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Record Nr.

UNINA9910597896203321

Autore

Kenix Linda Jean

Titolo

Alternative and mainstream media [[electronic resource] /] : the converging spectrum / / Linda Jean Kenix

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Bloomsbury Academic, 2011

ISBN

1-84966-541-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 216 p.)

Disciplina

302.23

Soggetti

Alternative mass media

Mass media

Media Studies

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Alternative and Mainstream Media Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Modern Media Continuum Chapter 3: Media Frames Chapter 4: The Power of Representation Chapter 5: Defining Media Through Individual Motivations and Identities Chapter 6: Defining Media Through Organisational Practices Chapter 7: Defining Media Through Media Ownership Chapter 8: Defining Media Through Ideological Influences

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Linda Jean Kenix shows how alternative and mainstream media exist on the same continuum, and where their points of convergence lie. She also demonstrates how alternative media creates 'alternative communications', and casts the whole media spectrum in a new light.