"'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
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book outlines the different types of 'alternative" (Publisher description)
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"This short book describes an Oxfam video team's experience of using video as a participatory development tool in a rural community in Vietnam. The author describes the process in detail, including the day-to-day details of the team's stay in Ky Nam village, with team members, villagers and the comm
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une and district authorities' reactions. This is a critical reflection on the issues raised, how villagers' expectations were heigthened by the work but not always fulfilled, and how the nature of 'participation' is more complex than first appears. The book makes a powerful claim for the usefulness of this medium. It will be interesting reading not only for development workers with an interest in video work, but for anyone committed to participatory approaches to development." (Media development, nr. 2/1999 pages 79-80)
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"The drive towards homogeneity is not irresistible. These challenging essays by journalists, independent producers and researchers describe indigenous television in Brazil, in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, Aboriginal networks in Australia and the Deep Dish Satellite Network's alternative cover
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age in America of the Gulf War. Against the odds, local initiatives around the world are creating new opportunities for national, regional and ethnic identities to find expression through the medium of television." (Publisher description)
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