This work covers the worldwide growth of alternative media that are challenging the power concentration in large media corporations. Topics include independent media centres, gay online networks and alternative Web discussion forums, and political journalism and social networks. Editor(s): Couldry, Nick; Curran, James. Series: Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFD; UDB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 752. . 2003. paperback. . . . .

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Title: Contesting Media Power: Alternative Media in a Networked World: Alternative Media in a Networked World (Critical Media Studies) (Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication Date: 2003
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0742523853
ISBN 13: 9780742523852
Binding: Soft cover
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Contesting Media Power explores the worldwide growth of alternative media that challenge the power concentration in large media corporations. Media scholars and political scientists analyze alternative media in Australia, Chile, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, Sweden, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Topics include independent media centers, gay online networks and alternative web discussion forums; feminist film, political journalism and social networks; indigenous communication and church-sponsored media. This important book will help shape debates on the media's role in current global struggles.

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Nick Couldry is senior lecturer in media and communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science. James Curran is professor of communications at Goldsmiths College, London.

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