"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 altern
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ative 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)
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"Seeks to present the themes which emerged from discussions held during an international workshop on Printed Educational Materials Development in the Third World held in the UK in 1989. It also includes background papers that aim to be helpful to Third World decision makers who are struggling to ove
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rcome the problems that impede the preparation, production and distribution of educational materials." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 229)
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"Discusses the practical contributions made by the [discontinued] Commonwealth Book Development Programme, and describes problems experienced over the funding of training. The author believes that the assistance offered by the programme will continue to be of significant help in assisting Commonweal
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th developing countries to acquire more books." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 1396)
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