- Interviewing for radio / Aaron Sarver -- Starting a community radio station / Pete Tridish -- Podcasting / Andrew Dubber -- Video/TV/film production -- Creating websites / Owen Mundy -- Blogging / Andrew Dubber -- Print publishing / Jen Angel -- Zines / Joe Biel -- Culture jamming
17 Funding and finance, 306
Successful fundraising in the UK / Mark Dunford, 309
A place where money grows on trees? / Kate Coyer, 315
18 'We are the network . . .', 319
I. WHERE ALTERNATIVE MEDIA CAME FROM
2 Mysteries of the black box unbound: an alternative history of radio / Kate Coyer, 15
3 Alternative film, video and television 1965-2005 / Alan Fountain, 29
4 The alternative press / Angela Phillips, 47
5 A brief history: the Web and interactive media / Chris Atton, 59
II. WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW
6 Radical journalism, 69
Alternative media in practice / Chris Atton, 71
Indymedia and the politics of participation: reporting the G8 in Scotland, 2005 'Sam and Annie', 78
SchNEWS at ten, 88
7 Experimental forms, 91
Alternative visions of television / David Garcia and Lennaart Van Oldenborgh, 93
ambientTV.net / Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel, 105
Zines / Katie Haegele, 108
8 Access to broadcasting, 111
Access to broadcasting: radio / Kate Coyer, 112
Community radio: milango for lives / Charlotte Hill O'Neal, 123
Access to broadcasting: TV / Tony Dowmunt, 125
Video Nation and Digital Storytelling: a BBC/public partnership in content creation / Mandy Rose, 127
Manhattan Neighborhood Network: challenging monocrop monotony / Martin Lucas, 137
9 Mainstream or alternative media? 141
Getting alternative messages in mainstream media / Natalie Fenton, 143
Communication of the oppressed: alternative media and their political impact in contemporary Latin America / João Alexandre Peschanski, 154
10 Culture jamming 163
Stop signs: an introduction to culture jamming / Graham Meikle, 166
Culture jamming the video game way / Sue Scheibler, 179
11 New(er) technologies, 186
Copyright: the politics of owning culture / Gregor Claude, 188
A2T: bridging the digital divide / Adnan Hadzi, 194
12 Alternative media in development, 206
Alternative and participatory media in developing countries / James Deane, 206
Mgwirzano: a case study from Malawi / Su Braden, 212
13 Distribution and audiences, 224
The power and the passion: community radio in Australia / Michael Meadows, Susan Forde, Jacqui Ewart and Kerrie Foxwell, 226
Lux / Julia Knight, 228
14 Student media, 232
Student radio / Salvatore Scifo, 233
Student press / Salvatore Scifo, 236
15 Media activism, 238
The global movement to transform communications / Dorothy Kidd, 239
Media reform activism in the US: the movement against consolidation of media ownership / Pete Tridish and Kate Coyer, 248
Media activist initiatives / Simon Blanchard, 251
III. DOING IT YOURSELF
16 DIY media- making resources 259
Getting started -- Training and skills
Doing it -- Radio production -- Interviewing for radio / Aaron Sarver -- Starting a community radio station / Pete Tridish -- Podcasting / Andrew Dubber -- Video/TV/film production -- Creating websites / Owen Mundy -- Blogging / Andrew Dubber -- Print publishing / Jen Angel -- Zines / Joe Biel -- Culture jamming
17 Funding and finance, 306
Successful fundraising in the UK / Mark Dunford, 309
A place where money grows on trees? / Kate Coyer, 315
18 'We are the network . . .', 319
