The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media
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London; New York: Routledge, paperback ed. (2019), xvii, 596 pp.
Contains index
Series: Routledge Companions
ISBN 9781315717241 (ebook); 9781315717241 (ebook); 978-1-138-39183-3 (pbk)
Signature commbox: 10-Community-E 2019
"The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media provides an authoritative and comprehensive examination of the diverse forms, practices and philosophies of alternative and community media across the world. The volume offers a multiplicity of perspectives to examine the reasons why alternative and community media arise, how they develop in particular ways and in particular places, and how they can enrich our understanding of the broader media landscape and its place in society. The 50 chapters present a range of theoretical and methodological positions, and arguments to demonstrate the dynamic, challenging and innovative thinking around the subject; locating media theory and practice within the broader concerns of democracy, citizenship, social exclusion, race, class and gender. In addition to research from the UK, the US, Canada, Europe and Australia, the Companion also includes studies from Colombia, Haiti, India, South Korea and Zimbabwe, enabling international comparisons to be made and also allowing for the problematization of traditional - often Western - approaches to media studies. By considering media practices across a range of cultures and communities, this collection is an ideal companion to the key issues and debates within alternative and community media." (Publisher description)
Introduction: problems and positions in alternative and community media / Chris Atton, 1
I. CONCEPTS
1 Alternative logics? Parsing the literature on alternative media / Mike Mowbray, 21
2 Vanguard media: the promise of strategic communication? / Herbert Pimlott, 32
3 Alternative media and voice / Nick Couldry, 43
4 Beyond the binaries? Alternative media and objective journalism / Robert A. Hackett and Pinar Gurleyen, 54
5 Commercialism and the deconstruction of alternative and mainstream media / Linda Jean Kenix, 66
6 What's left? Towards an historicized critique of alternative media and community media / James F. Hamilton, 77
7 Alternative mediation, power and civic agency in Africa / Wendy Willems, 88
8 Conceptualizing social movement media: a fresh metaphor? / John D.H. Downing, 100
II. CULTURE AND SOCIETY
9 Changing citizenship, practising (alternative) politics / Mojca Pajnik, 113
10 Cameras and stories to disarm wars: performative communication in alternative media / Camilo Pérez Quintero, Christian Ramírez and Clemencia Rodríguez, 123
11 Theorising voice in India: the Jan Sunwai and the Right to Information movement / Pradip Ninan Thomas, 134
12 Blackfella listening to blackfella: theorising Indigenous community broadcasting / Michael Meadows, 144
13 Civic participation and the vocabularies for democratic journalism / Laura Ahva, Heikki Heikkilä and Risto Kunelius, 155
14 The political economy of capitalist and alternative social media / Christian Fuchs and Marisol Sandoval, 165
III. POLICIES AND ECONOMIES
15 Community media policy / Peter M. Lewis, 179
16 Community media in the Nordic countries: between public service and private media / Per Jauert, 189
17 Alternative and community media in Canada: structure, policy and prospects / David Skinner, 199
18 Community media and media policy reform in Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa / Patrick E. Okon, 210
19 Alter-globalisation and alternative media: the role of transnational alternative policy groups / William K. Carroll, 222
20 Internet freedoms and restrictions: the policy environment for online alternative media / Arne Hintz, 235
21 The economic tensions faced by community radio broadcasters / Janey Gordon, 247
22 Dynamic practices and their potential for the alternative public sphere in South Korea / Eun-Gyoo Kim, 258
23 Peripheral visions? Alternative film in a stateless nation / Robin MacPherson, 268
24 Between aspiration and reality: a study of contemporary third sector media production / Daniel H. Mutibwa, 278
IV. DOING ALTERNATIVE JOURNALISM
25 Politics, participation and the people: alternative journalism around the world / Susan Forde, 291
26 Digital media and news / Leah A. Lievrouw, 301
27 Listening to the voiceless: the practice and ethics of alternative journalism / Tony Harcup, 313
28 Haiti Grassroots Watch: daring to be more than alternative / Jane Regan, 324
29 Giving peace journalism a chance / Richard Lance Keeble, 335
30 Beyond the first story: developing the citizen journalist identity / Mary Angela Bock, 347
31 'iPhone-wielding amateurs': the rise of citizen photojournalism / Stuart Allan, 357
32 Independent citizen journalism and terrorism: from blogs to Twitter / Hayley Watson and Kush Wadhwa, 367
33 Working the story: news curation in social media as a second wave of citizen journalism / Axel Bruns, 379
34 Community and alternative media: prospects for 21st century environmental issues / Kerrie Foxwell-Norton, 389
V. COMMUNITIES AND IDENTITIES
35 Making media participatory: digital storytelling / Christina Spurgeon and Jean Burgess, 403
36 Diasporic media in multicultural societies / Olga Guedes Bailey, 414
37 Prisoners' radio: connecting communities through alternative discourse / Heather Anderson, 426
38 Fanzines: enthusiastic production through popular culture / Chris Atton, 437
39 Movement media as technologies of self-mediation / Bart Cammaerts, 445
40 Occupy and social movement communication / Dorothy Kidd, 457
41 Will it harm the sheep? Developments and disputes in central Australian indigenous media / Tony Dowmunt, 469
VI. CULTURES AND TECHNOLOGY
42 Technological struggles in community media / Nico Carpentier, Vaia Doudaki and Yiannis Christidis, 483
43 A clash of cultures: pirate radio convergence and reception in Africa / Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara, 494
44 I film therefore I am: process and participation, networks and knowledge. Examples from Scottish community media projects / Kirsten MacLeod, 505
45 FLOSS TV: TV hacking within media arts practice / Adnan Hadzi, 516
46 Social media and activist communication / Thomas Poell and José van Dijck, 527
47 The motivations of alternative media producers: digital dissent in action / Megan Boler, 538
48 Hacktivism as a radical media practice / Stefania Milan, 550
49 'LOOK @ THIS FUKKEN DOGE': Internet memes and remix cultures / Victoria Esteves and Graham Meikle, 561
50 Slow media as alternative media: cultural resistance through print and analogue revivals / Jennifer Rauch, 571
I. CONCEPTS
1 Alternative logics? Parsing the literature on alternative media / Mike Mowbray, 21
2 Vanguard media: the promise of strategic communication? / Herbert Pimlott, 32
3 Alternative media and voice / Nick Couldry, 43
4 Beyond the binaries? Alternative media and objective journalism / Robert A. Hackett and Pinar Gurleyen, 54
5 Commercialism and the deconstruction of alternative and mainstream media / Linda Jean Kenix, 66
6 What's left? Towards an historicized critique of alternative media and community media / James F. Hamilton, 77
7 Alternative mediation, power and civic agency in Africa / Wendy Willems, 88
8 Conceptualizing social movement media: a fresh metaphor? / John D.H. Downing, 100
II. CULTURE AND SOCIETY
9 Changing citizenship, practising (alternative) politics / Mojca Pajnik, 113
10 Cameras and stories to disarm wars: performative communication in alternative media / Camilo Pérez Quintero, Christian Ramírez and Clemencia Rodríguez, 123
11 Theorising voice in India: the Jan Sunwai and the Right to Information movement / Pradip Ninan Thomas, 134
12 Blackfella listening to blackfella: theorising Indigenous community broadcasting / Michael Meadows, 144
13 Civic participation and the vocabularies for democratic journalism / Laura Ahva, Heikki Heikkilä and Risto Kunelius, 155
14 The political economy of capitalist and alternative social media / Christian Fuchs and Marisol Sandoval, 165
III. POLICIES AND ECONOMIES
15 Community media policy / Peter M. Lewis, 179
16 Community media in the Nordic countries: between public service and private media / Per Jauert, 189
17 Alternative and community media in Canada: structure, policy and prospects / David Skinner, 199
18 Community media and media policy reform in Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa / Patrick E. Okon, 210
19 Alter-globalisation and alternative media: the role of transnational alternative policy groups / William K. Carroll, 222
20 Internet freedoms and restrictions: the policy environment for online alternative media / Arne Hintz, 235
21 The economic tensions faced by community radio broadcasters / Janey Gordon, 247
22 Dynamic practices and their potential for the alternative public sphere in South Korea / Eun-Gyoo Kim, 258
23 Peripheral visions? Alternative film in a stateless nation / Robin MacPherson, 268
24 Between aspiration and reality: a study of contemporary third sector media production / Daniel H. Mutibwa, 278
IV. DOING ALTERNATIVE JOURNALISM
25 Politics, participation and the people: alternative journalism around the world / Susan Forde, 291
26 Digital media and news / Leah A. Lievrouw, 301
27 Listening to the voiceless: the practice and ethics of alternative journalism / Tony Harcup, 313
28 Haiti Grassroots Watch: daring to be more than alternative / Jane Regan, 324
29 Giving peace journalism a chance / Richard Lance Keeble, 335
30 Beyond the first story: developing the citizen journalist identity / Mary Angela Bock, 347
31 'iPhone-wielding amateurs': the rise of citizen photojournalism / Stuart Allan, 357
32 Independent citizen journalism and terrorism: from blogs to Twitter / Hayley Watson and Kush Wadhwa, 367
33 Working the story: news curation in social media as a second wave of citizen journalism / Axel Bruns, 379
34 Community and alternative media: prospects for 21st century environmental issues / Kerrie Foxwell-Norton, 389
V. COMMUNITIES AND IDENTITIES
35 Making media participatory: digital storytelling / Christina Spurgeon and Jean Burgess, 403
36 Diasporic media in multicultural societies / Olga Guedes Bailey, 414
37 Prisoners' radio: connecting communities through alternative discourse / Heather Anderson, 426
38 Fanzines: enthusiastic production through popular culture / Chris Atton, 437
39 Movement media as technologies of self-mediation / Bart Cammaerts, 445
40 Occupy and social movement communication / Dorothy Kidd, 457
41 Will it harm the sheep? Developments and disputes in central Australian indigenous media / Tony Dowmunt, 469
VI. CULTURES AND TECHNOLOGY
42 Technological struggles in community media / Nico Carpentier, Vaia Doudaki and Yiannis Christidis, 483
43 A clash of cultures: pirate radio convergence and reception in Africa / Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara, 494
44 I film therefore I am: process and participation, networks and knowledge. Examples from Scottish community media projects / Kirsten MacLeod, 505
45 FLOSS TV: TV hacking within media arts practice / Adnan Hadzi, 516
46 Social media and activist communication / Thomas Poell and José van Dijck, 527
47 The motivations of alternative media producers: digital dissent in action / Megan Boler, 538
48 Hacktivism as a radical media practice / Stefania Milan, 550
49 'LOOK @ THIS FUKKEN DOGE': Internet memes and remix cultures / Victoria Esteves and Graham Meikle, 561
50 Slow media as alternative media: cultural resistance through print and analogue revivals / Jennifer Rauch, 571
