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Low Power to the People: Pirates, Protest, and Politics in FM Radio Activism
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2014), xxvi, 271 pp.
Media Interventions
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2013), xvi, 430 pp.
"This collection of essays, the first book-length treatment of its kind, explicates the concept of «media interventions», which are herein defined as activities and projects that secure, exercise, challenge or acquire media power for tactical and strategic action. Drawing on insights from media, c
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Environmental Conflict and the Media
New York: Peter Lang (2013), ix, 357 pp.
Voices of Resistance: Communication and Social Change
West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press (2012), xviii, 325 pp.
"In this book, based on the culture-centered approach to social change, we listen to the voices of resistance across the globe that foreground alternative rationalities of social, political, and economic organizing, challenging the hegemony of neoliberal ideology in organizing global economies. Prim
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Media, Mobilization, and Human Rights: Mediating Suffering
London; New York: Zed Books (2012), viii, 251 pp.
"Turning a critical eye on existing scholarship, which argues either that viewing and reading about violence can serve as a force for good (through increased activism) or as a source of evil (by objectifying and exploiting the victims of violence), the authors argue that reality is far more complex,
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Community Radio in the Twenty-First Century
Oxford; Bern; Berlin et al.: Peter Lang (2012), ix, 403 pp.
"In the twenty-first century, community radio is fulfilling an increasingly important role in the world’s mediascape. This book documents the ways in which community radio broadcasters and activists are using the medium in countries around the world to challenge political corruption, aid the trans
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Media Advocacy Toolkit
Pasay City: Philippine NGO Council on Population, Health and Welfare (2011), 22 pp.
Transnational Protests and the Media
New York: Peter Lang (2011), xi, 352 pp.
"In what ways can mediated transnational protests express, however emergently or imperfectly, «global civil society» and «global citizenship»? How, in an increasingly fragmented and multilayered communications environment, can they contribute to a «global public sphere»? This book explores the
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Media and Social Justice
New York et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), viii, 275 pp.
"This book is an anthology of work by critical media scholars, media makers, and activists who are committed to advancing social justice. Topics addressed include but are not limited to international media activist projects such as the Right to Communication movement and its corollaries; the importa
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Challenging the Lion in its Den: Dilemmas of Gender and Media Activism in South Africa
Butler University, College of Communication (2010), 23 pp.
"Media activism groups work to bring about change in the mainstream media, but their gains are often limited. Drawing on theories of the political function of news in a democracy, media sociology, and feminism, this article focuses on the specific experience of Gender Links, a Southern African gende
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Understanding Community Media
Deep Insights
London et al.: Sage (2010), xii, 410 pp.
"With contributions from an international team of well-known experts, media activists, and promising young scholars, this comprehensive volume examines community-based media from theoretical, empirical, and practical perspectives. More than 30 original essays provide an incisive and timely analysis
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The Pragmatic Politics of Media Reform: Media Movements and Coalition-Building in Latin America
Global Media and Communication, volume 6, issue 2 (2010), pp. 133-153
"This article analyzes the strategies and the impact of two ‘media movements’ in Latin America — the experiences of civic coalitions working on media policy reform in Uruguay, and advocacy journalism about tobacco control in Argentina — through interviewing the principle actors involved in t
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Advocacy Journalism in a Global Context
"This chapter reviews historical and contemporary advocacy journalism in a global context, and identifies future directions for research. The intention is not to offer a comprehensive survey, a rather ambitious scope given the diversity of journalistic practices worldwide, but rather to review conce
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La caravana ciudadana: El espectáculo de la participación invade la ciudad
Lima: Calandria (2007), 9 pp.
"La Caravana Ciudadana es una propuesta metodológica de comunicación que busca incentivar el aprendizaje y la experiencia de participación de la ciudadanía. Es un espectáculo de participación itinerante que aprovecha los espacios de encuentro y comunicación como plazas, calles, mercados, pati
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Global Activism, Global Media
London: Pluto Press (2005), x, 235 pp.
Culture jamming: Die Rückeroberung der Zeichen
Frankfurt am Main: Büchergilde Gutenberg (2005), 224 pp.
"Culture Jamming ist „Anti-Werbung“ – eine mentale Umweltschutzbewegung, die gegen einen Dauerbeschuss mit 4.000 Werbebotschaften täglich kämpft. Es ist eine subversive Methode, die sich der elaborierten Techniken der Werbebranche bedient, um die Strategie der Markenkommunikation zu durchkre
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Alternative and Activist Media
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2005), x, 149 pp.
"Chapter 1 defines ‘alternative and activist media’, and considers the need for non-mainstream publications. It introduces the populations who seek out or create alternative media: socially marginalised or dissenting groups, subcultures and others who inhabit liminal spaces, and people who want
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Campaigning for Freedom of Expression: A Handbook for Advocates
Key Guides
Toronto: International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) (2005), 136 pp.
"Section 1 focuses on campaign strategies. Mats Abrahamsson, a former Greenpeace campaign coordinator and founder of the Swedish consultancy Selene, shows you: how to develop a strategic framework for campaigning that helps campaigners choose the activities that can best meet their objectives and av
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'Mission Possible': A Gender and Media Advocacy Toolkit
World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) (2005), 84 pp.
"This toolkit is divided into two key sections. Section One - defines the conceptual issues on gender and media advocacy; looks at why the media should be a focus of gender and feminist activism; highlights the key issues for gender and media advocacy using the findings of the Global Media Monitorin
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